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defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over a 2018 incident as the plaintiff could not appear citing ill health, his lawyer said. The court has now fixed September 5 as the next date for hearing in the case, plaintiff Vijay Mishra's lawyer Santosh Kumar Pandey said. «Mishra did not appear in the court today due to ill health. An application was given to the court seeking time to present evidence, which was accepted and the MP-MLA court has given the date of September 5 for next hearing. »On this date, the plaintiff will have to present evidence in the court through the lawyer," Pandey said.

TriZetto sued Indian tech company Infosys in Texas federal court on Friday, accusing Infosys of stealing trade secrets related to its healthcare insurance software. Cognizant said in the lawsuit that Infosys unlawfully extracted data from its databases and used it to build and market competing software. Spokespeople for Cognizant and Infosys did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the complaint.

Coal India's financial impact may run into Rs 35,000 crore in a «worst-case» scenario if the Supreme Court's review on mining taxes yields no favourable outcome or if the company fails to recover the taxes from its customers, a top official said on Friday. The miner is awaiting final clarity before considering any «provisioning» in its accounts. «Two subsidiary companies — Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd and Central Coalfields Ltd — are being affected, while the rest of the subsidiaries remain unaffected. Mahanadi Coalfields in Odisha is the most impacted. In the worst case scenario, our impact could be about Rs 35,000 crore, if we are unable to recover from long-term fuel supply agreements (FSAs) customers,» Coal India Chairman P M Prasad said. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a Bharat Chamber of Commerce interaction, he said Central Coalfields in Jharkhand will be affected by about Rs 350 crore.

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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday expressed disagreement with a Bombay High Court order restraining political parties from calling a bandh, but asserted the opposition bloc MVA has withdrawn its proposed shutdown in Maharashtra on Saturday over a sexual abuse case in a school. Addressing a press conference, Thackeray said the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has called off the August 24 (Saturday) bandh after the HC order, but leaders and workers from opposition parties will protest against the Mahayuti government with black bands tied around their mouth across the state. The former CM, whose party is a constituent of the MVA, said he will also join the protest. «We don't agree with the High Court order on bandh,» Thackeray maintained. Earlier in the day, the HC restrained political parties or individuals from proceeding with a Maharashtra bandh over the sexual assault incident, on August 24 or any future date, saying such a protest will paralyse normal life. A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar said if political parties and individuals were not restrained from proceeding with the call for bandh on Saturday, huge losses, not only in terms of economy and business but also essential services and basic amenities, including health services will occur, which needs to be prevented.

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JSW Sports and Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) founder Parth Jindal has led a fresh round of funding in PadelPark India, a comprehensive ecosystem and market leader dedicated to the sport of Padel in India. PadelPark India will deploy the fresh funding in scaling up its infrastructure and enhancing the offerings of its academy and events. It plans to establish more than 100 Padel clubs across the country over the next few years through a combination of owned and franchise-run centres. The company is on track to deliver 40 Padel Courts in the next three months, open 15 Padel Centres/clubs in the next 60 days, and train 250 people from next month.

MVA called for a bandh in the state in the wake of Badlapur sexual abuse case, the Bombay High Court on Friday restrained any political party or person from calling the shutdown. The Maharashtra Bandh was called for August 24 by Maha Vikas Aghadi's (MVA) Uddhav Thackeray, following the alleged sexual assault on two young girls at a school in Badlapur, a city in Thane district. The incident has caused significant outrage in the area. Following the announcement, there was no notification issued regarding the closure of schools and colleges. However, institutions that typically close on Saturdays will remain shut.

Karnataka High Court reportedly denied woman's demand for Rs 6.16 lakh per month in alimony, emphasizing the need for realistic financial claims. The single-judge bench, led by Justice Lalitha Kanneganti, addressed the woman's request for a substantial monthly alimony, which included Rs 15,000 for clothes, Rs 60,000 for living expenses and Rs 50,000 in legal fees, among other costs.

Delhi High Court on Thursday ordered Jagdish Singh to post an apology on X for labeling Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair as a «jihadi» in a post from four years ago, reported TOI. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani's single-judge bench directed Singh to issue the apology within a week and keep it on X for at least two months. The directive followed a 2020 petition by Zubair seeking to dismiss a Delhi Police FIR after Singh accused him of cyber sexual harassment related to a retweet of Singh’s granddaughter's blurred photo. Delhi Police had cleared Zubair of wrongdoing in the case, according to the TOI repot. The court stated that Zubair would not pursue further action against Singh once the apology was posted, and Singh must include the specific text: «I regret making the above comment which was not made with any malice or intention to hurt or offend Mohammed Zubair,» referring to Singh's original tweet claiming «Once a jihadi is always jihadi.»

Australia's Federal Court ruled on Friday that the operator of the Kraken crypto exchange failed to comply with the design and distribution obligations for its margin trading product, Australia's corporate regulator said. Bit Trade Pty is the operator of the Kraken crypto exchange, one of world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, in Australia. In September 2023, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) initiated civil proceedings against Bit Trade alleging that Bit Trade, a subsidiary of U.S. Payward Incorporated, failed to make a target market determination for the product before offering it to customers, despite being notified of concerns.

civil services aspirants drowned last month. Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna said, «Investigation is at initial stage. I am not inclined to give bail.» A detailed order of the court is awaited. On August 17, the court had reserved the order after hearing the arguments of the lawyers of the CBI and the basement's four joint owners — Parvinder Singh, Tajinder Singh, Harvinder Singh and Sarbjit Singh.

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strike was called off after the Supreme Court made an impassioned appeal to the protesting medics to resume work and directed the Centre to provide safety measures to them. Following the call of strike by the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), the PGIMER authorities said it will resume all the elective services with immediate effect. The registration of old and new patients in all the outpatient departments (OPDs) will be done from 8 am to 11 am from August 23 onwards, said a PGIMER statement.

Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to advise Governor Thawarchand Gehlot to permit prosecution of Union Heavy Industries Minister HD Kumaraswamy and former BJP ministers Shashikala Jolle, Murugesh Nirani and G Janardhana Reddy as sought by the Lokayukta. The Cabinet decision comes days after Lokayukta’s special investigation team (SIT) sent a second letter to the Governor requesting permission to file chargesheet against Kumaraswamy in connection with the renewal of a mining lease. The ruling Congress has stepped up its counter-offensive against the BJP-JDS combine, both legally and politically, and is preparing to build a strong case ahead of the scheduled hearing of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s writ petition in the high court, coming up on August 29. The CM is battling charges of his wife being given 14 residential plots, unlawfully, in an upscale area in Mysuru.