New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): The Union of India has informed Delhi High Court that the provision for the upper age limit of 25 years for admission to the Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal husbandry Degree course has been excised.

Meanwhile, Jitendra Tyagi, formerly known as Waseem Rizvi before his conversion to Hinduism, will surrender in a Haridwar court today in a hate speech row.  Mumbai: The Indian Muslim Shia Isna Ashari Jamaat had asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to order the detention of Yati Narsinghanand and Jitendra Narayan... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): President of Flag Foundation of India (FFI) Naveen Jindal on Sunday welcomed the latest Amendment to the Flag Code of India 2002 after which a common citizen can hoist and unfurl the national flag 24 hours a day (day and night) at their homes and office locations, said a statement issued by the FFI.

Kochi Apr 19 PTI Trial by media results in denigration of the justice delivery system and prejudicing mankind against the parties involved the Kerala High Court on Tuesday observed while restraining a news channel from publishing or broadcasting anything except orders of the trial court regarding the brother-in-law of actor Dileep while reporting about the actress assault case Justice Mohammed Nias C P said the interim direction would remain in effect for a period of three weeks from today The order came on a plea by Dileeps brother-in-law T N Suraj who has alleged that certain police officers were leaking out materials allegedly collected during investigation and including those from the in camera trial in the 2017 case and that the same was forming the basis for false and fabricated stories in the media The court in its interim order directed the police officers accused of leaking information about the case to file affidavits dealing with the said allegations The State Police Chief was directed to ensure that no information regarding the investigation of the 2017 actress assault case shall be leaked out to anyone by any of the investigating officers Suraj in his plea has also alleged that the news channel was fabricating more and more allegations against Dileep and him about matters which are pending investigation and are sub judice in the ongoing trial He has further claimed that the news channel was resorting to sensationalism publication broadcast of fabricated allegations against the accused persons and their associates Such reporting interferes with the administration of justice causes prejudice to the petitioner and damages his reputation and that of his close relatives Suraj has contended in his plea After perusing the news items telecast by the channel that were placed before the court it said if what was placed before it was true then it was nothing but gross interference in the due administration of justice The petitioners apprehension that the 6th respondent news channel will indulge in similar telecasts in future has sound basis As stated above since these reports interferesobstructs the due course of justice going by the principles culled out from the various decisions of the Apex Court the sixth respondent is to be prevented from telecastingpublishing the reports in the nature of contents revealed in the exhibits the high court said The court went on to say that media cannot usurp the jurisdiction of the courts which alone have the constitutional authority to decide the guiltinnocence of a person or decide on the content quality or the width of any right available to any citizenaccusedsuspect Half truths and misinformation cannot be the basis of publications or telecasts The media cannot be given the right to speculate on the outcome of the ongoing investigations or the court proceedings or criminal trials Publication of leaks from the investigation agencies and to level allegations against individuals based on such leaks are not protected by the freedom of press under Article 19 a of the Constitution the high court said It further said that reportstelecast have the effect of prejudicing mankind against the parties and the court before the case is heard clearly and therefore it interferes with the course of justice In a trial by the media which apart from adversely affecting the rights of an accused for a fair trial has immense power to influence public opinion A perception is created for or against the accused in the mind of the laymen So much so that when a Judge passes a verdict which may be totally against the laymans perception it causes him to distrust the integrity of the very legal system This loss of faith in the justice delivery system is aggravated when the judge not the judgment itself is subjected to media criticism Justice Nias said In such cases trial by media results in denigration of the justice delivery system which without doubt is the very foundation of the rule of law in any democratic set up the court added PTI HMP ROH ROH

New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the three municipal corporations of Delhi to file a report regarding the number of spa centres in their jurisdictions.

New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday stayed the operation of the policy that imposed a ban on cross-gender massage services in the national capital till further orders.

New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday observed that cross-gender massage doesn't mean the existence of sexual activity and suggested the Delhi government not to take any action regarding the ban on cross-gender massages in the national capital.