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Punjab government on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that continuous, elaborate meetings were held with Jagjit Singh Dallewal, farmer leader who is on an indefinite fast at Khanauri border, and other farmers, but they declined interacting with the high-powered committee constituted by it. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan was informed by Punjab advocate general Gurminder Singh that the committee invited them on December 17, but protesting farmers did not engage with it. Singh said the state government was trying to persuade the farmers on a daily basis and suggested they could be permitted to submit their demands directly to the court. The top court said, «We clarify that court's doors are always open to any suggestion or demand by farmers directly or through their authorised representative.»

Canada has imposed economic sanctions on five Venezuelan officials, including the head of the country’s high court, accusing them of engaging in electoral fraud during the disputed July presidential election

TikTok is asking the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agrees to sell it

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The Election Commission of India (ECI) will likely retain discretionary powers to defer legislative assembly polls under specific circumstances even after the country transitions to a ‘one nation, one election’ system, per the Constitutional amendment bill tabled in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Currently, the ECI can conduct elections under Article 324 of the Constitution and seek an extension to complete elections through section 153 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

Darshan Thoogudeepa and other accused in the Renukaswamy murder case. A proposal will be submitted to the state government in this regard, he said. The Karnataka High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to Darshan, who is accused number 2 in the case. The bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty had also granted bail to Darshan's friend Pavithra Gowda, who is accused number 1, and other accused — R Nagaraju, Anu Kumar alias Anu, Lakshman M, Jagadeesh alias Jagga and Pradoosh S Rao.

Delhi High Court has directed the chief operating officer and chief executive officer of SpiceJet to appear before it in a plea seeking compliance of over USD 6.03 lakh in payment to the aircraft engines lessors. Justice Manmeet PS Arora «specifically denied» the request of the counsel for judgement debtor, SpiceJet, for the appearance of the two senior officers before the court through video conferencing. «The chief operating officer (COO) and chief executive officer (CEO) of the judgement debtor are directed to remain present in court on the next date of hearing, that is, January 16, 2025,» the court said in its order on December 10. The court was hearing an application by the decree holder and aircraft engine lessor Team France 01 SAS and another, seeking a direction for the compliance of the consent order passed on May 29 wherein the airline was directed to make the payment of USD 6,03,870.82 to the decree holders.

Supreme Court on Monday said and dismissed a plea against a Gujarat High Court order refusing to suspend certain provisions of a 1991 state law over properties in disturbed areas. While hearing the challenge, Justices Dipankar Datta and Prashant Kumar Mishra, asked, «How can, by an interim order, certain provisions be suspended?» «There is a presumption of constitutionality attached to every enactment,» it observed. The high court on October 28 rejected an application seeking suspension of certain provisions of the Gujarat Prohibition of Transfer of Immovable Property and Provisions for Protection of Tenants from Eviction from Premises in the Disturbed Areas Act, 1991.

Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav had forsaken even the fig leaf of being above suspicion when he declared that India should function according to the wishes of the 'bahusankhyak' (majority) while attending a VHP event on the Uniform Civil Code. To boot, he even bandied a derogatory term to describe rigid Muslim clerics. While Supreme Court has sought a report on his actions, Yadav should be removed as judge.

Brijinder Singh was re-elected as the president of the Indian Golf Union (IGU) for a second consecutive term during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) here on Sunday. The elections for IGU office-bearers and the Governing Council for the 2024-2026 term were held unopposed as the number of candidates matched the available positions. Singh was the lone candidate for the president's post, while S K Sharma and Sanjiv Rattan were elected unopposed as secretary and treasurer, respectively. The nine members elected to the Governing Council are Farzan R Heerjee (Jharkhand), Harpuneet Singh Sandhu (Chandigarh), Harish Kumar (Uttarakhand), Nagesh Singh (Assam), Dr Param Navdeep Singh (Rajasthan), Sameer Sinha (Gujarat), Shashank Sandu (Maharashtra), Simarjeet Singh (Uttar Pradesh), and Viren Singh Ghumman (Punjab).

Sean Diddy and Luigi Mangione, coincidentally have a connection — a legal one. Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Wayne Thompson, has hired Karen Friedman-Agnifilo as his lawyer. Incidentally, Friedman-Agnifilo's husband, Marc Agnifilo, represents rapper Sean «Diddy» Combs in his sex trafficking case. Thompson was shot and killed on December 4th in New York City while walking to a conference. Mangione, a University of Pennsylvania graduate, has been arrested in the case after a five-day manhunt. He has pleaded not guilty to murder and gun possession charges.

National Green Tribunal has issued notice to the Centre regarding the alleged felling of scores of trees in the national capital. The green body was hearing about the alleged illegal felling of thousands of trees at Chajju Ram Bagh in Jindpur by a private builder to construct a warehouse and commercial godown. In an order dated December 9, a bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava noted that the district magistrate of north Delhi did not file his reply, as per the tribunal's earlier order to produce the relevant khasra entries and revenue record of Chajju Ram Bagh of last 20 years to ascertain the correct position. The bench also comprising judicial member Justice Sudhir Agarwal and expert member A Senthil Vel noted that the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) filed a compliance report enclosing an order where the forest officials concerned had imposed a compounding fee of Rs nine lakh for illegal felling of 15 trees.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The day of reckoning has arrived for Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s president. The country’s National Assembly voted on December 14th to impeach him for his short-lived attempt to impose martial law earlier this month.

Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government’s policies and decisions were aimed at boosting India’s strength and unity in line with the Constitution, while the opposition Congress had “tasted blood” by repeatedly wounding it. Replying to a two-day debate in the Lok Sabha on the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution, he called for taking 11 resolutions, including zero tolerance towards corruption and ensuring every section of society gets the benefits of development. The Prime Minister said this would ensure true secularism and social justice. He also said the government is working on a uniform civil code, calling it a “secular civil code.”

A federal appeals court has left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States

A. Bimol Akoijam, said on Saturday that he does not wish to listen to Prime Minister Modi's speech on the Constitution in the Lok Sabha as he feels «deeply offended» by the Prime Minister's silence on the Manipur issue. Speaking to ANI, Akoijam said, «I don't want to listen to him. We had a discussion, and there were very interesting points that I wanted to speak on, but I did not get the opportunity. I will be writing an article on this because I have seen how the Constitution and Parliament function in this country for almost three decades.» «It is heartening that we are discussing the 75th year of our Constitution. But it's a fact that, at the moment, we have a complete breakdown of constitutional machinery,» he added.

Supreme Court for a year-round ban on firecrackers, aiming to mitigate air quality degradation and noise pollution. Seasonal restrictions, introduced annually during Diwali since 2017, have proven insufficient to address the capital’s pollution crisis. “We will do it permanently,” Senior Advocate Shadan Farasat, representing the Delhi government, told the court, highlighting the administration’s firm stance. Firecrackers release pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and heavy metals like cadmium and lead. These chemicals not only degrade air quality but also contaminate soil and groundwater.

Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently overturned a 20-year rigorous imprisonment sentence handed down to a man convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl. The court ruled that the conviction was based primarily on medical evidence, which the judges deemed insufficient without additional corroborative testimony. In its decision, the court emphasised that while medical findings can support a case, they cannot be the primary evidence in establishing guilt. The case dates back to January 2022, when the victim, a 10-year-old girl, visited her uncle’s house in Nagpur. The accused, a 51-year-old landlord, allegedly lured the child to a secluded area and sexually assaulted her. Following the incident, a medical examination confirmed physical injuries consistent with sexual assault. The victim's mother promptly filed a complaint, leading to the arrest of the accused. In June 2023, the special Pocso court convicted the man under Section 376-AB of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, relying heavily on the medical findings and the victim's statement recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The court sentenced the accused to 20 years in prison.

North Carolina's highest court has ruled over some insurance claims filed by businesses that were harmed financially by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting 2020 government orders limiting commerce and public movement

The Supreme Court says it will take up a business-backed appeal that could make it easier to challenge federal regulations, acting in a dispute related to California’s nation-leading standards for vehicle emissions

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra launched a scathing attack on PM Modi-led government at the Centre in her maiden speech saying that the government has not understood that 'Bharat ka Samvidhan' (India's Constitution) is not 'Sangh ka Vidhan' (law of the RSS). Speaking for almost 32 minutes in Hindi, Vadra talked about the violence in Sambhal and her meetings with rape victims in Agra and Unnao. She also talked about her meeting with victims of the landslide in Wayanad. The first speaker from the Opposition side to speak on the debate on the 75 years journey of the Constitution, she began her speech by outlining the significance of the Constitution and paying tributes to those who laid down their lives in the Parliament attack on December 13, 2001.

McKinsey & Company consulting firm has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a federal investigation into its work for opioids manufacturer Purdue Pharma, according to court papers filed in Virginia