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Sharad Pawar-led faction challenging the Election Commission's decision to grant the clock party symbol to Ajit Pawar and recognise his group of MLAs as the "real NCP". During the hearing, Advocate Singhvi, appearing on behalf of Sharad Pawar, urged the court to allow Ajit Pawar's faction to "use anything under the sun except the clock...trumpet and my (Sharad Pawar) picture." "...If they are so confident to win the elections, then let them do that on their own," Singhvi was quoted by Bar and Bench as saying.

An Australian Federal Court on Thursday, dismissed a case filed by ASIC against crypto firm Finder Wallet. The Judgement passed by Justice Markovic stated that Finder’s Earn product was ‘compliant’ and did not provide unlicensed financial services.

A federal judge has ruled that the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s  lawsuit against crypto firms Gemini and Genesis  will proceed in court. 

Elon Musk had filed a lawsuit against OpenAI earlier this month at the San Francisco Superior Court of breach of contract. In the lawsuit Musk accused OpenAI of breach of fiduciary duty and unfair business practices, claiming that the AI company has breached its founding agreement and should revert to an open source platform.

LiveMint talked to experts to understand under what circumstances a person who has taken travel insurance would be allowed to get a full refund of their return tickets. According to Manas Kapoor, business head of Travel Insurance at Policybazaar.com, travellers can get a full refund in the case of a medical emergency.

Supreme Court on Thursday sought response of the Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on a plea of the Sharad Pawar group alleging misuse of his name and pictures for political gains. A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and K V Viswanathan asked the Ajit Pawar faction to file its response by Saturday to Sharad Pawar's plea and fixed it for further hearing on March 19. «We need a categorical and unconditional undertaking that the name, pictures of Sharad Pawar will not be used,» the bench said. Earlier, the top court had directed that the Election Commission's order of February 7 allotting 'Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar' as the party name for the Sharad Pawar faction will continue till further orders.

Epic Games, which makes the popular video game «Fortnite,» on Wednesday accused Apple of violating an injunction governing its lucrative App Store, and asked a U.S. judge to hold Apple in contempt and end its «sham» compliance. The companies have been battling in court since 2020, when Epic accused Apple of violating antitrust law by requiring consumers to obtain apps through its App Store, where it charges app developers up to 30% commissions on in-app purchases.

The New Indian Express. P Rajeeve further informed that the project which has been designed by keeping environmental sustainability in mind, has garnered global attention in a short span.

Delhi High Court judge, to adjudicate whether or not there is sufficient cause for declaring the Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir (JeI) as an 'unlawful association'. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a notification in this regard on Wednesday. «Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir (JeI) has been declared as an unlawful association, vide notification dated February 27, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5 read with sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the Central Government hereby constitutes the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal consisting of Justice Navin Chawla, Judge, High Court of Delhi, for the purpose of adjudicating whether or not there is sufficient cause for declaring the Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir (JeI) as unlawful association,» the MHA stated in its notification.

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal unfreezes Congress' bank accounts, Kharge says 'power drunk Modi Govt…' Taking up the issue of electoral bonds, which got scrapped by the Supreme Court of India last month, said, " They (Bharatiya Janata party) are not disclosing about electoral bonds they got because their theft will come out, their wrong deeds will come out, so they asked for time till July". In February this year, Congress announced that its bank accounts had been frozen by the Income Tax department in connection with a dispute over a tax demand of ₹210 crore.

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US Judge Brendan Shannon has granted bankrupt crypto company Terraform Labs permission to hire Dentons for its legal representation, according to a report by Reuters.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is unveiling a plan to fight climate change

Union government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it is ready to allow the Kerala government to borrow an additional ₹5,000 crore in the current fiscal year as a one-time measure. However, it will be subject to certain conditions to be imposed in the next financial year. Additional Solicitor General N Venkataraman also told a bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan that giving additional borrowing to the state in FY 2023-24 is «neither prudent nor in the interest» of the state government. Rejecting the Centre's offer, senior counsel Kapil Sibal, for the Kerala government, said that the amount was inadequate and the proposal to impose stringent conditions would amount to interference in the state's finances and borrowing powers.

ChatGPT users will get access to French and Spanish news content from Le Monde and Prisa Media, Microsoft-backed OpenAI said on Wednesday, disclosing its partnership with the media publications. The content will also be used to train generative artificial intelligence models, it said amid growing popularity of the technology and its influence across various sectors.

To passersby, the construction site at Yonge and Bloor in downtown Toronto where The One, an 85-storey mixed-use development is slowly taking shape, looks just like any other, albeit on a grander scale. Workers are making progress, pushing up past the 50th storey as the building’s facade begins to take shape.

Also Read: SBI electoral bonds data submitted to Election Commission a day after Supreme Court rebuke “In compliance of the Hon'ble Supreme Court's directions to the SBI, contained in its order dated Feb 15 & March 11, 2024 (in the matter of WPC NO.880 of 2017), data on electoral bonds has been supplied by the State Bank of India to the Election Commission of India, today, March 12, 2024," the poll panel had said. Also Read: SC Bar Association writes to President Murmu, says ‘if donors are singled out …’ The SC had instructed SBI to provide information to EC following the correlation of donor data with political party affiliations.

Manohar Lal Khattar, ex-Chief Minister of Haryana, had a roller coaster ride since he assumed office nearly a decade back. A close associate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he has been declared as the BJP candidate from the Karnal seat and may play an important role at the Centre, either in the party or as a union minister. Though Khattar, a Khatri Punjabi, was born in Rohtak his support base is in Karnal. He was an MLA from the Karnal Assembly seat. While his nomination for the Lok Sabha seat was being discussed since he was replaced as CM, it is clear that if he wins and the BJP-led NDA gets a third term he is likely to be a part of the Cabinet. Some party leaders also maintain that he is now among the top contenders for the BJP President’s post after JP Nadda completes his extended term later this year. Khattar is the second ex-chief minister to be given a Lok Sabha ticket after Shivraj Singh Chouhan who is contesting from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh.

Adani group stocks, leading to a steep fall in Adani's net worth. The group denied all wrongdoing. Later, the Supreme Court formed a committee to probe the charges against the group.

Coast Guard is committed to incrementally inducting more women officers, the maritime force has told the Supreme Court that the present recruitment rules related to short service commission officers specifically provide that they cannot seek permanent commission. The Indian Coast Guard has filed an affidavit in response to a plea moved by a woman officer seeking permanent commission. Observing that women cannot be left out, a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud recently asked the Centre to ensure they are granted permanent commission in the Coast Guard. «It is submitted that the said Recruitment Rules (of ICG) specifically stipulated that women officers shall not have the option to change over to permanent entry scheme in the future, and the same was also mentioned in the appointment letter issued to the selected candidates, including the Petitioner in the present case,» said the affidavit filed by ICG Deputy Inspector General Raj Kamal Sinha.

MUMBAI : Byju Raveendran received an extended relief from the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday, allowing him to remain at the helm of Byju’s, amid a volley of charges and countercharges between his troubled edtech company and its investors. But that could also result in Think & Learn Pvt.