Ashish Sinha

SC directs DMK Minister Balaji to submit latest medical reports

November 21, 2023

The Supreme Court on Monday directed DMK minister V Senthil Balaji, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case, to submit his latest medical reports for examination. The top court heard an appeal filed by Balaji challenging a Madras High Court order that dismissed his bail plea...

AAP MP Raghav Chadha challenges summons, moves Delhi High Court

November 21, 2023

Aam Aadmi Party Member of Parliament, Raghav Chadha, moved to the Delhi High Court on Monday, challenging a trial court’s order that dismissed his appeal against summons in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Chail Bihari Goswami. The trial court had issued summons in the defamation case, and the...

Delhi HC directs quick payment of Rs 1 crore to deceased constable’s family

November 21, 2023

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the city government to release the ex-gratia compensation of Rs 1 crore to the family of a police constable who died in 2020 after contracting Covid-19 while performing his duties within four weeks. A bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh observed that compensation...

NGT slams Punjab Govt over surging stubble burning

November 21, 2023

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday has pulled up the Punjab government on the rising cases of stubble burning. Therefore, the NGT criticised the state government for failing to comply with the order of apex court to put an immediate ban on stubble burning. The tribunal expressed its dissatisfaction...

Crackdown yields Rs 1760 crore seizure across five poll-going states

November 21, 2023

The Election Commission informed here in Delhi on Monday that action has been taken with an effective strategy to stop the use of money power and drugs in election states and more than Rs 1760 crore has been seized in three states. In this seizure, cash, drugs, precious metals like...

Economic offences have serious effect on country’s development: SC

November 21, 2023

The Supreme Court on Monday while dismissing the bail plea of an accused said that economic offences have serious repercussions on the development of the country as a whole. With the advancement of technology and artificial intelligence, economic offences such as money laundering have become a real threat to the...

For Delhiites, no respite yet from breathing ‘foul’ air

November 21, 2023

The air quality in Delhi and its surrounding areas once again worsened overnight, following a slight improvement the previous day, and forecasts indicate that significant relief is unlikely in the coming days. At 8 am on Monday, the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 338, representing a deterioration from...

Plea filed in SC against colonial-era Shariat law

November 21, 2023

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the colonial-era Shariat Act of 1937 in matters of marriage, divorce, and succession among Muslims. Petitioner Sabina, wife of late builder and film financer Yusuf M. Lakadawala, filed the plea under Article 32 of the Constitution to...

Pollution drops in Delhi, precautionary measures stay

November 20, 2023

There is good news for the people of Delhi as the pollution level in the capital has slightly reduced on Sunday morning compared to the last three days of the week. This indicates that the situation, which was very concerning until Saturday evening, became ‘less worrying’ on Sunday morning. Meteorologists...

LG rejects Delhi govt report on Bamnoli land acquisition matter

November 20, 2023

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, on Sunday, refused to consider a report from Vigilance Minister Atishi alleging ‘prima facie complicity’ of Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar in the Bamnoli land acquisition matter. The Lieutenant Governor stated that the report appears to be ‘completely based’ on the minister’s preconceived assumptions and...

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