Tag: Kerala High Court

Those who are accusing the Supreme Court of washing its hands of the allegation that a former apex court judge sexually harassed a former intern (“SJ”), have it wrong: in fact, the institution performed a skilful balancing act over several dark weeks that couldn’t have gone any other way. Reading between the lines, the parts

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The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court (HC) has directed the State ‘Q’ Branch police to file a counter to a bail petition filed by the incarcerated crew of detained US Vessel ‘M V Seaman Guard Ohio.’ The vessel was detained, along with 35- crew members by Indian maritime forces for straying into Indian territorial

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The Chief Justice of India (CJI) P Sathasivam has the judicial inquiry’s conclusion that “prima facie” the intern’s (“SJ”) statements disclosed “an act of unwelcome” verbal and non-verbal “conduct of a sexual nature” by retired Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly. However, the court could not take any action, as the judge had already retired on the

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A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court here challenging Bharat Ratna award to master blaster cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Senior IPS officer Amitabh Thakur and social activist Dr Nutan Thakur filed a PIL claiming that Bharat Ratna is the highest award of this country and must

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The team from NLU Delhi was asked to withdraw from the South Asia qualifying rounds of the Oxford Price Media Law moot, which started yesterday, after allegations of having gained an unfair advantage over other teams surfaced. The South Asia rounds began yesterday (21 November) and will conclude on Sunday (24 November) at NLU Delhi.

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