Legal

The issue before the Supreme Court arose from a plea filed by Sita Soren, sister-in-law of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Mrittika Jain reports

Coming close on the heels of the arrest of his son Hemant by the ED, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to quash the Lokpal proceedings against him in a case related to alleged accumulation of disproportionate assets. The Indian Tribal reports

The officials were summoned following a complaint of misconduct filed against them by BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar, who was injured in a clash with police personnel after being stopped from going to Sandeshkhali, where tribal women have complained of excesses by local Trinamool Congress leaders. The Indian Tribal [...]

The apex court has made two very basic queries from the Government while hearing a PIL that has pleaded for striking down the “unconstitutional” law. The Indian Tribal reports

Faced with protests from several quarters, including the Opposition, the Naveen Patnaik dispensation has put the Cabinet decision in this regard on hold, The Indian Tribal reports

It was Justice M V Muralidaran who had directed the State government to consider the representation for ST status to the majority Meitei community and write to the Centre within four weeks. The Indian Tribal reports

The apex court was considering the reports filed by the all-woman committee of former high court judges, headed by Justice (retd) Gita Mittal, The Indian Tribal reports

In an interesting turn of events, the journalists’ body said its team had visited the northeastern State on the Army’s invitation to make an objective assessment of the “unethical and ex-parte reporting” by the vernacular media, The Indian Tribal reports

The apex court takes a slew of measures. Sets up committee of 3 former women high court judges to oversee relief and rehabilitation of victims and compensation and asks former Maharashtra police chief Dattatray Padsalgikar to monitor the probe in criminal cases even as 42 SITs will be [...]

Two Manipur residents in their plea contended that the residents of the State experienced feelings of fear, anxiety, helplessness, and frustration as a result of the shutdown, The Indian Tribal reports