The Jharkhand High Court, hearing the JSSC CGL paper leak case, has directed the state government to submit a status report within four weeks. The bench, led by Chief Justice M S Ramachandra Rao and Justice Deepak Roshan, maintained the stay on publishing examination results and set the next hearing for March 26.
However, the former minister would be visible to his counsel sitting in the library through a glass window.
Kashmir and Ladakh, comprising Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice M A Chowdhary (via virtual mode), directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to file an updated status report on the infamous Arms License Scam investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) involving five IAS officers and others.
In a major relief to BRS working president KT Rama Rao, the Telangana High Court extended its interim orders and protected him from arrest in connection with the Formula E race case until the pronouncement of the verdict. Rao had approached the court with a petition to quash the FIR filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau under the Prevention of Corruption Act, against him. The court reserved its order on the criminal petition filed by the former minister.
Pulling up the police over the investigation into the rape of a girl student of Anna University inside the varsity campus, Madras High Court on Saturday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to take over the probe and ordered an interim compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the victim besides directing the state government to take action against the Greater Chennai City Police Commissioner.
After an appeal by the investigating agency, the court had allowed the installation of CCTVs inside the cabin.
The bench gave its verdict on a batch of 18 civil suits, the hearing of which was completed on November 16, and the judgment was reserved.
Acting Chief Justice B R Sarangi and Justice M S Raman, hearing petitions of improving living conditions of convicts and undertrial prisoners (UTPs), said this in an order on Friday.
The AAP MP maintained that the revocation of allotment of the bungalow in his name was a clear case of "political vendetta".
On Thursday, Mr Mishra and the ED had submitted a plea at Justice Sinha’s Bench for revision of her earlier order.
