Supreme Court

NGO seeks SIT probe from SC into encounter killing of gangster Vikas Dubey, aides

8:30 pm July 11, 2020

New Delhi: An NGO moved the Supreme Court on Saturday for an SIT probe into the killing of Vikas Dubey and his two aides in Uttar Pradesh, saying the police version of the encounter of the gangster “raises many serious questions”. People’s Union for Civil Liberties, which had moved the top court seeking an SIT or CBI probe into UP police encounters between […]

Vikas Dubey’s killing raises handcuffing issue vis-a-vis SC guidelines on “inhuman” practice

8:15 pm July 10, 2020

New Delhi: The alleged encounter killing of dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey on Friday has kicked up dust over his not being apparently handcuffed by the police, against the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s disapproving the practice in various orders, calling it inhuman, unreasonable, over harsh and arbitrary . The apex court has from time to […]

Bombay HC denies nod for abortion to 38-year-old woman

8:42 pm July 7, 2020

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday denied permission to a 38-year-old married woman to medically terminate her pregnancy holding that her advanced age or her unpreparedness for the pregnancy were not valid legal grounds for such termination. A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and RI Chagla was hearing a plea filed by a woman […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Greece: Construction begins on major development project

1:59 pm July 3, 2020

Athens: Greece’s prime minister on Friday inaugurated the start of construction work on a long-delayed major development project at the prime seaside site of the old Athens airport. Kyriakos Mitsotakis hailed the start of work as a major step in the implementation of what he described as “possibly the largest project in the Mediterranean.” After his brief speech on-site, […]

Vodafone Idea shares plunge nearly 5 pc after FY20 earnings

4:45 pm July 1, 2020

New Delhi: Shares of Vodafone Idea on Wednesday plunged nearly 5 per cent after the company reported a staggering Rs 73,878 crore of net loss for the fiscal ended March 2020. The stock tanked 4.89 per cent to Rs 10.10 on BSE. On NSE, it declined 4.71 per cent to Rs 10.10. The country’s third […]