The federation's troubles have piled up in recent months, with some of its officials and senior coaches having found themselves embroiled in doping scandals.
The Delhi high court on Monday issued production warrants for Tuesday to four death row convicts in the December 16 gang rape and murder case on the trial court's reference for confirmation of the capital punishment given to them.
A video purportedly showed the MLA inciting people to set a police station ablaze.
Bano had earlier refused to accept the offer of Rs 5 lakh and had sought exemplary compensation from the state government in a plea before the top court.
New Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Monday said controlling the 'alarming' COVID-19 situation in the state is his first priority and his aim will be to make the state one of the top five in the country in the next five years.
The plea was filed a day after Attorney General K K Venugopal granted consent for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Kamra, saying the tweets are in bad taste and it is time that people understand that attacking the apex court brazenly will attract punishment under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1972.
A bench of Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao, while rejecting their appeals, said the trial court had unreasonably acquitted them.
A five-judge Bench of Justices NV Ramana, Arun Mishra, RF Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan heard the petition filed by Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh. The duo had moved a curative petition in the top court after a Delhi court issued death warrants in their names for their hanging on January 22.
Kalra was in line to replace senior opener Shikhar Dhawan in the Ranji squad but as it now stands, he will not play any further.
The four-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha pronounced the single-word judgement at the tense courtroom.
Black Lives Matter was stenciled onto NFL fields and NBA courts. Athletes raised fists and took the knee.
Advocate Harish Salve, who argued in the Supreme Court on Thursday that India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was guilty of corrupt conduct, tweeted on Friday stating his reasons for terming Dhoni corrupt.
Legal experts told rediff.com that there is no hard and fast rule that mercy petitions should be disposed off in order. The President can take a call and take up the matter out of turn. The President must be satisfied that there is an extraordinary circumstance concerning this case and hence it must be taken out of turn.
Russia has appealed to Olympic authorities to restore its Olympic status and allow its athletes to march with the national flag on Sunday at the Winter Games closing ceremony, but it could be waiting until the last minute for a decision.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of death sentence of Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Mohd Arif alias Ashfaq in the 2000 Red Fort attack case in which three people, including two army jawans, were killed.
Justice Jagdeep Singh read out the verdict as soon as the special CBI Court began the hearing on the case on Friday.
Bilkis Bano was gangraped in March, 2002, while she was pregnant.
Stringent punishment for rape of a girl under 12 years has been provided with the minimum jail term being 20 years which may go up to life in prison or death sentence. Gangrape of a girl under 12 years of age will invite punishment of jail term for the rest of life or death.
Citing 'frail' health, Chidambaram also said he is not 'accustomed' to food given to him in the jail and has lost 4 kg weight during judicial custody.
The ex-army chief left for Dubai for medical treatment in March 2016 and has not returned since, citing security and health reasons.
Disgraced Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif has publicly confessed to his role in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal during the Lord's Test and tendered an unconditional apology to the countrymen for his actions.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad's Gujarat unit had opposed the move of the state government to seek death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani and others in the 2002 post-Godhra riots case, Parishad leader Pravin Togadia said on Wednesday.
Here is the chronology of events in the Nirbhaya case.
The WADA decision is likely to determine whether Russian athletes, who can prove they are clean, will compete as neutrals or whether some will be invited by the IOC to compete in Tokyo.
With the Court of Arbitration for Sport recently dismissing the appeals of Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt, the ICC on Tuesday asked the two banned Pakistan cricketers to stop "misleading the public" and accept their punishment for involvement in the spot-fixing controversy.
Other two students are JNUSU Vice President Shehla Rashid Shora and former JNUSU President Ashutosh who has been debarred from the hostel for one year.
The woman was gang-raped on September 14 following which she was admitted to the AMU's Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Aligarh.
Athletes arriving in Tokyo for next year's Olympic Games, postponed from 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be exempt from the 14-day isolation period Japan has imposed on anyone arriving from overseas to help stop the virus spreading.
Attlee said Great Britain had concluded that the Indian element of the army was no longer reliable and that Netaji's Indian National Army had demonstrated that. That had shaken the foundation on which Britain's Indian empire rested, argues Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd).
The Union cabinet also decided to put in place measures for speedy investigation and trial of rape cases.
The reputation of English football has been tarnished by the long-running John Terry affair, according to Football Association chairman David Bernstein.
Promising swift and fitting punishment for the Delhi gang-rape accused, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said the nation's 'beloved daughter' will get justice and her fight will not go in vain.
Shakib accepted charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code and therefore does not have the right to appeal against the punishment, which could have been a maximum of five years.
The 2002 hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan was on Tuesday assigned to a sessions judge who will also hear his appeal challenging a Magistrate's order invoking the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder which provides for punishment up to 10 years.
Like the UPA government, probably the NDA government also feels that hardships caused to taxpayers are just collateral damage and that taxpayers are too few and even those few don't have a vote (non-individuals) or don't vote, says Harsh Roongta.
Senior India hockey player Gurbaj Singh was suspended for nine months on Monday for allegedly indulging in groupism and creating disharmony within the team.
Nooriya Havelivala, the non-resident Indian beautician who has filed appeal against her conviction in a hit-and-run case, on Friday sought bail from the Bombay high court.
Australia batsman Michael Hussey doffed his hat to in-form Gautam Gambhir and had no hesitation admitting that the visitors will be happy if the banned left-hander is not allowed to play the fourth and final Test, starting in Nagpur on Thursday.
Authorities said social media posts will be monitored to ensure that no attempt is made to vitiate the atmosphere.
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