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Maharashtra government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will hand over the next tranche of land by December for construction of the Bombay High Court's new building complex in Mumbai's Bandra region. The state government also informed a special bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices B R Gavai and JB Pardiwala that so far it has not received the possession of the Air India building in south Mumbai where the mediation centre of the Bombay High Court is proposed to be shifted. The state government said possession of 30.16 acre of land will be handed over to the high court in a phased manner, adding the first tranche measuring 4.39 acres has already been given.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Lawrence Bishnoi, a 31-year-old vegetarian with a handlebar mustache who authorities say controls a violent gang from his high-security prison cell in India, is at the center of a diplomatic brawl between Canada and India. To Indian law-enforcement officials, Bishnoi is a “dreaded gangster" who over the past decade has made a daring prison break, threatened a Bollywood star, and found his gang accused of killing a rapper considered a rival.

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Sean Diddy Combs. Diddy is still facing a growing number of lawsuits, according to Business Insider. A lawsuit was filed against Combs on Monday, claiming that he had sexually assaulted a 16-year-old during one of his well-known white parties. One of six new lawsuits that were filed against the hip-hop mogul in October, the others alleging rape and sexual assault. The complaint was part of a wave of 120 civil lawsuits that are anticipated to be filed against him soon, as quoted in a report by the Business Insider. All of the accusations against Combs have been refuted by his attorneys, who have described the six lawsuits filed this month as an effort to garner publicity.

Supreme Court has allowed fugitive Islamic preacher Zakir Naik to withdraw his plea to consolidate multiple hate speech cases against him. A bench comprising Justices Abhay Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and Augustine George Masih granted the withdrawal after Naik informed the court that he plans to approach the respective High Courts to seek the quashing of these cases, reported Bar and Bench. The Maharashtra government previously questioned Naik's ability to approach the Supreme Court given his fugitive status. The court had permitted the state to file a counter-affidavit to present their objections about the maintainability of Naik's plea. Earlier, Centre also questioned before the Supreme Court the maintainability of a plea filed Zakir Naik seeking clubbing of FIRs filed in different states over his purported statements during the Ganapati festival in 2012.

Offshore wind energy projects in New York, New Jersey and Maryland are moving forward, as federal regulators examine the proposals and opponents increase their legal challenges to the work

Bombay High Court on Wednesday suspended the life sentence of notorious gangster Chhota Rajan in connection with the 2001 murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty, granting him bail in the case. A division bench comprising Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan directed Rajan to furnish a bond of ₹1 lakh for his release. However, Rajan will continue to remain incarcerated due to other ongoing criminal cases.

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Bombay High Court on Wednesday suspended the life sentence of gangster Chhota Rajan in connection with the murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty here in 2001 and granted him bail in the case. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan directed Rajan to furnish a bond of Rs one lakh for the bail. Rajan will, however, continue to remain in jail in connection with other criminal cases. In May this year, a special court convicted Rajan in the hotelier's murder case and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Donald Trump on Tuesday hurled a series of personal attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her «lazy» — a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms — and repeatedly questioning her intelligence and stamina. At an event in Miami aimed at courting Latino voters, he said Harris was «lazy as hell» for not holding a campaign event. Trump's comments ignored that Harris spent her day in meetings in Washington and recording interviews with Telemundo and NBC. He referred to the first woman of color to lead a major party ticket as «slow» and having a «low IQ.» Later in the day during a rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, he called Harris a «stupid person» and went on to ask: «Does she drink? Is she on drugs?»

Musicians from ABBA, Radiohead and The Cure have joined actors and authors in signing a protest letter against the mining of their artistry to build artificial intelligence tools

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The application was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan. The counsel appearing for the Sharad Pawar faction informed the bench that the matter was supposed to be listed today (October 22) but hadn't found a mention in the causelist. He argued the plea seeks that both factions be directed not to use the «clock» symbol.

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Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin, in a veiled reference to the Sanatana dharma 'eradication' remark he made last year, has said that he will not apologise for his comment. Addressing an event in Dindigul, Udhayanidhi said that women did not have the right, once upon a time, to even step out of their homes and also to go to schools. Reformist leader 'Periyar' EV Ramasamy raised his voice against all such discriminatory practices. The Deputy CM said he followed Periyar, Dravidian icon CN Annadurai and late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi and uttered only what such leaders had said in the past. Udhaynidhi presided over the self-respect marriage of Andichami (son of party leader Natham M A Andi Ambalam, a former MLA) with Radha Devi in Dindigul. «Case has been filed against me not only in Tamil Nadu but in several courts in India,» he said without making a direct reference to his Sanatana dharma related comment.

Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, Diddy states that his final words before passing away will be, «I did it.» Seven years before the disgraced music mogul was charged with federal crimes, Sean Diddy Combs made public the three words he would say before passing away, as quoted in a report by Fox News. For a special episode of Martha and Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party on VH1 in 2017, Combs, 54, was one of three guests to sit down with the ‘Queen of Cuisine’ Martha Stewart and the ‘King of Kush’ Snoop Dogg.

Delhi High Court has restrained Hong Yi F5 and others, the owner and operator of a website that had replicated an earlier version of Dream 11's website, from using Dream 11's trademark, trade and domain names, its logos and tagline and layout/ user-interface of its website or any deceptively similar variant that is likely to infringe the latter’s trademark and copyright. The HC also asked GoDaddy.com LLC to transfer Hong Yi's domain name to Sporta Technologies, which owns and operates the Dream 11 fantasy sports platform that allows participants to draft virtual teams based on real players' performances in actual games. Justice Amit Bansal said that since Hong Yi F5 and other defendants have failed to take any requisite steps to contest the present suit, it is evident that they have no defence to put forth on merits. “It may be relevant to note that Hong Yi F5 did not appear before the court, despite service of summons on February 9, 2024 via e-mail. Further, no communication on behalf of the defendants have been placed on record in respect of the allegations of the plaintiffs in this suit.”

Ruchir Modi, son of former Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi, has filed a plea in the Delhi High Court seeking distribution of the dividends of Rs 620.83 crore, received by the K.K. Modi Family Trust companies since 2020, among the four family branches — Lalit Modi, Bina Modi, Samir Modi and Charu Modi. Justice Subramonium Prasad has given two weeks to Bina and her daughter Charu Modi to respond to the Ruchir's application. The case will be next heard on November 19. Ruchir in his fresh plea has alleged that several trust companies including Godfrey Phillips India (GPIL), IPM India Wholesale Trading and Indofil Industries have announced and distributed dividends the tune of Rs 620.83 crore to the upstream Trust companies since 2020, but he and his family branch had been kept «completely in the dark» and his family branch is entitled to a 25% share.

Haryana's Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Department has suspended 24 officials over alleged failure to take adequate steps to prevent stubble burning incidents in their respective areas. An order in this regard was issued on October 20. While the order mentioned that the officials are suspended on administrative grounds, a senior officer of the department on Tuesday said the action has been taken because of the alleged failure of these officials to prevent stubble burning incidents. He said that more stubble burning cases were found in their areas.