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The Supreme Court on Friday heard a plea of the West Bengal government over the appointment of the Director General of Police (DGP) for the state and sought urgent hearing over the fact that no state...

A single-judge bench of Delhi High Court was hearing a petition preferred by an association of Spa owners in the NCT of Delhi seeking the quashing of guidelines, issued by the Government of Delhi by way of Notification No. F.11/11/2019/HP-II/3642-3645, on August 18, 2021.

Justice Pushpa V Ganediwala, the additional judge of the Bombay High Court, whose ruling that skin-to-skin contact was necessary to invoke provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in a case of the sexual assault of a minor had sparked an uproar, and was later rescinded by the Supreme Court, will not be made a permanent judge.

Allahabad High Court while hearing a Habeas Corpus Petition filed by Minor girl through mother directed the Lucknow Police Commissioner, DGP of UP to take appropriate steps for recovery of the detenue from the illegal detention and to produce her before the Court.

It is stated in the application that Sukesh Chandrashekhar is not allowed to talk to any other prisoner and other prisoners are threatened to not to talk to him.

The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the resumption of bull cart races in Maharashtra after four years on the terms and conditions as mentioned in the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (PCA) 20...

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to Akash Gupta, a man accused of rape. A single-judge bench of Justice Samit Gopal passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Akash Gupta.

The Supreme Court today heard a batch of pleas filed by the Tamil Nadu Government challenging a Madras High Court decision to quash a state quota law that provided 10.5% special reservation to Vanniyars, a most backward community.

The Calcutta High Court has recently dismissed a PIL which had alleged that e-rickshaws are running in the Howrah district in the State of West Bengal without being registered in terms of provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

A single judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing a petition filed by Ram Lakhan held that the writ of quo warranto can be issued only when a candidate who is not possessing essential qualification for the post has been appointed.