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Vice President Kamala Harris. She started late, and ran against a tough opponent in a bleak environment. She faced an electorate hungry for change, upset with the direction of the country and the economy. If she wins, she will be able to credit a handful of factors that helped her fight those headwinds and defeat former President Donald Trump. Here is what analysts will be saying should Harris win.

However, it looks like Musk can now proceed as planned as a Pennsylvania court has ruled that the decision to shut the petition down has been duly rejected, and the next phases of the announcements of the receivers will follow. The initiation of the legal action against this million-dollar giveaway began with District Attorney Larry Krasner, a Democrat, who had called the process a scam and a ploy 'designed to influence a national election' and demanded that it be shut down. However, Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta did not pay heed to his wording and ruled in Musk's favor. Meanwhile, Musk's lawyer Chris Gober explained that the final two recipients of the giveaway before the presidential election will be in Arizona on Monday and Michigan.

NCLAT), on Monday, reserved its order in Jaiprakash Associates Ltd's (JAL) appeal against NCLT's order of admitting it into insolvency. National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Allahabad passed an insolvency admission order earlier this year on ICICI bank's plea, holding the construction and infrastructure company to have defaulted on payments amounting to ₹1269 crore. JAL has argued that its total debt was restructured under the master restructuring agreement (MRA), and the default date mentioned by the lenders goes before the MRA, which is bad in law.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra on October 22 reserved the judgement on eight petitions, including the lead one filed by Anjum Kadari, against the high court verdict. On March 22, the Allahabad High Court had declared the Act as «unconstitutional» and violative of the principle of secularism, and asked the state government to accommodate madrasa students in the formal schooling system.

Trenney said she knew of other families doing the same in Bellevue, a Pittsburgh suburb and an electoral hotbed prized by both Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, rivals in a race that analysts say will go down to the wire. «Just trying to pacify the anxiety,» said Trenney, who voted for Harris ahead of Tuesday's Election Day. «Anything and everything to distract from, 'Oh my God, what's going to happen?'»

Supreme Court on Monday said it would consider the the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, if the Centre does not decide on it «either way». A bench of Justices B R Gavai, P K Mishra and K V Viswanathan adjourned for two weeks the former Punjab Police constable's plea seeking commutation of his death sentence to life term due to an «inordinate delay» in deciding his mercy petition. «Decide it either way or we will consider it (Rajoana's plea),» the bench told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, after he informed the court that Rajoana's mercy plea was pending with the president's house. Rajoana has been in continuous custody for 29 years, said his counsel, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, while seeking his release till the mercy petition is decided.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In 2000, Danny, a 38-year-old lawyer, confronted then Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal of the Bombay High Court with a heartfelt request: “Would you grant me the liberty to take my own freedom and step away from the course you have charted for me?" Justice Sabharwal had offered him a judgeship, but Danny wanted to prioritise caring for his ailing wife over accepting the prestigious position.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Practitioners and experts said proposed changes to the Arbitration Act should include provisions to minimise court intervention when litigants settle for out-of-court dispute resolution. While reforms pitched by the government seek to promote institutional arbitration, they still have provisions which would delay dispute resolution by allowing courts to intervene, said experts.

Conservationists and a Native American advocacy group are suing to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction, disrupt groundwater flows and threaten cultural resources

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Gopal Vittal took over the Indian operations of Bharti Airtel in March 2013, telecom was a cut-throat industry of 13 companies, each trying to undercut on price and outbid in buying airwaves. Airtel was a leader in a scattered industry in the throes of change and turmoil.

Narendra Modi urging people to guard against the menace of 'digital' arrests, probe agencies said they are taking action against this category of cyber crime with the ED filing a charge sheet in one such case and the I4C issuing a fresh advisory. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued a statement on Saturday, saying it filed a prosecution complaint before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Bengaluru last month against eight accused who allegedly «lured» common people through «fake» IPO allotments and stock market investments through fraudulent apps. «Probe found that a huge network of cyber scams in India, involving fake stock market investments and digital arrest schemes executed primarily through social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Telegram. »Known as 'pig-butchering' scams, stock market investment scams entice victims with promises of high returns, using fake websites and misleading WhatsApp groups that appear connected to reputable financial firms," the Enforcement Directorate said.

Says it's looking to “ensure the long-term viability” of casual dining brand.

Former boxing world champion Tyson was accused of raping a woman in 1992. A lawsuit was filed in January in 2023. Subsequently, in June this year, the victim pleaded in the court that she mentioned the wrong date, as per a USA Today report. Tyson's lawyers have decided to file papers in the court on November 18. Tyson is scheduled to fight Jake Paul at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Lyft is paying $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the ride-hailing service of exaggerating how much money drivers could make while the company was trying to recover from a steep downturn in demand during the pandemic

Mumbai police have forwarded a proposal for extradition of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's younger brother Anmol Bishnoi, who has been named as an accused in some high-profile crimes, including the Baba Siddique murder case, an official said. The proposal was sent after the US authorities informed the Mumbai police about Anmol Bishnoi's presence in their country, the senior police official said on Saturday. Last month, the Mumbai police's crime branch moved the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court here stating that it intends to «initiate the extradition procedure of fugitive criminal Anmol Bishnoi».

Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK alleged on Saturday and wondered how such a test could be conducted without defects. The Dravidian party's official organ, 'Murasoli,' in an editorial argued yet again against the test and referred to 'news reports' that a high level committee of experts has submitted a 'report' to the Centre to hold the national test online to prevent irregularities. «The exam, NEET by itself is an irregularity. How an irregular exam can be conducted without irregularity?» the editorial dated November 2, 2024 asked.

A convict who became Canada ‘s youngest designated dangerous offender after sexually assaulting a three-month-old baby is seeking escorted leave from prison to attend Indigenous cultural ceremonies in Vancouver.

PepsiCo won the dismissal of New York's lawsuit accusing the beverage and snack-food company of polluting the environment with single-use plastic packaging, as the judge criticized the state's attorney general, Letitia James, for bringing the case. Justice Emilio Colaiacovo of the state Supreme Court in Buffalo said on Thursday that James failed to show PepsiCo created a public nuisance and should have warned consumers about the health and environmental risks of plastics in more than 100 of its brands. James sued PepsiCo and its Frito-Lay unit last November, seeking to hold them liable for endangering Buffalo's water supply by generating 17% of the plastic waste found in and near the Buffalo River. She also said the defendants deceived the public about their efforts to fight plastics pollution.

As part of a sweeping two-year investigation into prison labor, The Associated Press found that correctional staff nationwide have been accused of using inmate work assignments to sexually abuse incarcerated women, luring them to isolated spots, out of...

bankruptcy judge approved a sale of Tupperware Brands on Tuesday, paving the way for the iconic food storage company to soon exit Chapter 11 protection and continue offering its products while undergoing a hoped-for revitalization. The sale given the court's green light in Delaware still is subject to closing conditions. Under terms of the deal, a group of lenders is buying Tupperware's brand name and various operating assets for $23.5 million in cash and more than $63 million in debt relief. Tupperware agreed to the lender takeover last week, pivoting from a previously planned asset auction. The brand said it expects to operate as The New Tupperware Co. upon completion of the deal.