[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of spiralling incidents of seamsters suing ‘digital arrest’ to extort money from citizens, especially senior citizens, after a septuagenarian woman from Ambala made a startling complaint – orders of SC were forged by scammers to con her into parting with over Rs 1 crore…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Taking a leaf out of former chief election commissioner (CEC) T N Seshan’s book, the Election Commission has asked its Bihar poll machinery to set up separate enclosures for identification of ‘purdanasheen’ women voters in the polling stations, using innovative but locally available, inexpensive materials like charpoys and bedspreads.Implementing the directions issued…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The pre-test for houselisting phase of Census 2027 will be undertaken from Nov 10 to Nov 30, 2025 in selected sample areas spread across all states and Union territories, the Centre announced in a notification issued on Thursday.The pre-test — meant to test efficacy of the census questionnaire, proposed data collection methods…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Integrating passport issuance with law enforcement, creating a comprehensive database of fugitives and special focus groups to handle extraditions and economic offenders were some of the measures proposed by home minister Amit Shah to tackle transnational crimes, reports Rajshekhar Jha.Addressing a CBI-organised conference, Shah said the Modi govt was striving to bring…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In a surprising development, Supreme Court’s five-judge collegium led by CJI B R Gavai has spelled out the reason — Union govt’s objection — for changing the transfer destination of Madhya Pradesh HC’s Justice Atul Sreedharan from Chhattisgarh HC to Allahabad HC.Two months ago, the collegium had uploaded a statement on its…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Supreme Court Thursday dismissed Telangana govt’s plea challenging a high court order staying implementation of 42% reservation for backward classes in local body polls.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta asked Telangana HC to decide the main matter on merits.“You may continue with your elections. The order shall not affect…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Cautioning high courts, and itself, against routinely ordering CBI probes, Supreme Court on Thursday said courts should invoke their power to direct an inquiry by the central agency as a last resort in an exceptional situation.A bench of justices J K Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi set aside Allahabad high court’s order directing…
[ad_1] CJI Gavai, Rakesh Kishore New Delhi: Supreme Court has expressed reluctance to accede to requests from SC Bar Association president Vikas Singh and solicitor general (SG) Tushar Mehta to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against advocate Rakesh Kishore for attempting to hurl a shoe at CJI B R Gavai, and restrain social media from glorifying…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Election Commission told SC on Thursday that NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Yogendra Yadav had filed petitions with “ulterior and mala fide motives” to disrupt SIR in Bihar and create a narrative suiting the electoral interests of political parties.EC made the charge on a day the court virtually ruled out…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Former President Ram Nath Kovind Thursday cautioned that climate change is “no longer only an environmental concern but is becoming a human rights imperative”. The consequences of the challenges posed by climate change, manifesting in the form of floods, droughts and heatwaves, are borne largely by those who are least equipped to…