Subsequent to a failed acquisition deal, Air Sahara, on Friday, filed a Rs 3,020 crore (Rs 30.2 billion) claim against Jet Airways for non-completion of the agreement.
An Indian-American physical therapist assistant has been sentenced to over four years in prison and ordered to pay USD 1.9 million in restitution for his role in a $14.9 million health insurance fraud scheme.
The Supreme Court asked the Gujarat High Court to consider and pass appropriate order for constituting a separate Special Investigation Team (SIT) for probing the case relating to killing of Ishrat Jahan in an encounter.
The MLAs accused the UPA government of subverting democratic norms at the behest of Lalu Prasad Yadav.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed the Chhattisgarh government for furnishing 'vague' information about measures taken by it to tackle the Maoist menace and said it was 'holding a brief' for Salwa Judum, an anti-Naxal vigilante group. "The affidavit (by the state government) does not give full particulars about the steps taken by it and the information furnished is totally vague," a bench comprising Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar said.
The sexual assault on a 3-and-half-year-old girl student at a school has been confirmed by doctors, as police on Wednesday intensified the probe into the horrific incident which evoked protest from parents.
The government on Tuesday faced the ire of the Supreme Court for opposing formation of a Special Investigating Team to probe the case of black money as the court said it was needed because the agencies involved in the three-year probe have not gone into the source of the money.
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said recommendations of two panels on replacing the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, in force in some northeastern states, with a more humane law would soon be placed before the Cabinet.
Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, facing charges of murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in 2008, got a reprieve on Saturday as the Supreme Court stayed the proceedings against them in a trial court in connection with the case.
A Bench of Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar said that after four days of police custody give to ED, he will be remanded in judicial custody.
A bench headed by Justice B Sudershan Reddy said the issue is not related to one case but is much wider and asked the government to consider setting up an SIT comprising officers from different departments including the Enforcement Directorate, the CBI and the IT to look into it.
Upholding its earlier order of June 4 this year, a Bench comprising Justice Ruma Pal and Justice P V Reddy, dismissed the review petition saying it had no merit.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of actress Monika Bedi, girlfriend of underworld don Abu Salem, in the fake passport case, but reduced her sentence to the period of jail term she had already undergone. A bench of justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar rejected Monika's plea that she could not be convicted in India as it would amount to 'double jeopardy' since she had been convicted by the Portugal court for the same offence.
The Kerala high court on Wednesday permitted Doordarshan to telecast the India-Bangladesh ODI series.
The Kerala High Court directed ESPN to telecast the series through the Doordarshan channel concerned on revenue sharing basis.
With Sunday's result, in which the BJP managed one seat, the strength of Congress and its allies comprising the United Legislature Party rose to 21 in the 39-member House.\n\n
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has granted permission for Osmania University students to take out the proposed rally over the Telangana statehood on Sunday.
'Officers have been made the scapegoat for political failure.' 'No effort has been made to find out who scuttled the prime minister's decision to introduce competitive bidding and why and at whose instance.'
The Osmania University Joint Action Committee on Telangana on Tuesday appealed to political parties in Andhra Pradesh to field relatives of people who died during the agitation for a separate state when the by-elections are held in over ten constituencies in the state.Manavat Rai, a member of the OU Joint Action Committee, said the parties should field relatives of the people, especially students, who have 'sacrificed their lives for the cause of a separate state'.
The government had in May last year disallowed $1.005 billion expense of RIL on the flagging KG-D6 gas fields for not implementing the approved field development plan.
The poet and professor's 'life breath is now in the hands of those sworn to uphold his Constitutional right to life.' 'Will they be true to their oath?', asks Jyoti Punwani.
The Supreme Court slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation for dilly-dallying on the issue of prosecuting UP Chief Minister Mayawati in the disproportionate assets case.
P Vishwanatha Shetty is stated to be out of danger.
Portfolio sharing had turned out to be a thorny issue between the Congress and JD-S and was thrashed out after much haggling, with both parties announcing an agreement on June one.
Moving the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 in the Upper House, Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the proposed legislation should be not seen through a political prism or vote bank politics, as it aims at ensuring gender dignity, justice and equality.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, seeking the quashing of a disproportionate assets case, the trial in which is to commence in Karnataka.
The apex court was hearing a plea of the NGO seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the Union home secretary and chief secretary of J-K for their alleged 'wilful disobedience' in complying with the court's May 11 order. The top court told the administration that with the change of L-G, nothing changes as the special committee is there to look into the issue.
The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a judgement giving ITC a relief of Rs 803 crore (Rs 8.03 billion) on account of excise duty
In a fresh embarassment to the Narendra Modi government, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed all further proceedings in the Gujarat High Court relating to the alleged fake encounter killing of a teenaged girl Ishrat Jahan and three others, on suspicion of being terrorists, by the state police.
The Central government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it was open to a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the alleged fake encounter killings of teenaged girl Ishrat Jahan and three others, accused by Gujarat police of being LashkareT operatives on a mission to kill Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's plea for quashing a PIL filed against her in the Taj corridor scandal which involved construction of a massive shopping mall and recreational centres near the world famous monument.
In a major setback to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court on Friday declined to stay the trial against her in a 14-year-old disproportionate assets case being heard in Karnataka. A bench headed by Justice B Sudershan Reddy, however, directed the trial court to fix a time-frame for cross examination of the 42 witnesses after giving sufficient opportunity to Jayalalithaa. The apex court passed the order by dismissing the Special Leave Petition.
On June 4, the court had stayed the process after former Rajya Sabha member Kuldeep Nayar submitted a petition challenging recent amendments to the election procedure.
'Why wasn't my no-confidence motion tabled in the House?' asks YSRCP MP Y V Subba Reddy.
On V K Singh branding the deceased as a Congress worker, he said all leaders must be 'sensitive' to the suicide.
A major drawback of the Anti-Defection Law is the lack of precise definition of defection itself, points out Rup Narayan Das.
The Madras high court on Friday suggested to Ten Sports to permit Doordarshan to telecast the India-Pakistan Cricket series commencing from Saturday.
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