Following is the course of events in the disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa, Sasikala and 2 others.
The family of Sarabjit Singh, whose death sentence in 1990 bomb attack cases has been upheld in Pakistan, on Wednesday pleaded with the government of India to work with Islamabad for his release, saying he is "innocent."
'The lockdown was for both: To flatten the curve or more correctly, delay the rapid spread of COVID outbreak, and to create healthcare infrastructure.'
Witnesses in the cases that controversial Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Shahabuddin has been facing have been "bumped off", the Supreme Court said on Monday, rejecting his claim of facing "media trial" in a murder case and his vehement plea for more time to prepare for his defence.
It said an estimated 42-66 million children could fall into extreme poverty as a result of the crisis this year, adding to the estimated 386 million children already in extreme poverty in 2019.
The top court said that the case suffers from multiple investigative lapses and flaws which fortified the presumption of innocence in favour of the accused.
'Experience of administration may make a member of civil service a good administrator but not necessarily an able and impartial adjudicator,' observes the Supreme Court.
Farmer leaders said the government sought more time for internal consultations to present a final proposal in the next meeting to resolve the issue.
The Law of Limitation provides for mandatory filing of a lawsuit within a fixed statutory time period after the cause of action arises in favour of an aggrieved person.
The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it has "no problem" with commutation of death sentence of Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar to life term and the petition in this regard has to be allowed in view of the court's verdict that delay in deciding mercy pleas can be a ground for such relief.
Merely stating that parking was 'at owner's risk' would not absolve the hotel of its liability.
The bench suggested that the hearing be adjourned "sine die" (adjournment of proceedings with no date of resumption).
Chief Pakistan prosecutor in the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, Chaudhry Azhar says the bail will lead to unusual delays in the case. Shahzad Raza reports from Islamabad.
One way forward could be for the CWC to name an interim working president for the party and then ideally dissolve itself, following which the main leadership positions within the party, including the CWC itself, should be opened up to fresh elections
Meanwhile, retail jewellery sales in India have declined by 50 per cent since gold price started its uptrend nearly two weeks. Buyers deferred their fresh purchase amid expectations of a correction in gold prices from the current high level.
India has been advised by British prosecutors not to appeal further for the extradition of Ravi Shankaran, the key accused in the Naval War Room leaks case.
Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani opened the argument before the Bench headed by Justice C K Thakker contending that Sharma was eligible for grant of bail as there was considerable delay in hearing his appeal filed against his conviction. The senior advocate said that the court only has to consider whether on grant of bail the accused will abscond, which, he said, was not likely as during the trial of the case there was no instance when Manu violated the bail condition.
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According to information available on the European Commission website, Ranbaxy Laboratories has been fined euro 10.32 million (over Rs 80 crore).
Around 600 Central Reserve Police Force personnel and two columns of Army took over control of the Munak canal at around 4 am and started repair work to ensure uninterrupted water supply to Delhi, official sources said.
The autopsy, which was based on blood and urine samples and released by the Buenos Aires Scientific Police, said Maradona had problems with his kidneys, heart and lungs.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised the Karnataka issue and accused the ruling party of 'poaching' its MLAs in the state.
63-year-old Sobhraj, also known as 'Bikini Killer', said that he was shocked over the recent decision of the Supreme Court to reopen a fake passport case against him, which was earlier dismissed by the lower courts. French national Sobhraj, who is half-Indian and half-Vietnamese, had filed an appeal before the apex court against the Kathmandu District Court's verdict awarding him life sentence for murdering American backpacker Connie Bronzich in 1975.
The Ranga Reddy Bar Association have decided not to appear for the four accused in the case.
Pakistan cricket fell fall into further chaos on Wednesday after a two-member divisional bench of the Islamabad high court restored Zaka Ashraf as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L K Advani and others leaders on a plea against dropping of criminal conspiracy charge against them in the Babri mosque demolition case.
England, set a massive target of 628 in their second innings, were 56 without loss at stumps on day three, a tidy start but still facing the daunting prospect of surviving two more days in Bridgetown.
President Yameen declared the emergency on February 5 after the Supreme Court ordered the release of a group of opposition leaders, who had been convicted in widely criticised trials. Among them was exiled ex-President Mohamed Nasheed. The court said his 2015 trial had been unconstitutional.
Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who suffered a heart attack in May, has been registered by the club to play in this season's Portuguese league.
On the eve of Army Day, Army Chief General Bikram Singh says he will raise this issue with the Rajya Raksha Mantri, Jitendra Singh, who oversees the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, reports Ajai Shukla.
The 93-year-old monarch and her 98-year-old husband, Prince Philip, are likely to be placed in quarantine at the royal Sandringham Estate in Norfolk in the coming weeks as tougher measures are put in place to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the UK affecting over 1,140 people.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of them over different counts.
Assange will be eligible for parole after serving half his sentence under licence conditions.
Prasad will face charges including criminal conspiracy and fraud in the fresh trial.
said the CBI verdict has been challenged on several grounds. "One of the grounds was that there was a delay of more than six years in recording the statements of the women (victims) by the CBI after the incident," the defence counsel said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday threatened the Palestinians with unilateral steps over their renewed statehood bid and asserted that Israel will not seek a peace deal "at any price".
The SC on Monday deferred by two weeks the hearing on state-run BSNL's appeal against the order of a tribunal bench that asked it to pay interest to BPL Mobile Cellular for delaying payments toward calls made to the private company's network.
Did you know Nargis was to have played the Madhubala role, but opted out because she has reservations about working with Dilip Kumar? Do you know how Naushad and Shakeel Badayuni came up with the words for the immortal Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya?
Images from Day 4 of the second Test between India and the West Indies.
The commission suggested that a comprehensive plan should be devised to handle the issue of missing files which has become a "stumbling block" in implementing the RTI act.
Pakistan on Thursday ruled out the possibility of releasing Shakil Afridi, the doctor who helped the CIA track Osama bin Laden, saying the matter was sub judice and his fate would be decided by courts.
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