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TMC leader Hafizul Khan, by a joint team of the CBI and the Bomb Squad of the elite National Security Guard (NSG) from the Sarberia area of Sandeshkhali, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said on Saturday the state has turned into a «safe haven for terrorists». Hafizul, it turns out, is an aide of expelled TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, the alleged mastermind of the attack on an ED team in Sandeshkhali while it was raiding his house in connection with the ration 'scam' and a key accused in the 'excesses' on women and land grab in the island. Speaking to media persons on Saturday, Ghosh, the BJP's Lok Sabha nominee from the Purba Bardhaman constituency, said the people would rise against the TMC if it tried to hold on to power despite the state falling to the free-run of 'terrorists' and 'goons'.

petrol bomb at the home of Meghalaya's Deputy Chief Minister Sniawbhalang Dhar on Friday. His house is situated in Nongmynsong within the East Khasi Hills district. He lodged a First Information Report (FIR) which led to an increase in security in and around his property. Recently, individuals on motorcycles threw a petrol bomb at a police vehicle that was escorting Director of NEEPCO (Personnel) Major General (retired) RK.

Go First’s revival prospects, the Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to deregister all the 54 leased aircraft to the airline and process the lessors' applications for deregistration within five working days. Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju while restraining the carrier’s resolution professional (RP) from operating, accessing or flying these planes handed over the maintenance work of the aircraft back to the lessors. It also restrained the RP from replacing, taking out any accessories, spare parts, documents or any material from the aircraft while directing him to provide up to date information and documentation related to the aircraft to the lessors. The HC also quashed the aviation regulator’s communication against processing the applications of lessors to deregister their leased planes due to a moratorium imposed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on the airline's assets.

Delhi High Court has observed that the situation of the district courts' record rooms where case documents are kept, is «grim» and the process of weeding out the records needs to be done expeditiously besides being monitored on a regular basis. The high court directed the principal district and sessions judges of all the district courts in Delhi to monitor the progress of weeding out of case records in their respective districts and take effective steps in this regard. Regarding weeding out of the record, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet P S Arora was informed by the counsel for the Delhi High Court administration that necessary amendments have been already carried out, criterion for petty cases and cases for historical importance have been decided, committees to monitor weeding out have been constituted in each district court and around 52,000 files have already been weeded out. According to the quarterly report from January to March 2024, a total of 1,91,512 files have been identified for weeding out from all district courts and till now 52,167 filed have been weeded out.

Supreme Court's decision on Friday rejecting pleas seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with a Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) has brought the focus back on the paper trail machines. To enhance transparency and verifiability in the poll process, the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 were amended in 2013 to introduce the use of VVPAT machines. They were first used in the by-election to the Noksen assembly seat in Nagaland. At least one ballot unit, one control unit and one VVPAT make up for an EVM. The tentative cost of an EVM comprised Rs 7,900 per ballot unit, Rs 9,800 per control unit and Rs 16,000 per VVPAT.

Bombay High Court has said that issuance of a Look Out Circular (LOC) at the instance of public sector banks against alleged default borrowers in the absence of a statute or law is violative of a person's fundamental rights. The court made the observation on April 23 while quashing the Centre's decision empowering such banks to seek issuance of LOCs. A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Madhav Jamdar had on April 23 held as unconstitutional the clause of an Office Memorandum issued by the Central government empowering the Chairman, Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of public sector banks to seek issuance of LOCs against default borrowers or even persons who stood guarantee for such borrowers. In its 289-page judgment made available on Friday, the bench said an executive function cannot substitute a statute and the executive cannot in any event contravene the Constitution.

Supreme Court to give publicity of NOTA as a «fictional candidate» and to frame rules to conduct re-election in the parliamentary seats where NOTA gets a majority. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud issued notice to the Election Commission of India on Shiv Khera's plea seeking direction to frame rules to the effect that if NOTA gets a majority, the election held in the particular constituency shall be declared null and void and a fresh election shall be conducted to the constituency. Shiv Khera, in his plea, also sought to frame rules stating that the candidates who poll fewer votes than NOTA shall stand debarred from contesting all elections for a period of five years and to ensure proper and efficient reporting/publicity of NOTA as a «Fictional Candidate».

‘Vague & baseless…’: SC rejects pleas for 100% EVM-VVPAT verification Bhushan on the X platform added, "We had asked the SC to either: Go back to paper ballots, or Give VVPAT slip to the voter to put in a ballot box & then count VVPAT slips, or keep the light on in the VVPAT machine & count all the slips. Today only 2% of VVPAT slips are matched with EVM. SC today rejected our demands".

rejected the pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of votes cast on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with paper slips generated by the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). The verdict comes in the middle of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, and on a day, 88 seats go for voting in the second phase of polling. The two judges on the bench, Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, authored separate yet concurring judgments in the matter.

Supreme Court on Friday dismissed petitions that called for comprehensive cross-verification of votes cast using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta delivered two separate but concurring judgments on the matter. Here are the key takeaways from the hearing: 1.

Supreme Court on Friday told the Delhi government that it would consider listing its plea challenging the central government's law establishing pre-eminence of the lieutenant governor over the elected dispensation in controlling services in the national capital. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was urged by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the AAP government, that the whole administration has come to a standstill and the matter needed to be heard. The CJI said presently a nine-judge bench matter is going on and he will consider the submission. Presently, the nine-judge bench headed by the CJI is hearing petitions raising a vexed legal question whether private properties can be considered «material resources of the community» under Article 39(b) of the Constitution, which is a part of the Directive Principles of State Policy.

Harvey Weinstein, the former film producer who had been convited for rape and sex crimes, has achieved a significant legal victory. According to a report by The Associated Press, his 2020 rape conviction has been overturned by the New York Court of Appeal. However, the decision has sparked a fresh wave of controversy and uncertainty regarding his future legal battles and the ongoing ordeal for survivors of sexual assault.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the 'redistribution of wealth' controversy with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge writing a letter seeking PM's time to explain the grand old party's manifesto. Defending the Congress manifesto, Kharge said that the 'Nyay Patra' (manifesto) is aimed at providing justice to youngsters, women, farmers, labourers and marginalised people across castes and communities. Accusing the Prime Minister of seeking to divide society, Kharge said, «It has become your habit to seize on a few words taken out of context and create communal divide.»

intergenerational transfer of wealth is through family, legally defined as — and confined to — 'blood line' or by marriage. Securing the future of those closest to us is a powerful motivation to acquire wealth in the first place. But it assumes that our emotional bonds are strongest with those who only share ties of blood.

technical clarifications from the Election Commission of India (ECI). During the hearing, the bench had extensively interacted with an Election Commission official to understand the workings of the EVMs and VVPATs and their security features, Live Law reported. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) is one of the petitioners who sought a reversal of the Election Commission's 2017 decision to replace the transparent glass on VVPAT machines with an opaque glass through which a voter can see the slip only when the light is on for seven seconds.

husband has no control over his wife's 'stridhan' (woman's property) and while he may use it during the time of his distress, he has a moral obligation to return it to his wife, the Supreme Court has reiterated while directing a man to pay Rs 25 lakh to a woman in return for her lost gold. The woman in this case claimed that 89 sovereigns of gold were gifted to her by her family at the time of marriage. Additionally, after the wedding, her father gave a cheque for Rs 2 lakh to her husband. According to the woman, on the first night of their marriage, the husband took custody of all her jewellery and entrusted the same to his mother under the garb of safekeeping. She alleged that all the jewellery was misappropriated by the husband and his mother to discharge their pre-existing financial liabilities. The Family Court, in 2011, held that the husband and his mother had indeed misappropriated the appellant's gold jewellery and that she was entitled to recoup the loss caused to her by the said misappropriation.

Supreme Court recognised the fundamental right of all citizens to be free from adverse impacts of climate change. This was in the context of a plea by environmentalists to protect the great Indian bustard from encroachment of its natural habitat by companies building wind and solar farms for expanding India's capacity for RE. Meanwhile, a political controversy has flared up on the question of whether private property belongs only to its present owner and his or her inheritor(s), or should return to the public with owner's demise. At the same time, a nine-bench of the Supreme Court is re-examining its interpretation in 1978 of constitutional rights to private versus public property. Here, too, the question is about the fair redistribution of wealth in society. These cases before the court point to fundamental questions about rule of law in a democracy. In a 'true' democracy, every human — whether she or he is wealthy or not, or having formal higher education or not — has an equal vote with others, and all voices must be heard while framing laws.

MUMBAI : Two Essel Group entities face bankruptcy proceedings for allegedly defaulting on repayments adding up to ₹520 crore. The National Company Law Tribunal on Thursday admitted Essel Homes Pvt. Ltd and Primcomm Media Distribution Ventures Ltd into insolvency for failing to repay ₹260 crore each.

WhatsApp LLC and its parent company Facebook Inc, now Meta, challenging the 2021 Information Technology (IT) rules for social media intermediaries requiring the messaging app to trace chats and make provisions to identify the first originator of information. Observing that the matter would have to be argued by the parties, a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan asked if the issue has been considered in any other country. «There is no such rule anywhere else in the world. Not even in Brazil,» the lawyer appearing for WhatsApp said, adding that the requirement was against the privacy of users and the rule was introduced without any consultation.

he is ready to withdraw the suit "if Moitra makes a statement that she will not make a statement against him which are palpably false", Bar and Bench Reported. Dehadrai alleged that the former MP from West Bengal made defamatory comments against him and said in interviews to the media that he is “jobless" and “jilted". Reacting to this, advocate Samudra Sarangi, who appeared for Moitra, said that "he will obtain instructions on the same".

TOI reported. After the Gyanvapi judgment, Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar had received a hand-written threat letter, after which nine police personnel were deployed. The Allahabad High Court had sanctioned Y-category security for the judge and his family after he raised similar concerns, which was later downgraded to X-category.