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SIR verdict: Outcome was apparent; BJP will decide who can vote, says Yogendra YadavThe Supreme Court has upheld the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Activist Yogendra Yadav strongly crit...
Byju’s founder Raveendran sentenced to six months in jail for contempt of courtByju Raveendran, founder of the failed Indian tech firm Byju's, has been sentenced to six months in jail by a Singapore court for contempt....
"Will you take help from foreign powers to break country?": Nishikant Dubey alleges AAP seeking support from foreign entities through DipkeBJP MP Nishikant Dubey has raised concerns over the digital activist Abhijeet Dipke, highlighting the controversial 'Cockroach Janta Party'...
YouTuber Gulshan Pahuja gets 6-month jail term for criminal contemptThe Delhi High Court has sentenced YouTuber Gulshan Pahuja to six months in jail for criminal contempt. He was found to have scandalised th...
SC refuses to recall its order on stray dogsThe Supreme Court has upheld its earlier order preventing the release of vaccinated stray dogs back into public areas like hospitals and sc...
Supreme Court flags fake law degrees, says CBI should probe; CJI calls fraudulent lawyers in black robes a serious concernThe Supreme Court has voiced serious concern regarding the prevalence of lawyers with fake degrees. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant sugge...
WBSSC uploads images of OMR sheets of aspirants who appeared in 2016 school jobs examThe West Bengal School Service Commission has uploaded OMR sheets for the 2016 teacher recruitment exam. This action follows a Supreme Cour...
BCI urges CJI to take action against Andhra HC judge for sending young lawyer to 24-hour custodyThe Bar Council of India has approached the Chief Justice of India. This follows a disturbing incident where an Andhra Pradesh High Court j...
SC dismisses PIL seeking recognition of Netaji as 'National Son'The Supreme Court has rejected a public interest plea. The petition sought to declare Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Indian National Army res...
SC dismisses contempt plea on asset disclosureThe Supreme Court has dismissed a contempt plea against the central government. The plea alleged the government failed to enforce its 2018 ...
West Bengal school jobs case: State education dept questions maintainability of contempt petition before Calcutta HCIn a Calcutta High Court hearing concerning the West Bengal SSC judgment, the Education Department challenged the maintainability of a cont...
Nearly 1.50 lakh contempt cases pending in courts: Govt in Lok SabhaOver 1,800 contempt cases are pending in the Supreme Court, while high courts have 1.43 lakh such cases, as informed in the Lok Sabha. Unio...
Attorney General declines consent for initiating contempt proceedings against Kapil SibalVenugopal has said that having gone through the entirety of his speech, he finds that Sibal's criticism of the court and the judgements was...
Vicarious liability can't be applied to contempt case : SCThe apex court said Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 explains civil contempt to mean willful disobedience of a decision of the Court, and there...
Don't intend to retract or apologise for tweets: Kunal Kamra on consent for contempt proceedings against himKamra, who was banned by several airlines after he heckled Goswami on an IndiGo flight earlier this year, said he enjoys a platform with a ...
Don't restrict definition of contempt of court: Law panel to governmentThe power to punish for contempt does not emanate from the law but is a procedural statute that guides its enforcement.
- Pakistan Supreme Court strikes down new contempt law; Raja Pervez Ashraf's fate in limbo
Pak's SC struck down the govt's new contempt law, aimed to prevent the premier being pressured to revive graft cases against President Asif...