Legal

A magistrate court in Udupi on July 28, granted conditional bail to three female students accused of taking a video of another student in a college washroom. A case against the three students and the college management was registered by Malpe police on July 25.
On Friday the students surrendered before the Additional Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate First Class Court of Judge Shyam Prakash.

The Varanasi Court allowed a "scientific survey" of the entire Gyanvapi mosque premises, except the 'wuzukhana' area which was sealed on the Supreme Court's directions, by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The judgement was on the application by four women worshippers, who claimed the Gyanvapi Mosque, located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple, had signs of an ancient Hindu temple. However, the petitioner likely to challenge the… read-more

Convicted in Modi Surname row, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi is in Surat, to challenge his defamation conviction. Notably, a Surat Court found Gandhi guilty and announced imprisonment for 2-years. The leader said, "Will also ask for an interim stay on the conviction which would also restore my Lok Sabha membership." Gandhi has been disqualified as a Lok Sabha member. Notably, Priyanka Gandhi will accompany her brother to Surat.

The Supreme Court (SC) formed a panel of five-members to investigate regulatory failures in the ongoing Hindenburg V/S Adani Group row. On March 2, the Apex Court formed the committee, which will be headed by former SC Judge Abhay Manohar Pasre. The other members of the committee are former SBI chairman OP Bhatt, retired judge JP Devadhar, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, banking veteran KV Kamath and… read-more

The Supreme Court bench dismissed an 'entirely misconceived' petition filed by Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta, demanding a ban on the BBC. Gupta in his petition had claimed the BBC had taken an 'anti-India' position in the documentary over PM Narendra Modi, highlighting riots of 2002 Gujarat.  He also mentioned that the documentary is a result of a deep conspiracy against the global rise of India and PM Modi.