In a boost to market regulator SEBI, the Supreme Court stayed all the proceedings pending before the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) and the Allahabad High Court in connection with the failure of Sahara Group in refunding Rs 24,000 crore to investors.
A massive protest broke outside a Delhi court, where irate Sikhs targeted the judge, in connection to the 1984 Sikh riots case, as they were hopeful that Sajjan Kumar would be punished. District and Sessions Judge J R Aryan acquitted Sajjan Kumar while convict...
A massive protest has broken out outside a Delhi court where the hearing of the 1984 Sikhs riots case took place. A shoe was thrown at the judge when Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was acquitted from all charges. District and Sessions Judge JR Aryan acquitted Sa...
The case against Sajjan Kumar has been postponed to May 15 and the Delhi High Court has said that more evidence has to be looked into. Sajjan Kumar has appealed against a court order which has framed charges against him and accused him for killing six people i...
Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's appeal will come up for hearing in the Delhi High Court today. The Court will pronounce its verdict on his plea against a court order framing charges against him for killing six people in Sultanpuri during the 1984 anti-Sikh riot...
Centerstage | The law says that children below the age of 18 years should not be allowed to use social networking websites. The Delhi high court has given the government a notice to explain how minors were allowed on websites like Facebook and Google+. Lawyer ...
An Andheri Court has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against the Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt in connection with a case which was filed by film producer Shakeel Noorani. The producer has alleged that he received threatening calls from international numbers...
A Pakistani court has issued an immediate arrest warrant against the former President Pervez Musharraf. Following the judgement, Musharraf escaped arrest by fleeing to his farmhouse in his bullet proof car. But he could not avoid arrest for a long time as he h...
Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf was taken into custody and sent to two days of transit remand. For these two days, Musharraf will be under arrest in his own farmhouse, which has been now turned into a sub-jail.
A day after he fled Islamabad high court premises to evade arrest, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has been put under house arrest after an Islamabad court cancelled his bail extension plea and ordered for his arrest, over the case of declaration o...
The Pakistani police has arrested former Pakistan President, and military ruler, General Pervez Musharaf, a day after he fled the Islamabad High Court premises, following his arrest orders. According to Geo News reports, Musharraf who presented himself at a ju...
News Night | The Pakistani army today colluded with former president Pervez Musharraf so he could evade arrest. With this act has the Pak army dropped all pretences of being a professional force? Defence analyst Anil Kaul, former secretary of the MEA KC Singh,...
Today, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf fled the Islamabad high court after his bail application was cancelled and was ordered to be arrested. He fled in his bullet-proof black car with the help of army. The big question that arises is -- will the su...
Former Pakistan dictator Pervez Musharraf's bail plea was rejected by the country's Supreme Court after the Islamabad high court had ordered his arrest. Musharraf and his personnel security team had escaped from the court and had tried to avoid his arrest. The...
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf is trying to evade his arrest. There is high drama outside his residence. Sources claim that he is in his farmhouse. Earlier today, a team of legal advisors met with him. The Pakistan police have reached Musharraf's h...
Islamabad's supreme court has ordered the arrest of former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf. Earlier today, Musharraf fled from the court, after his bail plea was rejected by the court, in his bullet proof car, guarded by the army. Reports say that he is cu...
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf left the Islamabad high court after his bail application was cancelled and was ordered to be arrested. He fled in his bullet-proof black car after the court order. Reports say that he was whisked away by army guards a...
The Islamabad high court has ordered the arrest of former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf. Earlier today, Musharraf fled from the court, after his bail plea was rejected by the court, in his bullet proof car, guarded by the army. Reports say that he is cur...
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf flees Islamabad high court after his bail application was cancelled and was ordered to be arrested. He fled in his bullet-proof black car after the court order. Reports say that he was whisked away by army guards and ...
Former Pakistan dictator Pervez Musharraf holes up at his farmhouse after the court ordered his arrest. He evades arrest by fleeing the court after being denied a bail. His bodyguards whisk him away.
Sindh court orders arrest of former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf. He is trying to evade his arrest by holing up in his farmhouse. Earlier today, Musharraf fled from the court, after his bail plea was rejected by the court, in his bullet proof car, guard...
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf flees Islamabad high court after his bail application was cancelled and the court ordered his arrest. He fled in his bullet-proof black car after the court order. Reports say that he was whisked away by army guards an...
Problems for the former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf never seem to end. A Pakistani court has issued orders to arrest Musharraf for his role in sacking 60 judges during the Emergency rule in 2007. Musharraf managed to escape from the court premises befo...
Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf faces trouble, as an Islamabad court cancels his bail and orders his arrest, over the imposition of Emergency in 2007. Musharraf, however, managed to evade being taken into custody as his security personnel wh...
The Pakistan court ordered the arrest of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, over the sacking of 60 judges during the Emergency rule in 2007. However, Musharraf managed to flee the court premises in his bullet proof car despite the high security.
The Gujarat government has decided to appeal once again in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case. The state government has filed an appeal in the High Court seeking death penalty for a former minister in the Modi government, Maya Kodnani, along with Bajrang Dal lea...
The Gujarat Government files an appeal in the High Court seeking death penalty for a former minister in the Modi government, Maya Kodnani, along with Bajrang Dal leader, Babu Bajrangi and eight others for their role in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots.
The Madras High Court will today hear the plea filed by six suspended DMDK MLAs. The MLAs had earlier moved the court against the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker's orders to suspend them for six months. They allege that the action was taken without giving them eno...
The six DMDK MLAs suspended by the government for six months have filed a case in the High Court. Their case would come up for hearing tomorrow. The MLAs were first suspended for one year, and following heavy criticism, the Speaker reduced their punishment for...
Kerala High Court is set to hear a plea by CPI(M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, requesting to speed up the proceedings in the SNC Lavalin case. CBI had earlier opposed the request to speed up the trial in the case.
Achil Vandhavai | The demand for the usage of Tamil as the official language of the Madras High Court grows as Law Minister KP Munusamy reads out CM Jayalalithaa's statement at the joint conference of the chief ministers and chief justices of high courts in De...
Government has failed to initiate steps to implement the directive of Kerala High Court to take over the land owned by Harrisons Malayalam ltd. The High Court had directed on February 28 to begin the take over process in two months. Here is an exclusive report...
Following the removal of TASMAC shops from the national and state highways, protests have begun against the relocation of these shops to populated areas. A group staged a road roko in Coimbatore, shouting slogans against TASMAC and the government.
The Supreme Court is set to consider a plea filed by bar owners in Kerala, which claims that the state government has failed to implement the directives put forward by the apex court. SC will also consider a plea by the government, challenging the High Court d...
The Bombay High Court has directed the BCCI, Maharashtra Cricket Association, VCA, and IPL franchises to pay the huge dues they owe to the Maharashtra state government for security cover given by the police. The BCCI affiliates and IPL franchises owe the state...
Sengundram, aka Red Hills, residents stage a protest after a TASMAC shop is all set to open in the locality. Following the Madras High Court's order of shifting all TASMAC shops, from the national/state highways, the shops are all set to re-open at other popul...
A Special Division Bench of High Court is set to consider the appeal in the controversial Suryanelli gangrape case. The High Court is expected to consider the plea by the victim, demanding a special prosecutor.
Following the Madras High Court's order of shifting all TASMAC shops, from the national/state highways, by March 31, the shops are all set to re-open at other places. However, protests only seem to increase against TASMAC shops relocating to villages and town...
A petition demanding a CBI probe, has been filed in the Deepak Bhardwaj murder case, in the Delhi High Court. The realty tycoon and BSP leader was murdered by unidentified men in his farmhouse last week. The police are questioning the kin to obtain clues regar...
Trial against Wasim Akram Malik, arrested in connection with the 2011 Delhi High Court, blast is set to begin. The trial will take place in a special NIA court in Delhi.
A shoe was thrown at former President Pervez Musharraf when he arrived at the Sindh High Court in connection with extension of his bail in three high-profile cases. This is the second time a shoe has been thrown at Musharraf. The person behind the attack is st...
A lawyer, unhappy with General Pervez Musharraf, is said to have thrown a shoe at the former Pakistan President outside Sindh High Court today. According to sources, the shoe was to let the entire lawyer community's displeasure known to Musharraf, who was appe...
A man threw a shoe at former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf while he was getting out of the Sindh High Court after a hearing for his bail application. The man, said to be an irate lawyer, has been taken into custody. The shoe however did not hit the gener...
A shoe was lobbed at former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf when he appeared in a court today. The shoe, however, did not hit him. Musharraf had been granted bail in three high profile cases at Sindh High Court.
A shoe was thrown at former President Pervez Musharraf when he arrived at the Sindh High Court for extension of his bail in three high profile cases. This is the second time that a shoe has been thrown at Musharraf. The last time around, a shoe was thrown at ...
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is appearing in Sindh High Court for the hearing of his bail extension application. Musharraf's bail, provided by the court, expires today. The court had earlier granted the former President protective bail in three h...
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will appear in a court today, in connection with the illegal confinement of 62 judges in November 2007. The court had earlier granted the former President protective bail in three high profile cases.
The Madras High Court had earlier ordered the shifting of all TASMAC shops, from the national/state highways, by March 31. However, TASMAC had filed a counter-petition requesting for a six-month deadline. However, the High Court has rejected its plea and order...
Kerala High Court is set to consider the plea by former CPI(M) Idukki secretary MM Mani, seeking leniency in his bail conditions. Mani is prevented from entering into Idukki as part of his bail conditions.
Delhi High Court issues a notification to try the two Italian marines, accused of killing Indian fishermen in August last year, in a special court. The marines returned to India after much diplomatic drama between India and Italy.
Lawyers in Chennai protesting the spineless resolution against Sri Lanka, picket in front of the Reserve Bank of India building. They accuse India of giving its assent to a resolution that does not accept any of their recommendations and does not hold Sri Lank...
The High Court is set to consider the plea filed by KSRTC, seeking to avail diesel at normal rates. The High Court, which had accepted the plea, had sent notices to centre and Indian Oil Corporation regarding the issue.
The Supreme Court is set to consider the plea filed by the state, questioning the High Court decision to rescind certain crucial provisions in the liquor policy.
The Kerala High Court is set to consider the SNC Lavalin scam case today. HC is likely to consider the plea by CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan seeking early trial in the case. The court is also set to hear the bail plea in the Suryanelli gangrape case.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expresses anger at the behaviour of the Italian government over the marines case. India has threatened strict action against Italy for their breach of trust. India might break all ties with Italy including that of trade. According...
BJP is likely to take up Italy's refusal to hand over two marines in the Parliament again today. The party will question the government as to how Italy could get away with a such a huge breach of trust. Meanwhile, the Italian government has said that since the...
High Court lawyers in Chennai strike work and carry out demonstration to express solidarity towards the TESO general strike. The DMK-backed TESO called for strike to demand that India backs the US resolution against Sri Lanka and declare Rajapaksa as being gui...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh terms the move by the Italian government, of not sending the two Italian marines back to India for trial, as being totally unacceptable and that he will speak to Foreign Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and request him to take the...
In a development that could lead to a diplomatic stand-off between Italy and India, the Italian marines, who were charged with murder of Indian fishermen, won't be returning to India to face a trial.
Bomb threats have been making the rounds in Tamil Nadu. Tiruvallur court and Madras High Court are being combed by the police and the most recent addition is the Trichy court. A call has been made to the Madurai court in the morning, warning of a bomb explosio...
Anonymous calls that have warned the police about an impending bomb threat have left the authorities panicky. The Madras High Court premises are also being evacuated and the police are combing the place.
Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyers clash with the police in front of the Punjab Governor's house in Chandigarh, in protest of an FIR filed against a few of their colleagues for allegedly assaulting a policeman. The police resort to lathicharge and water can...
Local police resorted to lathicharge at lawyers in Chandigarh, who wanted to storm the Raj Bhavan there. The incident occurred when Punjab and Haryana High Court lawyers tried to march to the Punjab Governor's house, to protest the FIR filed against a few of t...
The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Ministry of External Affairs, as well as the passport office, on an appeal filed by Lalit Modi. The sacked chairman of Indian Premier League had challenged the high court's earlier decision to revoke his passport...
The hearing of the bail application of Suryanelli rape case accused are underway in Kerala High Court. The state government has pleaded the High Court to reject the bail application of the accused as the crime committed by these was a heinous one.
The Supreme Court is set to hear the state's plea against the High Court decision cancelling certain crucial clauses in the liquor policy. The government claims that the court has no right to intervene in the policy making decisions of the state.
TDP leader from Vijayawada, Bonda Uma Maheswara Rao files a PIL in the High Court stating that the state government failed to take adequate action to prevent the twin blasts in Hyderabad last Thursday. He also included the names of the DGP and Hyderabad police...
News comes in that Mohamed Nasheed, former President of Maldives, has left the Indian High Commission in Male where he had sought asylum on February 13, 2013 after an arrest warrant was issued against him. Sources say that Nasheed surfaces after receiving assu...
Kerala High Court will consider the Suryanelli rape case on Monday. The case will come up before a Division Bench following the Supreme Court order that quashed the High Court’s order. Meanwhile, sources say that the case will not come up before the Special ...
The High Court will hear the bail applications of the sixteen accused in the Suryanelli case. They approached the court in view of a Supreme Court order which directed the High Court to consider fresh bail petitions of the accused. The apex court had set aside...
The Delhi High Court passes judgement in the nursery admission petition and it says that there would be no changes in the admission criteria and procedures. This judgement has come as a major blow for the parents of the tiny tots who were hoping that the judge...
The Delhi High Court is likely to pass a judgement in the nursery school admission petition filed by parents regarding the irregularities in the admission procedures across various nursery schools in the capital. The court asked the government to come up with ...
The Congress has won a morale booster of a victory in the voting for DCCB elections where it has gained massively. At the same time the green signal given for the local body elections by the Supreme Court has led to election fever in the state. Joining in the ...
Moments after a Maldives court issued a warrant against former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, the politician is said to have approached the Indian High Commission seeking refuge. Sources say that the Maldivian police have set up barricades outside the Ind...
RG Group Chairman RG Ramesh is all set to file a petition in the High Court seeking compensation from BMW for denying promised services. It is alleged that BMW failed to keep their word on consumer service, as they did not respond to the complaints filed by Ra...
Kerala High Court has directed special investigation team to investigate if former CPM Idukki district secretary MM Mani has violated the conditions set while granting him bail. The HC has also asked the police to collect the CD of the controversial speech he ...
The Supreme Court has demanded explanation over delay in filing appeal against Allahabad High Court verdict which granted relief to BJP and VHP leaders. The BJP leaders, who are accused in the case, were contesting the delay of CBI in filing appeal.
Minister Ponnala Laxmaiah was in High Court today as part of the hearing in the petition filed by a defeated candidate in the 2009 Assembly elections for the Jangaon seat that was won by Laxmaiah. The HC had asked Ponnala to be present in the court and record ...
The candidate defeated by Ponnala Laxmaiah in the 2009 Assembly elections from the Jangaon seat had filed a petition in the High Court disputing Ponnala's election. Ponnala has been asked today to make a personal appearance before the High Court to present his...
Sinthanai Kalam | In the press conference given by Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa, she points out that if she really wanted to ban the film, she could have done so under Section 7 of the Tamil Nadu Cinema Regulation Act 1955. Instead, the government filed a compla...
Centrestage | Actor Kamal Haasan may have compromised but he hasn't surrendered to the fringe elements he was held to ransom. Less than four hours after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa refuted all criticism, denying that she did not have any personal mo...
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court has stayed the lifting of the two-week long ban on 'Vishwaroopam' by the State Government of Tamil Nadu, which was imposed following complaints that the film hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community. It was against ...
Newshour| Against the backdrop of the ban issued on his film 'Vishwaroopam', actor Kamal Haasan says that he will not cower before fundamentalism and continues to say that his film isn't insensitive to any religion. He adds that if he faces this kind of cultur...
In the backdrop of the controversy 'Vishwaroopam' faced in Tamil Nadu, actor Kamal Haasan says that as of now he would not approach the Supreme Court to protest against the ban and thanks the Tamil Nadu government for the clarification given on the issue. The ...
Against the backdrop of the controversy surrounding actor Kamal Haasan's film 'Vishwaroopam', Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari says that only the Central government has the power to identify whether a film should be certified or not. He adde...
Actor Radhika Sarathkumar welcomes the statement made by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa calling for talks to discuss the issue surrounding Kamal Haasan's film 'Vishwaroopam'. The film fraternity has come out to help Kamal release the film at the earliest.
The Muslim groups who have been protesting against actor Kamal Haasan's film 'Vishwaroopam' have demanded the resignation of the Censor board members who certified the movie. They want few parts in the movie to be deleted including the representation of the mo...
Don't blame me unnecessarily for placing a ban on the exhibition of 'Viswaroopam' in Tamil Nadu, says chief minister J Jayalalithaa. Jaya says the film was to be released in 524 theatres in Tamil Nadu and says it would be impossible to provide security at all ...
As the controversy surrounding 'Vishwaroopam' release gets murkier, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa broke her silence on the matter today and justified the ban on the Kamal Haasan film. At a press conference, the chief minister says her duty is to mai...
As the controversy surrounding 'Vishwaroopam' release gets murkier, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa broke her silence on the matter today and justified the ban on the Kamal Haasan film. At a press conference, the chief minister says her duty is to mai...
Kamal Haasan's film 'Vishwaroopam' has been mired with controversies but the actor says he will not move Supreme Court to get his film released. The film was banned in Tamil Nadu, and even the interim order for film's release in the state was turned to continu...
The events surrounding the release and subsequent ban of Kamal Haasan's movie 'Vishwaroopam' has once again raised the question about how secular and tolerant are the leaders as well as the public? Watch eminent personalities like Javed Akhtar, Madhur Bhandark...
The hearing of an appeal against the acquittal of the accused in the 17-year-old Suryanelli case, will continue in the Supreme Court special bench. The Kerala government and the Suryanelli victim moved Supreme Court against the High Court verdict, which acqui...
In a press conference held yesterday Kamal Haasan said that he would leave the country in search for a more secular one. His fans as well as colleagues were upset with the turn of events. Kamal Haasan had to appeal to his fans to remain peaceful and not resort...
Actor and filmmaker Kamal Haasan has threatened to leave the country because he feels that the state government wants him out. He made this emotional statement following the ban on his film 'Vishwaroopam' and the constant pressure from the State government on ...
Actor Sarathkumar and his wife Radhika have come to the rescue of fellow actor and filmaker Kamal Haasan and has opened truce talks with the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu, over 'Vishwaroopam'. According to sources, Sarathkumar is close to the Chief Min...
Addressing his fans actor Kamal Haasan asks them to maintain law and order and not to be agitated because of the controversy his film 'Vishwaroopam' faces. He says that because some of the Muslim groups are protesting against his film and has been banned in Ta...
The film fraternity which includes celebrities from Bollywood and the southern film industry have backed Kamal Haasan, following the controversy surrounding his film 'Vishwaroopam'. Bollywood filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar says that Kamal shouldn't listen to thos...