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Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the West Bengal government to take steps to ensure that people displaced due to alleged post-poll violence in the state return to their homes. It directed the police to keep a strict vigil in the areas where violence allegedly took place and ensure that such incidents do not recur. The directive was issued by a division bench presided by Justice Harish Tandon while hearing petitions regarding allegations of violence in West Bengal after the Lok Sabha elections. The bench is likely to pronounce its directions on extension of deployment of central forces in West Bengal in the written order which will be posted in the high court's website.

National Testing Agency which conducts the NEET-UG examinations should be scrapped as crores of students who are future of India are suffering. He also called for the resignation of the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. «If he (Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan) is taking moral responsibility, we have heard in politics that people who take moral responsibility resign from their posts. But he is doing nothing of that sort… It is clear that papers are being leaked, they are being sold. This is a kind of commercialisation that is happening,» Yechury told ANI.

Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging certain alleged controversial dialogues and scenes in Annu Kapoor-starrer movie 'Hamare Baarah'. The Bombay High Court had on June 19 allowed the release of the movie after its makers agreed to delete certain objectionable portions. The matter came up for hearing on Friday before a vacation bench of justices Vikram Nath and S V N Bhatti, which allowed the petitioner to withdraw the plea. «By this writ petition, I have challenged certain controversial dialogues and scenes in the picture,» the counsel appearing for the petitioner said.

granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday, citing insufficient evidence and potential bias in the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) investigation into the alleged money laundering case, in a 25-page order that was released on Friday. Special Judge Niyay Bindu of the Rouse Avenue Court highlighted the lack of clear evidence linking Kejriwal to the crime and questioned the ED’s investigative methods. The court noted the ED’s failure to demonstrate how the alleged proceeds of crime were used in the 2022 Goa assembly elections by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The judge pointed out that only Rs 40 crore of the alleged Rs 100 crore had been traced, with no timeline provided for locating the remaining amount. «ED has failed to clarify as to how much time is required for tracing out the complete money trail,» Judge Bindu remarked, emphasising that Kejriwal's prolonged detention without substantial evidence was unacceptable.

Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail for two weeks to activist Mahesh Raut, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, for attending the rituals following the death of his grandmother. A vacation bench of justices Vikram Nath and S V N Bhatti directed that the interim bail will commence from June 26 and Raut shall surrender without fail on July 10. The bench passed the order on his application seeking interim bail to attend the rituals which are likely to be held on June 29-30 and July 5-6. «Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the period of incarceration already undergone by the respondent and also the nature of request made for the purpose, we are inclined to grant two weeks interim bail to the applicant (Raut) which may commence from June 26, 2024 and end on July 10, 2024,» the bench said.

The Supreme Court has upheld a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business and anti-regulatory interests

probe, cancellation and retest of NEET-UG, 2024 exam on grounds of question paper leak and other malpractices, on Friday. On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a notice regarding a plea by the National Testing Agency (NTA) seeking to transfer all petitions related to the NEET-UG 2024 examination from various High Courts to the apex court. The bench, led by Justice Vikram Nath, also stayed proceedings before different High Courts but emphasized that it would not halt the ongoing counseling process. Additionally, the SC issued a notice to the Centre and the NTA in response to a petition filed by students who appeared for the NEET-UG exam at the Meghalaya center. These students claimed they lost 45 minutes during the exam and requested to be included among the 1,563 students who were granted grace marks and offered a re-exam on June 23. The Court has scheduled the hearing for these pleas on July 8.

TikTok on Thursday disclosed a letter the company sent to the government in April accusing the federal agency that once held the platform’s future in its hands of “political demagoguery.”

The US Supreme Court upheld a 2017 tax on American-owned businesses’ foreign profits, rejecting an appeal that could have saved companies hundreds of billions of dollars.

The European Union’s top court says products such as disinfectants can’t be advertised as “skin friendly.”

Families of some of the people who died in two Boeing 737 Max crashes are asking the government to impose a fine of nearly $25 billion on the company

The Federal Trade Commission has referred a complaint against TikTok and its Beijing-based parent company to the Department of Justice

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Supreme Court has stayed further proceedings in an FIR filed against top brass, including IREO Group Managing Director Lalit Goyal and Oberoi Realty Chairman and Managing Director Vikas Oberoi, under various sections of cheating, criminal breach of trust and forgery. While seeking response from the Haryana police and others, a vacation Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and Justice Augustine George Masih said: “...we find that the second complaint (against IREO and Oberoi officials) was made without disclosing the fact that the first complaint had been made, albeit in relation to the letter dated September 9, 2022 supposedly addressed by the complainant (one Chandan Singh) itself which was attacked as a forgery. Significantly, the second complaint does not even mention this letter though it was of relevance.” “The question as to whether the filing of the second complaint would amount to an abuse of process and as to whether the complainant approached the Court with unclean hands requires further examination,” the apex court said, while posting the matter for further hearing on July 29.

EVM and used to generate an 'unlocking' OTP. This incident has intensified calls from various political figures in India to replace EVMs with traditional ballot papers. Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has been vocal in his criticism of EVMs.

Boeing's CEO is getting his day in front of Congress, and lawmakers are expected to have many questions about safety at the troubled aircraft company

special Lok Adalat from July 29 to August 3 to facilitate amicable settlement of suitable pending cases. The special Lok Adalat will be organised in the 75th year of the establishment of the apex court, which came into existence on January 26, 1950 with the coming into force of the Constitution. In a statement, the apex court said Lok Adalats are an integral component of judicial system in the country, enhancing alternative dispute resolution as a means of expediting and fostering amicable settlements. «In the 75th year of its establishment, the Supreme Court of India is organising a Special Lok Adalat from July 29, 2024 to August 3, 2024 to facilitate amicable settlements of suitable pending cases,» it said.

Boeing 737 Max jetliners plan to be in the room, watching him. CEO David Calhoun is scheduled to appear before the Senate investigations subcommittee, which is chaired by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a Boeing critic. The hearing will mark the first appearance before Congress by Calhoun — or any other high-ranking Boeing official — since a panel blew out of a 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. No one was seriously injured in the incident, but it raised fresh concerns about the company's best-selling commercial aircraft.

Nikhil Gupta, accused of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot against a Sikh extremist on American soil, pleaded not guilty as he was arraigned in federal court in Manhattan. Gupta was extradited to the US from the Czech Republic on June 14, which court records show as the day of his arrest in the US. He made his first appearance in Manhattan federal court before Magistrate Judge James Cott on Monday afternoon for his arraignment and pleaded not guilty. Gupta's attorney Jeffrey Chabrowe entered the «not guilty» plea on his behalf. Gupta is being held in a Brooklyn detention facility. Gupta is charged with murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for each charge.

Kiccha Sudeep has finally opened up on the arrest of his colleague Darshan. Darshan is currently in police custody along with his rumoured girlfriend Pavithra Gowda and 10 other men, for murdering Renuka Swamy, a 33-year old-youth. In an interview with India Today, the ‘Eega’ star said that justice has to be done for the victim’s wife and unborn child. «We are only aware of what the media is showing to us because we are not going to the police station to get the information. It looks like the media and the police are working hard to uncover the truth. There’s no doubt about that… that family deserves justice. That girl deserves justice. Renukaswamy, who died on the streets, deserves justice. The unborn child deserves justice. Above all, everyone should have faith in justice, and justice should prevail in this case,» he told India Today. While he refused to take Darshan’s name directly, the ‘Huccha’ actor said that the incident has tainted the whole Sandalwood industry and it badly needs an image makeover. «Everyone’s heart goes out to that family. The atmosphere doesn’t feel right. The film industry should get justice. All the blame seems to be placed on the film industry. The industry needs a clean chit. There are many artists involved. Cinema is not just one or two people. The film industry will be relieved if the culprit is punished,» he said.

The gun accessory the Supreme Court just ruled on allows a rifle to fire dozens of bullets within seconds