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Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and her husband Satyawart Kadian seeking to set aside and declare as illegal the elections held by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). The petition by the wrestlers, who were at the forefront of last year's protest at Jantar Mantar here demanding the arrest of former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for the alleged sexual harassment of seven women grapplers, is listed for hearing before Justice Sachin Datta. The plea contended that the WFI elections, held on December 21, were in blatant violation of Sports Code and sought a direction to the federation to «cease and desist» from undertaking any activity pertaining to the sport of wrestling. «The present Writ Petition is being filed by the Petitioners inter alia assailing, challenging, and seeking directions against the illegal action of the suspended Wrestling Federation of India conducting selection trials for the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 and Asian Olympic Games Qualifier Wrestling Tournament notified through its circular Dt. 26.02.2024 against the directives of the Ad-Hoc Committee for Wrestling Federation of India,» the petition said.

₹1,340 crore on Google and issued a cease and desist order to remove its monopolistic practices. India is not the only jurisdiction where Google’s Play Store is facing accusations of monopolistic practices. Last December, Google’s Play Store and billing service faced charges of being an illegal monopoly at a US district court.

Narendra Modi today urged 'everyone' to donate money to the Bharatiya Janata Party to boost nation building by monetarily helping the efforts of the saffron party, which meanwhile is gearing up for the Lok Sabha elections. The call to donate money to BJP comes weeks after the Supreme Court banned electoral bond, which was introduced by the Modi government, and helped political parties raise money. These bonds, which allowed for anonymous donations, had become a key component of political funding, with some regional parties relying heavily on them for financial support. For the BJP, electoral bonds constitute more than half of its overall income, indicating their crucial role in sustaining political campaigns. The prime minister donated 2,000 rupees to the BJP party fund.

Google’s recent delisting of 23 Indian apps from its PlayStore for non-compliance with its billing policy underscores its market dominance. After protests erupted and the government signalled its reproach of its action, Google reinstated some of these apps. Central to this conflict lies the Google Play Billing System (GPBS) and is rules that govern Android smartphone apps available at its app store, with the Supreme Court looking into the matter.

Microsoft. While categorically denying Musk's claims about OpenAI, Kwon said the billionaire "regrets not being involved with the company today," according to an internal memo cited by Bloomberg.

Delhi's Tis Hazari Court has remanded an ICICI bank manager in four days police custody in a case of cheating and criminal breach of trust. The man has been accused of duping an NRI (Non-Resident Indian) woman of Rs 13.5 crores. The Delhi Police EOW has registered a case against the accused along with others. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Sonam Gupta on Friday remanded Varun Vashishta in four-day police custody. He is to be produced before the court on March 5, 2024.

Elon Musk's $56 billion compensation as excessive are seeking a record legal fee worth $6 billion, payable in the electric car maker's stock, according to a Friday court filing. «We recognise that the requested fee is unprecedented in terms of absolute size,» said the filing with the Court of Chancery in Delaware by the three law firms. The fee works out to an hourly rate of $288,888, according to the court filing. The fee will be paid by Tesla to attorneys who represented Richard Tornetta, a Tesla shareholder who sued Musk in 2018 over the pay package, which a Delaware judge nixed in January. The electric vehicle maker is being asked to pay the fee because it benefited from the return of Musk's pay package, which the legal team said will result in the return to the carmaker of 266 million shares.

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Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's style of functioning. The rebel MLAs who were disqualified after they scripted the Congress' loss in the lone Rajya Sabha seat by cross voting, have moved the High Court challenging their disqualification. They were disqualified from the Himachal Pradesh Assembly for abstaining from voting on the cut motion and finance bill.

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Follow BJP candidate list Lok Sabha 2024 LIVE Updates here After getting a BJP ticker from the New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, Bansuri Swaraj said, "I feel grateful. I express gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah ji, (BJP national chief) JP Nadda ji and every BJP worker for giving me this opportunity. With the resolution of 'ab ki baar 400 paar', every BJP worker will work to make Narendra Modi the 'PradhanSewak' for the third time." Bansuri Swaraj is the daughter of former Union minister Sushma Swaraj.

defamation case against Rahul Gandhi over his alleged objectionable remarks targeting Home Minister Amit Shah was postponed to March 13 after the Congress leader's counsel sought more time saying he was busy with the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Gandhi had appeared in the special MP-MLA court on February 20 and was granted bail. The court had then fixed March 2 for the next hearing. But on Saturday his lawyer Kashi Prasad Shukla sought more time from the court. «I have got information that Rahul Gandhi is busy in Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Hence, I submitted an application in the court, on which the court has fixed the next hearing for March 13,» Shukla said.

Mint, requesting anonymity. This follows a company-wide email by founder Byju Raveendran on Saturday which said that the firm was facing difficulties in disbursing February salaries to its approximately 20,000 employees. The company's monthly salary expenditure amounts to about $10 million, the person cited above said.

Google on Friday removed several popular apps by ten Indian developers from its Play Store, citing non-compliance with billing policies. This move has sparked a contentious dispute between the tech giant and Indian developers over what they perceive as Google’s «unfair» policies. But less than a day later, it started reinstating some of the apps on the Play Store, which began complying with its billing norms. Which apps have been impacted? Among the delisted apps were Bharat Matrimony, Telugu Matrimony, Tamil Matrimony, Marathi Matrimony, Matrimony.com’s Jodii and People Group’s Shaadi.com, along with dating apps Truly Madly and QuackQuack.

Supreme Court has said that Article 21 is the soul of the Constitution as the liberty of a citizen is of paramount importance and the high court not expeditiously adjudicating matters related to it would deprive a person of this precious right. A bench of Justice B R Gavai and Justice Sandeep Mehta made the observation after noting that the Bombay High Court has granted bail to one Amol Vithal Vahile, a prime accused in the murder of a corporator in Maharashtra, after a nudge from the apex court on January 29. The bench, in its recent order, said it is thus clear that before the order was passed by this court on January 29, 2024, the high court instead of deciding the application for bail on merits shunted it on one or the other ground. «Needless to state that Article 21 of the Constitution of India is the soul of the Constitution as the liberty of a citizen is of paramount importance. Not deciding the matter pertaining to liberty of a citizen expeditiously and shunting away the matter on one or the other ground would deprive the party of their precious right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India,» it said.

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government has taken action in response to Google's delisting of certain applications from the Play Store by calling a meeting with the tech giant. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that the government strongly opposes the delisting of apps and will not allow it to happen. «Government takes strong view of Google delisting some apps from Play Store. We will not allow delisting of apps,» PTI quoted Vaishnaw as saying.

Musk’s executive compensation award – the largest ever given to a corporate titan – filed the request Friday in Delaware state court. The attorneys for shareholder Richard Tornetta argued in a court filing they deserve more than 29 million Tesla shares. They explained why they prefer stock to cash.

Mint report. In a statement, IAMAI advised Google not to delist any apps from Google Play.

Mirwaiz Umer Farooq from addressing the congregation at historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar and didn’t allow him to leave his residence. The Anjuman Auqaf which runs the affairs of Jama Masjid termed it as an ‘unjustified move’ and ‘a restriction on the fundamental rights’ of Mirwaiz. They alleged that the authorities had informed them on Thursday that Mirwaiz would be allowed to come to Jama for the Friday prayers and sermon. “On Friday morning they reneged on their promise and again put him under house detention and regretfully once again Mirwaiz was prohibited from offering mandatory Friday prayers and delivering his sermons,” read the statement of Auqaf. They further said that Mirwaiz is being unjustly prevented from carrying out his religious duties at the Jama Masjid, which is a place of significant spiritual importance to the muslims. “This restriction not only impedes on his fundamental rights but also on the rights of the community members who benefit from his teachings. “Repeated appeals to authorities for his release from all quarters are falling on deaf ears,” Anjuman said.