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With Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed's resignation and flight and the army's assumption of power, albeit in the guise of an interim government, military rule has returned to Bangladesh over three decades after it was forced out in 1990. Parliamentary elections were held in 1991, and elected governments have held office in the country since.

Enforcement Directorate told Supreme Court that the two prime accused senior bureaucrats in the Nagrik Apurti Nigam (PDS) scam of Chhattisgarh, were in contact with the judge who granted bail to one of the two. According to ED, Anil Kumar Tuteja and Alok Shukla were speaking to the High Court judge who «granted bail to Shukla in October, 2019.» ED claims that the two accused were in contact with the judge through Satish Chandra Verma, the then advocate general. While the probe agency has not named the judge in the affidavit filed on August 1, contents from WhatsApp chat details linked to the case found in annexures state that Justice Arvind Kumar Chandel was the judge in question, who was reached through former state chief secretary Ajay Singh. Justice Chandel was tranferred to Patna High Court this year.

Aaditya Thackeray claimed that the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government was creating space for a minimum of four to five hoardings along the Coastal Road when there is no space for them. Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora, however, asked Thackeray to present a «real agenda» for Mumbai's development instead of writing «love letters» to the civic authorities. Thackeray claimed the state government plans to prop up huge hoardings in the open spaces near Haji Ali and Amarsons Park/ Breach Candy of the Coastal Road gardens. «They've delayed the coastal road… escalated the cost...For electoral credit, they opened the wrong lanes without planning. There is absolutely no word or communication with local MP, MLAs and ALMs on landscaping and gardening,» he said in a post on 'X'.

Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of the deaths of three civil services aspirants in the basement of a coaching centre here and sought responses from the Centre and the Delhi government. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan said the recent incident in the national capital was an eye-opener for all. «These places (coaching centres) have become death chambers. Coaching institutes can operate online unless there is full compliance of the safety norms and basic norms for a dignified life. Coaching centres are playing with the lives of aspirants who come from different parts of the country,» the bench said. On Friday, the Delhi High Court transferred the probe into the deaths of the three students at Rau's IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar from the city police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) «to ensure the public has no doubt over the investigation».

Supreme Court will next week hear pleas on the intensely discussed legal question of whether a husband should enjoy immunity from prosecution for the offence of rape if he forces his wife, who is not a minor, to have sex. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra on Monday took note of the submissions of senior advocate Karuna Nandy, appearing for one of the parties, that the petitions on the issue of marital rape be heard. The CJI said the pleas will be heard next week. The bench, he added, would be busy this week in dealing with a batch of matters on taxation laws. On July 16, senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for one of the parties, had mentioned the petitions and said they be accorded «some priority».

Byju Raveendran has filed a caveat before the Supreme Court against its US-based creditor Glas Trust Company LLC over the order passed by the insolvency appellate tribunal NCLAT. The caveat was filed before the apex court on August 3, a day after the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) passed an order restoring the board of edtech major after setting aside insolvency proceedings against it. Glas Trust has opposed the Rs 158.9 crore dues settlement with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) alleging the money paid by Riju Raveendran (brother of Byju Raveendran) was tainted and was a case of «round-tripping». Anticipating the US-based creditor would challenge the NCLAT order before the Supreme Court, Byju Raveendran had filed a caveat requesting to be heard before the apex court passes any order on a plea filed by the US-based creditors.

Delhi High Court has designated a special CBI Court to expedite the trial of India's biggest bank fraud. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has charged Dheeraj Wadhawan, Kapil Wadhawan-promoters of embattled Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL)-and several others in the alleged loan fraud of Rs 34,614 crore. The orders of the Delhi High Court designating a special CBI Judge to exclusively deal with the DHFL case were received on August 1. It is pertinent to mention that considering the gravity of the case and the enormous amount of documents filed by the CBI, number of accused and hundreds of witnesses involved, a special CBI Court had written to the High Court. In April this year, a special CBI Court had shared the information of the case with the High Court with a request to designate «one special court for doing this matter only». Special CBI Judge Ashwani Kumar Sarpal, in a judicial order passed on April 27, had highlighted the fact that the documents filed by the CBI run into over 330,000 pages and are kept in 26 trunks.

government is all set to bring a Bill in Parliament to amend the 1995 law governing Waqf boards to ensure more accountability and transparency in their functioning and mandatory inclusion of women in these bodies, sources said. They claimed that the move comes in the backdrop of demands from within the Muslim community. The Bill to amend the Wakf Act, 1995, will make it mandatory for Waqf boards to register their properties with district collectors to ensure their actual valuation. There are 30 Waqf boards in the country. The sources on Sunday pointed out that the revenue generated by all Waqf properties is estimated at Rs 200 crore per annum. This is not in sync with the number of properties such bodies have, they said.

Protests in Bangladesh that began as student-led demonstrations against government hiring rules have spiralled into violence killing more than 260 people and sparking widespread calls for the premier to resign. Here are five key dates spanning the protests posing a daunting challenge to the autocratic rule of 76-year-old Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leader of the South Asian nation of about 170 million people. — July 1: Blockades begin - University students build barricades blocking roads and railway lines to demand reforms of a quota system for sought-after public sector job hires.

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday said he respects Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as an individual and has professional relations with her but the «politician Mamata Banerjee» is «not my cup of tea». In an interview with PTI, the West Bengal Governor, who has often been at loggerheads with Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress Government, spoke candidly about their differences. Asked about his relationship with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Bose said, «Which Mamata Banerjee? There are three Mamata Banerjees in front of me.» «One is the individual Mamata Banerjee. I have a very good relationship with her. Second is the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. I have professional relations with her. Third is the politician Mamata Banerjee, that's not my cup of tea,» he said.

Samajwadi Party, Pathak also alleged that hooliganism and anarchy are in the DNA of the SP. The party last week had called for the DNA testing of the accused. Pathak, while reacting to SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav urging the court to order protection for the Ayodhya rape survivor considering the «sensitivity» of the case, said, «The culprits of the Ayodhya rape case will get such a harsh punishment, even their (future) generations will remember it.» Police on July 30 arrested Moid Khan, who runs a bakery in Bhadarsa Nagar of Ayodhya district, and his employee Raju Khan, in connection with the minor's rape.

BSP chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Sunday said her party doesn't agree with the recent Supreme Court's verdict allowing sub-classification within Scheduled Castes. «The sub-classification of people within Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) has been permitted, our party doesn't agree with it at all,» Mayawati said while addressing a press conference here.

debt-ridden Reliance Capital (RCAP) has filed an affidavit with NCLT, accusing IIHL of non-compliance as the Hinduja Group firm failed to meet the conditions set by the tribunal in a July 23 order. The administrator, in its affidavit seen by PTI, informed NCLT that instead of depositing Rs 2,750 crore in the designated escrow accounts of the Committee of Creditors (CoC) in India and abroad, IndusInd International Holdings Ltd (IIHL) has deposited the money in its own accounts as well as the promoters' accounts. However, IIHL in a separate affidavit had said it has funds and the same will be transferred once the escrow account is in place which has conditions listed out. For opening any escrow account, there are terms and conditions which are based on an agreement signed bilaterally and if the terms and conditions are met or not met, the trustee decides the fate of funds accordingly, an IIHL spokesperson said.

Carolina Marin withdrew in tears from her badminton semi-final on Sunday after her right knee buckled in distressing scenes. Marin, who won women's singles gold at the Rio 2016 Games, was on track to reach the final but collapsed midway through the second game against China's He Bingjiao. Coaches and He rushed to her side as she lay on the ground for several minutes, clutching her leg.

Delays in justice deliver are among the biggest barriers in India to making it easier to do business and improving people’s ease of living. In a recent response, Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal informed Parliament that more than 50 million cases are pending in various courts across India, of which nearly 90% are in district and subordinate courts. This backlog not only burdens the judicial system, but also denies timely justice to millions of citizens, and the cost of it is borne not just by the economy, but by all of us.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against two accused persons in a case related to the arrest of two Maoist cadres of Kuyemari area committee of proscribed terrorist organisation — CPI (Maoist) — while carrying arms and explosives to attack the security forces. The accused persons have been identified as Vinod Awalam and Ashu Korsa. The chargesheet was filed before the Special Court, Jagdalpur, under various sections of Indian Penal Code, Arms Act, Explosives Substances Act and UA(P) Act. Both the accused persons are members of CPI (Maoist) and have been found to be involved in the conspiracy of carrying out attacks on security forces. The duo were apprehended along with weapons and other incriminating material from Mujalgondi village in Kanker district.

Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar in a case concerning alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal was «necessary» and police strictly followed the law while doing so, the Delhi High Court has said. The court, which on Friday dismissed Kumar's petition that claimed his arrest was illegal, said in its written judgment that there was no merit in his plea. Kumar, currently in judicial custody, allegedly assaulted Maliwal at Kejriwal's official residence on May 13. He was arrested by the Delhi Police on May 18. In his plea, Kumar had sought a direction to declare his arrest as illegal and in gross violation of the provisions of section 41A (notice of appearance before police officer) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and against the mandate of the law.

Delhi High Court has upheld an order accepting cancellation report filed by the police in a complaint filed against BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain alleging rape and criminal intimidation. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said there was no infirmity in the order passed by the additional sessions judge (ASJ) and dismissed the revision petition filed by the complainant challenging the December 2023 order. «In the present case, the overwhelming independent ocular, documentary and scientific evidence collected during the investigations, whereby the presence of the respondent no.2 (Hussain) and complainant on the date of the alleged incident at the place of alleged incident… is completely ruled out, the possibility of the commission of alleged offence is rendered zilch. »Hence, the conclusion of the ASJ in accepting the cancellation report has to be upheld. In view of the foregoing discussions, there is no infirmity in the impugned order dated December 16, 2023 and the revision petition is hereby dismissed," the high court said in the order which was passed on Friday and made available on Saturday.

Attorneys for Elon Musk and Tesla’s corporate directors are asking a Delaware judge to vacate her ruling requiring the company to rescind a massive pay package for Musk

Arjun Ram Meghwal on Saturday said mediation has been part of the Indian culture for long and invoked tales from the epic Mahabharat to drive home his point. Addressing an event organised by the Supreme Court, he said the power to introspect helps resolve disputes. Appreciating the role of Lok Adalats in settling matrimonial disputes, the minister said what was earlier done by family elders is now being handled by alternate disputes resolution mechanisms. Meghwal said the first Lok Adalat was held by Lord Krishna when he tried to settle the dispute between the Kauravs and the Pandavs.

₹32,403.46 crore in integrated GST (IGST) over five years between July 2017 and March 2022 for “supply of services" by its foreign branches. On Thursday, Infosys informed stock exchanges that the Karnataka State GST authorities, a reference to the zonal office of DGGI, had withdrawn the pre-show cause notice and directed it to respond to DGGI's central authority on the matter. The company had received pre-show cause notice on the same matter from both the central and state offices of DGGI.