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Rajasthan Cabinet on Wednesday approved 33 per cent reservation to women in the police force and five per cent additional allowance to pensioners. The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, also approved a proposal to allot land for a 3,150 MW solar power project. Deputy Chief Minister Dr Prem Chand Bairwa said an amendment to the Rajasthan Police Subordinate Services Rules, 1989, was approved in the cabinet meeting, paving the way for the one-third quota for women in police. A notification will be issued soon by the Personnel department in this regard, he added.

Delhi High Court on Wednesday said there was no infirmity in jail authorities' decision to deny visitation right to AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak for meeting Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in prison. Regarding Pathak's plea that he may be allowed to meet Kejriwal in the future, Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said he is at liberty to move an application seeking visitation, which shall be considered by the jail superintendent in accordance with law. The court, which had reserved its order on August 22 after hearing the submissions of the counsel for Pathak and Tihar Jail authorities, disposed of the petition. The jail authorities had allowed Pathak to meet Kejriwal twice in April but refused to give him permission this time, claiming that certain statements made by him after meeting the chief minister were in contravention of prison rules and mostly, politically motivated.

Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to direct CBFC to issue a certificate as the Madhya Pradesh High Court has already ordered the Censor Board to decide the representations made by the Jabalpur Sikh Sangat, which have objected to the film and its Trailer. Further, the Bombay High Court ordered CBFC to decide the representations made by the Jabalpur Sikh Sangat or anyone else, latest by September 18. The next hearing has been scheduled for September 19. A division bench of Justices Burgess Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla heard the plea. It went through the order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court after hearing the arguments of senior advocate Venkatesh Dhond appearing for Zee Studios and advocate Abhinav Chandrachud representing the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

Rebecca Cheptegei is in critical condition in a Kenyan hospital after being allegedly doused with petrol and set on fire by her former boyfriend. The attack occurred on Sunday at her home in Endebess, western Kenya, where she had been training. Both individuals are undergoing treatment for severe burns at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. Local police are investigating the incident, which is part of a worrying trend of violence against female athletes in Kenya. Cheptegei, 33, had returned home from church with her two children when the incident took place. According to local police chief Jeremiah ole Kosiom, neighbors rescued her after hearing a quarrel outside the house, during which the alleged attacker poured a liquid on her before setting her ablaze. The attacker also sustained serious burns during the altercation. «The couple were heard quarrelling outside their house. During the altercation, the boyfriend was seen pouring a liquid on the woman before burning her,» Kosiom explained to journalists.

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West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a new bill, the Aparajita Women & Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024, even as the opposition continued their clamour for chief minister Mamata Banerjee's resignation. Law minister Moloy Ghatak introduced the new Bill. «The new bill includes certain amendments and aims to expedite investigation, ensure fast justice delivery and enhanced punishment,» Mamata Banerjee said in the House. Speaking on the bill, which seeks to make amendments in relevant provisions under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012, Mamata Banerjee said, «It was a matter of shame that the Prime Minister could not do what her government did». Demanding the resignation of the PM and the Union home minister, Banerjee said: «I have written two letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and wanted a stringent law on rape but there was no reply from the PM.»

Supreme Court has directed the registrar general of the Madras High Court to furnish a report following a claim by the Central Bureau of Investigation that a Madras High Court judge passed a single line order in its case but made the detailed order available after he demitted office. A division bench of justices Abhay Oka and Augustine George Masih was informed that the operative portion of the judgment was delivered before the judge retired. But the detailed judgment was made available on the high court website only after Justice T Mathivanan demitted office in May 2017. The judgment pertained to quashing a corruption case filed by CBI against an IRS officer.

Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Sahara group to submit a “scheme” for the sale of its immovable, domestic and offshore properties by Thursday. This is to raise money for refund of more than Rs 24,029 crore collected by its two entities — Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Ltd (SIRECL) and Sahara Housing Investment Corporation Ltd (SHICL) — from 3.3 crore bond investors, with an interest of 15% from March 2008, as directed by the apex court in a series of orders since August 2012. A bench comprising Justices Sanjeev Khanna, Bela Trivedi and MM Sundresh told Sahara’s senior advocate Kapil Sibal that “more than 10 years have passed, and you still haven't deposited the money… SEBI is seeking the remaining Rs 10,000 crore. How will you muster the remaining Rs 10,000 crore?” Sibal said that Sahara group did not have a fair opportunity to sell its properties to pay the balance amount and no one wanted to “touch its properties.”

Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday filed an affidavit before the Madras High Court, apologising to the people of Tamil Nadu for her remarks made in light of the Rameshwaram Cafe blast in Bengaluru earlier this year. Post the March 1 low intensity blast at the popular eatery in Bengaluru, Karandlaje had linked the people of Tamil Nadu with the incident and she was booked by the Madurai police over the matter. She had moved the court seeking to quash the criminal proceedings against her. In her affidavit filed before the bench of Justice G Jayachandran, Karandlaje said the remarks made about the people of TN was done «without any intention» to hurt their sentiments and feelings.

ministry of labour and employment has written to all state governments urging them to include migrant workers, building workers, beedi workers, cine workers, non-coal mine workers, contract labourers, and other unorganised workers under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). This comes after the union cabinet recently approved the extension of the PMAY for an additional five years, from FY 2024-25 to 2028-29, with the aim of providing two crore additional houses to eligible beneficiaries, the ministry said in a statement issued on Tuesday. According to the statement, the ministry is of the view that these workers represent a disadvantaged section of society and ensuring their coverage under PMAY is not only a matter of social justice but also a necessary step towards improving their living conditions.

A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won’t come until after the November presidential election

Kolkata Police headquarters Lalbazar demanding the resignation of police commissioner Vineet Goyal, stayed put at nearby B B Ganguly Street even on Tuesday morning, more than 12 hours after they were stopped from marching further. The doctors, who were joined by several common people as well as students from other educational institutions spent the entire Monday night on BB Ganguly Street, around half a kilometre away from Lalbazar. A huge contingent of Kolkata Police officers remained on guard on the other side of the barricade built with guardrails chained together and locked with padlocks. The junior doctors had placed the replica of a spine and red roses on the barricade. The replica is to emphasise the duty of the police force to protect citizens, they claimed.

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A Brazilian Supreme Court panel has unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X nationwide

MNCs, including Microsoft India, Sumitomo Corporation India and AT Kearney India, the Delhi High Court on Monday quashed the final tax assessment orders that were passed against them without there being any draft assessment orders as mandated under Section 144C of the Income Tax Act 1961. It further said that the final assessment orders if framed after the prescribed time under Section 153 of the Act had expired are liable to be quashed on that ground additionally. Failure to frame a draft assessment order by the assessing officer would “clearly be violative of the mandatory prescriptions of Section 144C and the final order of assessment framed in violation thereof is liable to be viewed as a nullity,” a Division Bench comprising justices Yashwant Varma and Ravinder Dudeja said.

Delhi High Court has permanently restrained Taj Iconic Membership's managing director from using «Taj» name in its contents, corporate name, logo in a trademark suit filed by the Tata group of companies. The court directed the transfer of the domain name of Taj Iconic to IHCL. Justice Mini Pushkarna said "...it is apparent that the use of the various contents and photographs available on the plaintiff's (IHCL) website, by the defendant (Taj Iconic) in relation to business activities, has the effect of inducing the consumers and members of the trade to falsely believe that the defendant has a direct nexus or affiliation with the plaintiff.” “Further, the fraudulent and illegal trade activities of the defendant has also the effect of causing incalculable harm and injury to the business, goodwill and reputation associated with the plaintiff‟s associated mark,” the HC said, while directing the managing director of Taj Iconic to pay damages of to the tune of Rs 10 lakh and cost of Rs 5 lakh to IHCL, which is a part of the Tata group of companies.

Calcutta High Court on Monday asked the West Bengal government to produce all documents related to the arrest of four persons in connection with the August 27 march to state secretariat Nabanna to protest the rape-murder of a doctor in R G Kar hospital. The court questioned the justification for their arrest and subsequent release 24 hours later, and enquired whether proper procedures were followed by police in detaining them. The state told the court that it was a preventive arrest on part of the Howrah city police, who anticipated that the persons might cause serious disturbances during the protest march to Nabanna under the banner of 'Paschim Banga Chhatra Samaj'. Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj questioned what specific disturbances were anticipated and why the persons were released 24 hours ahead of the August 27 protest march.

Vijay Nair in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. A bench of justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti had deferred the matter after the counsel for the ED sought a weeks' time for filing a counter affidavit. The top court had issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on August 12 on the plea of Nair while noting that he has been in custody for two years.

Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to file an affidavit giving details about compliance of its 2021 judgement and subsequent directions on providing ration cards and other welfare measures to the migrant workers. The top court, in June 29, 2021 judgement and subsequent orders, had passed a slew of directions to the authorities asking them to undertake welfare measures, including giving ration cards to all migrant workers, who were distressed during the COVID-19 pandemic, registered with the 'e-Shram' portal. The 'e-Shram' is a comprehensive National Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW) launched by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment with a primary aim to facilitate delivery of welfare benefits and social security measures to unorganised sector workers across the country. «The Union of India is directed to file a comprehensive affidavit explaining the steps taken in compliance of the judgement dated June 29, 2021 and other subsequent orders. Such an affidavit will contain all the details of steps taken on any direction issued via main judgement and subsequent orders. This must be done within the period of three weeks,» said a bench comprising justices CT Ravikumar and Sanjay Karol.

Rajinikanth on Sunday said he was not aware of the Justice K Hema Committee and demands to set up a similar panel in Tamil Nadu. When reporters asked him about the panel of the neighbouring state and several people demanding setting up in Tamil Nadu a panel like the Kerala's Justice Hema Committee, he told reporters: «What? I am not aware of it, sorry.» The Justice Hema committee was constituted by the Kerala government after the 2017 actress assault case. Last month, a redacted version of the Justice Hema Committee report on harassment faced by women in the Malayalam cinema industry was made public. It contains shocking accounts alleging harassment, exploitation, and ill-treatment of women professionals. The 235-page report, published after redacting the names of witnesses and the accused, notes that the Malayalam film industry is controlled by about 10 to 15 male producers, directors, and actors who dominate and exert control over the industry.