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Court Dismisses Order Against Sacked Punjab Cop Over Lawrence Bishnoi Interview

Lawrence Bishnoi was in Punjab Police custody when one of two interviews was conducted.

Why NIA court rejected bail plea of J&K man accused of backing Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists

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Pala MLA Mani C. Kappan sentenced to one year in jail in cheque case

Additional Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Borivali, Mumbai, directs him to pay ₹1.20 crore as compensation in a case related to an alleged financial fraud involving shares in the Kannur International Airport

NIA court orders attachment of accused’s property share in J&K terror-arms case

Women returning from maternity leave entitled to position before leave: HC

The court asked the Centre to frame in six months rules addressing post maternity reinstatement, lactation support, creche disclosure and grievance redressal timelines

Maternity Leave Can't Cost Women Their Jobs Or Promotions: Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Frame...

Maternity Leave Can't Cost Women Their Jobs Or Promotions: Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Frame... livelaw.in Maternity leave cannot lead to loss of role or career prospects: Delhi HC The Hindu Maternity can’t be allowed to become reason of ignominy at workplace: Delhi HC ThePrint Woman returning after maternity leave has right to resume duty...

Part with land for Narsapuram port, Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu asks farmers

The Chief Minister said Machilipatnam and Kakinada already had ports and that a medium port on the Narsapuram coast would lift maritime trade and aquaculture; he also accused the YSRCP of going to court to delay local body elections

Former CM Mamata Banerjee’s niece found dead at Birbhum residence

The woman, who was working as a non-teaching staff in a government school, lost her job when the Calcutta High Court, and later the Supreme Court, annuled jobs of thousands of teachers and non-teaching staff over alleged irregularities in the appointment process

Madras High Court directs T.N. Nursing Council to change a member’s gender from ‘transgender’ to ‘male’ in records

Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy orders that even terms such as ‘transgender male’ should not be used and the registrant must be identified only as ‘male’

OBC creamy layer status: Supreme Court agrees to hear Centre's plea against parents' income-only criteria

Madras High Court sets aside conviction, imprisonment imposed on BJP leader H. Raja in two criminal cases

Justice V. Lakshminarayanan allows a couple of criminal appeals filed by the BJP leader challenging the judgements passed against him by a special court for MP/MLA cases in 2024

Citing lack of jurisdiction, India rejects Hague court’s Indus Waters Treaty ruling

MEA says India has 'never recognised the existence in law of this illegally-constituted and so-called Court of Arbitration'

Child’s preference for parent not enough to determine custody dispute: Madhya Pradesh High Court

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After Supreme Court judge’s letters, Collegium recommends new Chief Justice for Rajasthan HC

Resolution by the Collegium came a weekend after letters written by serving top court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta, complaining of the conduct of Rajasthan Acting Chief Justice S.P. Sharma, became public

Rajasthan High Court lawyers to abstain from work till September 6 in Jodhpur

The two lawyers’ bodies pressed a three-point charter of demands concerning the functioning and administration of the High Court.

‘No jurisdiction’: India rejects international court’s order on Indus Water Treaty

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Supreme Court Collegium recommends new Chief Justice for Rajasthan High Court

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Direct Karnataka to release backlog of 17.604 tmcft Cauvery water: T.N. to Supreme Court

Cauvery Delta farmers are severely affected as they are not getting their due share, T.N. tells court; says CWRC and CWMA failed to consider accumulated backlog; top court to hear Cauvery case on August 31

The name, High Court of Kerala, to stay despite Kerala becoming Keralam

Kerala’s name change to Keralam will leave no impact on the High Court of Kerala as the amendment process for the High Court has to be initiated by Parliament on a recommendation by the State executive and after ascertaining the views of the State Judiciary

Paliyekkara toll hike gets NHAI nod, awaits Kerala High Court clearance

Car users may have to pay over 10% more even as revised toll rates remain subject to court approval