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Maharashtra Assembly elections, veteran leader Sharad Pawar led faction moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking that both factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) be given new poll symbols. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan listed the plea for hearing on September 25 after senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Sharad Pawar faction submitted that they want urgent listing of the matter in view of the assembly elections in Maharashtra. Singhvi said that till the matter is finally decided, both the groups should be given new symbols ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Sharad Pawar has moved the apex court against the February 6 order of the Election Commission recognising Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar-led group as the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea against the anti-defection law (Tenth Schedule) of the Constitution. The law brought in 1985 by the 52nd constitutional amendment deals with situations of defection in Parliament or state legislatures by members of a political party, independent members and nominated members, and lays the grounds for disqualification of the members. Members of Parliament or Legislative Assembly are disqualified if they are found to have defected from their original party on whose ticket they were elected.

West Bengal junior doctors on Friday confirmed that they will partially resume work in state-run hospitals from Saturday. The resumption of medical duties coincides with floods that have impacted parts of West Bengal. Junior doctors will reportedly work towards providing relief to civilians affected due to the natural disaster.

Bombay High Court on Friday held as unconstitutional and struck down the amended Information Technology (IT) Rules which sought to identify fake and false content on social media against the government. The matter was assigned to Justice A S Chandurkar as 'tie-breaker judge', after a division bench in January delivered a split verdict on the petitions challenging the amended IT rules. Justice Chandurkar on Friday held that the rules violated constitutional provisions. «I have considered the matter extensively. The impugned rules are violative of Article 14 (right to equality), 19 (freedom of speech and expression) and 19(1)(g) (freedom and right to profession) of the Constitution of India,» the judge said.

Allahabad High Court on Friday denied bail to former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, who is serving a life sentence for gang rape. Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Mohd FA Khan of the Lucknow bench of the court denied the bail. The bench had reserved its order for Friday after completing the hearing in the matter on September 10. The former minister had sought bail while his appeal against the conviction in the case by a special court is pending.

A broad group of civil rights organizations are calling on the CEOs and board members of major companies to maintain their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

SpiceJet to negotiate with the lessors on the weekend and refused to interfere with the previous HC order that asked the airline to ground three engines and return them to its lessors — Team France 01 SAS and Sunbird France 02 SAS — in 15 days for non-payment of lease rentals. The Chief Justice of India told the airline, «If you don't comply, then you have to return the engines.» During the hearing, SpiceJet informed the Supreme Court that it was already in talks to make payments and was «ready to pay even today.»

Supreme Court on Friday directed a Union government-appointed high-level committee probing the death of three IAS aspirants in a coaching centre here in July due to flooding in the building's basement to submit interim measures in four weeks to prevent such incidents. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan directed the Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi governments to apprise the court of policy, legislative and administrative changes made to prevent a repeat of such incidents. It said uniform initiatives should be taken in the entire National Capital Region to prevent another Old Rajendra Nagar-type incident from happening. «If the need arises, we will pass directions for pan-India to prevent Old Rajendra Nagar-type incidents,» the bench observed.

Bombay High Court has directed Apollo Tyres Ltd. to stop circulating advertisements that allegedly disparage CEAT Ltd’s car tyre variant ‘Crossdrive AT’ until further order, granting temporary relief to the RPG group-owned listed tyre company. In a recent order, the court said that CEAT has made out a strong prima facie case for the grant of ad-interim relief in its petition, alleging that some advertisements for Apollo Tyres’ variant ‘Apterra AT2’ shared through YouTube, Instagram, X, LinkedIn and Facebook portray ‘Crossdrive AT’ in a negative light. “The balance of convenience is in favour of the plaintiff (CEAT Ltd),” Justice RI Chagla observed in his 16-page interim order. “Unless reliefs as prayed for are granted, the Plaintiff will suffer irreparable harm/injury which cannot be compensated in terms of money.”

Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to provide information about the numbers and names reiterated by the apex court Collegium for appointment as judges in higher judiciary with reasons why they were not considered so far and at what level they were pending. The direction was passed by a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud while hearing a PIL seeking a direction that a time limit be fixed for the Centre to notify the appointment of judges recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium. «The Supreme Court Collegium is not a search committee (for judges) whose recommendations can be stalled,» said the bench which also comprised Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. The bench asked Attorney General (AG) R Venkataramani, appearing for the Centre, to provide it with a list of names reiterated by the Collegium and say «why they are pending and at what level».

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The six-year-old criminal case of Greg Kelly, an American ensnared in the scandal of Nissan’s former boss Carlos Ghosn has turned a page in a Japanese court, with the judge promising a verdict in February

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Karnataka High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the bail plea of former Janata Dal (S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who faces allegations of sexual assault and rape. A single-judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna earlier heard arguments on Revanna's application in the first case and two anticipatory bail pleas related to subsequent complaints. During the hearing, the court directed the advocates to avoid mentioning the victims' names and, instead, point out specific details in the case documents. Senior Advocate Prabhuling K Navadgi, appearing for Revanna, outlined the timeline of events, emphasising that the woman, who had previously complained about being illegally removed from her home, had not initially leveled allegations of sexual misconduct against Revanna.

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anticipatory bail in a case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act is a «very serious» issue and «unheard of», the Supreme Court said on Thursday. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai and also comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and K V Viswanathan was hearing a plea filed by an accused seeking regular bail in a case lodged for alleged offences under provisions of the NDPS Act in West Bengal. The bench directed the West Bengal government to consider whether the state proposes to file an application seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to four accused in a case. It issued notice to the state of West Bengal on the accused's bail plea and posted it for hearing after four weeks.

Canada abstained today from a high-profile United Nations vote demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank within a year.

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Bombay High Court said on Wednesday that if the use of loudspeakers and sound systems beyond permissible noise levels was harmful during the Ganesh festival then it also has the same effect during the Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi processions. A division bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Amit Borkar made the remark while hearing a bunch of public interest litigations (PILs) seeking a ban on the use of «DJs», «dance» and «laser lights» during the Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi processions. The petitions urged HC to direct the civic bodies and police to refrain from granting permission for the use of such high-decibel sound systems. The PILs claimed that neither the Quran nor the Hadith (holy books) prescribes the use of DJ systems and laser lights for the celebration.