News for 'Indian Association of People's Lawyers'

'Poker is a game of skill'

'Poker is a game of skill'

Rediff.com19 Sep 2019

Instagram sensation Dan Bilzerian makes a pit stop at the Indian Poker Championship.

LOVE GURU: 'My wife likes looking at fair men'

LOVE GURU: 'My wife likes looking at fair men'

Rediff.com25 Aug 2022

Relationship problems? Let Love Guru help.

Sabarimala: Deity has the right to be 'eternal celibate', SC told

Sabarimala: Deity has the right to be 'eternal celibate', SC told

Rediff.com26 Jul 2018

This was also part of the right to privacy of the deity, the lawyer said.

'My Muslim-ness did not matter, my professional competence did'

'My Muslim-ness did not matter, my professional competence did'

Rediff.com11 Feb 2021

At an online book release event, former vice president Hamid Ansari lays to rest the controversies surrounding his tenure.

HC raps BCCI, suggests shifting IPL out of drought-hit Maharashtra

HC raps BCCI, suggests shifting IPL out of drought-hit Maharashtra

Rediff.com6 Apr 2016

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said ideally the Indian Premier League matches should be shifted elsewhere, where there is no water crisis.

10 years later, 26/11 trial continues to drag in Pak court

10 years later, 26/11 trial continues to drag in Pak court

Rediff.com26 Nov 2018

The case is being tried in the Anti-Terrorism Court since 2009. There has hardly been any case in any ATC in Pakistan that is pending for over nine years.

Court upholds 2-yr jail to Somnath Bharti for assaulting AIIMS guard

Court upholds 2-yr jail to Somnath Bharti for assaulting AIIMS guard

Rediff.com23 Mar 2021

A Delhi court on Tuesday upheld an order sentencing Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti to two years in jail for assaulting the AIIMS security staff after which he was taken into custody and sent to the prison, his lawyer said.

Count of coronavirus patients in India rises to 114

Count of coronavirus patients in India rises to 114

Rediff.com16 Mar 2020

The tally of 114 includes two fatalities and 17 foreigners as well as 13 people who were discharged after they recovered from the infection.

IBC tweak: 'Wilful defaulters' may now seek legal help

IBC tweak: 'Wilful defaulters' may now seek legal help

Rediff.com24 Nov 2017

Essar group, Bhushan Steel and JSW group likely to be impacted by changes

Vague laws biggest reason for pendency of cases: PM

Vague laws biggest reason for pendency of cases: PM

Rediff.com14 Feb 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that vague laws that lend themselves to different interpretations are the foremost reason for pendency of cases in courts.

Kashmiri sportsman held in US for sexually abusing minor

Kashmiri sportsman held in US for sexually abusing minor

Rediff.com3 Mar 2017

Indian sportsman has been arrested here on charges of sexually abusing a minor girl, days after he arrived in the US from Kashmir for a snowshoe competition.

New US rule makes it tougher to renew H-1B, L1 visas

New US rule makes it tougher to renew H-1B, L1 visas

Rediff.com25 Oct 2017

Rescinding its more than 13-year-old policy, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services has said that the burden of proof in establishing eligibility is, at all times, on the petitioner.

Ram Jethmalani: The man who never minced words

Ram Jethmalani: The man who never minced words

Rediff.com9 Sep 2019

Even as politics engaged him more, he never hid his way of life. On one occasion, Morarji Desai pleaded with him to stop drinking publicly. "You stick to your pissky and I'll stick to my whisky'' he is supposed to have told him.

'Doctors must not be harmed by mobs'

'Doctors must not be harmed by mobs'

Rediff.com19 Jun 2019

'The government must have armed security personnel for doctors and only then they can go and serve people.'

'If a company can get FDI, an NGO too can get foreign funds'

'If a company can get FDI, an NGO too can get foreign funds'

Rediff.com17 Jun 2016

'The government is using the Intelligence Bureau to go after NGOs.' 'It is not only the NDA, the UPA also didn't like NGOs.' 'NGOs predominantly work with the poor. So, when you cancel an NGO, the affected are the poor, the Dalits, the tribals, the street children and the marginalised.'

CJI Thakur laments lack of judges, pendency in his farewell speech

CJI Thakur laments lack of judges, pendency in his farewell speech

Rediff.com4 Jan 2017

He also said nation can't progress unless judiciary gets ready to handle the challenges.

Exclusive! 'I am not a criminal'

Exclusive! 'I am not a criminal'

Rediff.com23 Aug 2017

'What can I do if god made me the way I am?' 'All I want to do is win medals for India and make my country proud.'

Hardik moves HC, seeks scrapping of 2nd sedition FIR against him

Hardik moves HC, seeks scrapping of 2nd sedition FIR against him

Rediff.com27 Oct 2015

Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel, arrested by the city crime branch on the charges of sedition and waging war against the government, on Monday filed a plea in the Gujarat high court seeking to have the first information report against him quashed.

From Rediff Archives: The strange case of Yakub Memon

From Rediff Archives: The strange case of Yakub Memon

Rediff.com15 Jul 2015

Back in 2007, Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt had profiled Yakub after he was sentenced to death by the Terrorist and Disruptive Actives (Prevention) Act court for criminal conspiracy and financing air tickets to send co-conspirators for arms and RDX training to Pakistan.

US Supreme Court upholds Trump's controversial travel ban

US Supreme Court upholds Trump's controversial travel ban

Rediff.com26 Jun 2018

The ban restricts entry of people from Iran, North Korea, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Venezuela.

'India had never seen anything like Bhopal'

'India had never seen anything like Bhopal'

Rediff.com3 Dec 2016

Photojournalist Chandu Mhatre, one of the first to reach Bhopal after India's worst industrial disaster ravaged the city, remembers his worst seven days, in a conversation with Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com.

'Women entering Sabarimala will disturb devotees' mental peace'

'Women entering Sabarimala will disturb devotees' mental peace'

Rediff.com17 Oct 2018

'Because of the Supreme Court judgment, I am being denied my freedom of religion.'

Journalists, activists march against arrest of scribes

Journalists, activists march against arrest of scribes

Rediff.com10 Jun 2019

They demanded the immediate release of Kanojia, Anuj Shukla, who is the editor of Noida-based TV channel Nation Live, and its head Ishika Singh

Sabarimala board U-turn in SC, says supports entry of women

Sabarimala board U-turn in SC, says supports entry of women

Rediff.com6 Feb 2019

The Board, which also comprise the state government nominees, told a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that it is high time that a particular class not be discriminated on the ground of 'biological attributes'.

US hotelier Chatwal avoids jail in illegal donations case

US hotelier Chatwal avoids jail in illegal donations case

Rediff.com19 Dec 2014

Indian-American hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal avoided jail time and was sentenced to three years probation and a $500,000 fine on charges of illegally donating thousands of dollars to political campaigns.

IM terrorist who escaped during Batla House encounter arrested

IM terrorist who escaped during Batla House encounter arrested

Rediff.com14 Feb 2018

He was a member of Azamgarh (Sanjarmur) module of the IM and was based in Nepal where he was teaching at a school.

From Rediff Archives: The strange case of Yakub Memon

From Rediff Archives: The strange case of Yakub Memon

Rediff.com21 Jul 2015

Back in 2007, Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt had profiled Yakub after he was sentenced to death by the Terrorist and Disruptive Actives (Prevention) Act court for criminal conspiracy and financing air tickets to send co-conspirators for arms and RDX training to Pakistan.

DU prof rubbishes murder charge, says being framed by police

DU prof rubbishes murder charge, says being framed by police

Rediff.com8 Nov 2016

She also alleged that police has been forcing some people to name them in someway since May.

'Sabarimala temple is not discriminatory at all'

'Sabarimala temple is not discriminatory at all'

Rediff.com19 Oct 2018

'It is wrong to assume that it is only after 1991 that we started following this ritual.' 'Ayyappan himself instructed where the temple had to be built, the rituals that had to followed and the route that had to be taken by devotees to the temple.'

Meet the members of Ayodhya Ram temple trust

Meet the members of Ayodhya Ram temple trust

Rediff.com6 Feb 2020

The government on Wednesday named nine out of 15 members of the 'Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teertha Kshetra' trust constituted for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya as mandated by the Supreme Court. Here's all you need to know about the members of the trust who have been named so far.

Money laundering: We are looking at the tip of the iceberg

Money laundering: We are looking at the tip of the iceberg

Rediff.com14 Apr 2016

Occasionally, a whistle-blower releases sensitive financial data.

Sheena Bora Trial: And the SuperCop takes the stand

Sheena Bora Trial: And the SuperCop takes the stand

Rediff.com3 Jul 2018

Clusters of policemen and television journalists alertly anticipated the arrival of Mumbai's joint commissioner of police, who, it was confirmed by most people I asked, does not visit court often. No one could remember when they had last heard of Deven Bharti appearing as a witness in a murder trial.

Arrest of a Banker

Arrest of a Banker

Rediff.com3 Nov 2020

This is one of the many such cases that helped to create an acute fear psychosis among public sector bankers, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay in his fascinating new book Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy.

Govt elevates Justices Maheshwari, Khanna to SC ignoring row

Govt elevates Justices Maheshwari, Khanna to SC ignoring row

Rediff.com17 Jan 2019

With the two appointments, the strength of the top court will rise to 28 with three vacancies.

Meet Dia Mirza 2.0

Meet Dia Mirza 2.0

Rediff.com14 Jun 2019

'It broke my heart when Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein did not work at the box office but little did I know that one day, it would become a cult film.'

SC hints at legalising homosexuality, says right to choose sexual partner a fundamental right

SC hints at legalising homosexuality, says right to choose sexual partner a fundamental right

Rediff.com11 Jul 2018

We don't want 2 gay men holding hands walking on Marine Drive Marine Drive should be disturbed by the police'

Delhi CM Kejriwal, 5 others put on trial in Jaitley defamation case

Delhi CM Kejriwal, 5 others put on trial in Jaitley defamation case

Rediff.com25 Mar 2017

Jaitley had filed the complaint alleging that the accused had defamed him in a controversy regarding Delhi and District Cricket Association when he headed it for over a decade.

Why Shashank Manohar is the right choice for BCCI...

Why Shashank Manohar is the right choice for BCCI...

Rediff.com5 Oct 2015

There was a leadership crisis in the Board of Control for Cricket in India following the passing away of former chief Jagmohan Dalmiya, forcing the wise men in control of the all-powerful sports body to get into a huddle and recall Shashank Manohar to helm the Board yet again, four years after he had finished off his first term.

Former FBI chief to oversee Trump-Russia link probe

Former FBI chief to oversee Trump-Russia link probe

Rediff.com18 May 2017

Trump said a thorough investigation will prove that no such collusion took place.

Cric Buzz: Bangladesh player in police custody

Cric Buzz: Bangladesh player in police custody

Rediff.com23 Apr 2018

A Bangladeshi court on Monday sent a female cricketer to two-days' police custody after she was arrested with 14,000 pills of popular drug ya ba, as methamphetamine is widely known in Asia, a senior police officer said.