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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sentenced Vijay Mallya to four months in jail, for a 2017 contempt of course case. The Supreme Court also imposed a fine of Rs 2000. A bench of Justices UU Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and PS Narasimha passed the order. Mallya was convicted of contempt in 2017 over […]

NEW DELHI: In a big relief for newly elected Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to give an urgent hearing to the disqualification notice moved by the rival Uddhav Thackeray faction. The Thackeray-led faction of Shiv Sena had filed a request for an urgent hearing on Maharashtra political crisis before the […]

NEW DELHI: In a big blow to the designs of Alt News Co-Founder Mohammad Zubair, a Sitapur court rejected his bail plea on Thursday. The court observed that Zubair was intentionally involved in spreading “animosity” in society and hurting the sentiments of the people from the Hindu community while rejecting his plea. The court also […]

NEW DELHI: The ugly battle for the control of Shiv Sena – the ruling party of Maharashtra – has now reached the Supreme Court, with rebel MLA Eknath Shine now disputing CM Uddhav Thackeray’s move to disqualify him and 15 of his rebel companions inside the rooms of the apex court. The matter has been […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court decided to free former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination of convict AG Perarivalan after a 31-year legal battle, the Congress on Wednesday expressed disappointment and said that it was deeply saddened by the decision of the top court. Congress also questioned the upholding of the ‘integrity of the […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court of India put the contentious Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, popularly known as ‘Sedition Law’, in abeyance and urged the state governments not to register fresh FIRs under this law till a government-formed committee re-evaluates its framework, a war of words erupted between the ruling Bharatiya […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court put a stay on the sedition law, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that speaking the truth is patriotism, not treason. Echoing the sentiments, the party said that speaking truth to power cannot be sedition but true nationalism. In a historic decision, the three-judge apex court bench of […]

  NEW DELHI: In a significant development, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been given go-ahead by Supreme Court for its ambitious Sewage Treat Plants (STPs) project on Wednesday. The BMC has been trying to set up the Sewerage Treatment Plants at seven locations namely, Worli, Bandra, Malad, Ghatkopar, Dharavi, Bhandup and Versova at a […]

  New Delhi: More troubles brewing for former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filing three preliminary enquiry (PE) against him and several others to probe allegations of extortion and criminal misconduct. “The agency has registered three PEs against Singh, Jitendra Navlani, another Mumbai Police officer Pradeep Sharma, who […]

As the fault lines in the Punjab socio- religious inclusiveness deepen with every passing day, there is a rise in the number of episodes of people taking the law in their hands, while state acts as a mute spectator. The acceptance of any gruesome lynching is a portent departure from a tolerant civilisation to barbarianism. […]