New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain public interest litigation relating to the maintenance amount which can be granted under various provisions of law.

Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 10 (ANI): Jharkhand government on Friday filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court challenging the state High Court's order on the maintainability of PIL in connection with shell companies allegedly related to state Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his associates.

New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): A man drowned on Monday near the underpass between Badarpur and Pul Prahladpur in Delhi because of waterlogging in the area.

New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights has approached the Supreme Court challenging the amendments to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act last year by which some serious offences against children have been made non-cognizable.

New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): The 'Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022' will not only help investigation agencies but also increase prosecution, said Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni on Monday.

New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday will introduce "The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022" in the Lok Sabha.

New Delhi Mar 26 PTI The Supreme Court has restrained Tripura Police from taking any action against four students who had posted on social media against the alleged communal violence in the state last year A bench of justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant passed the order in four separate petitions filed by these people and tagged all of them with the pending petitions in the matter Pending further orders there shall be a stay of further proceedings in Case Nodated November 3 2021 West Agartala Police Station Tripura the bench ordered on Friday Advocate Sharukh Alam appearing for the petitioners said that notices under section 41A of CrPC have been sent to these four people who are students for their tweets on Tripura riots She submitted that the court had earlier protected several people for their similar action The bench said We will issue notice and tag these petitions and restrain the police from proceeding further It asked whether there is a common FIR against these four students to which Alam replied in affirmative On February 7 the top court had pulled up Tripura Police for sending notices to people for social media posts over alleged communal violence in the state despite its interim restraining order It had warned the counsel for the state that if Tripura Police does not refrain from harassing people it will summon the Home Secretary and the police officials concerned The top court was then hearing a plea filed by journalist Samiullah Shabbir Khan against a notice issued by the Tripura Police seeking his appearance under Section 41A Notice of appearance before police officer of the Code of Criminal Procedure The top court on January 10 had restrained Tripura Police from acting on its notice to Twitter Inc with regard to a journalists tweet about alleged communal violence in the state On November 17 last year the top court had directed Tripura Police not to take any coercive action against the three civil society members including a journalist in connection with an FIR lodged under the harsh UAPA provisions against them for allegedly bringing facts through social media posts about targeted violence against the minority community in the state The three persons who were part of a fact finding committee have also challenged the Constitutional validity of some provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967 on the grounds that the definition of unlawful activities is vague and wide moreover the statute makes grant of bail to accused very difficult The FIR took note of a tweet of one of the members of the civil society which had stated that Tripura is burning Last year the northeastern state witnessed incidents of arson looting and violence after reports emerged from Bangladesh that the Hindu minorities there had been attacked during Durga Puja on allegations of blasphemy PTI MNL ZMN ZMN

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 28 (ANI): Taking forward mission 'Waapisi' of the district administration of Srinagar, the city police booked 21 chronic drug peddlers under the Public Safety Act (PSA) and further, 69 other drug peddlers have been detained and bound down under various provisions of the Code Of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

New Delhi Jan 27 PTI The National Commission for Women asked Delhi Police on Thursday to immediately arrest all the accused responsible for allegedly abducting and sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman who was then paraded by her attackers on the streets of east Delhis Kasturba Nagar with her hair chopped face blackened and a shoe garland around her neck In a letter to Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma said the victim must be provided with best medical treatment and also necessary measures must be taken for safety and security to the victim and her family As per the provision 357-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure the victim is entitled for the compensation as per the Victim Compensation Scheme of the State Therefore the process of compensation must be expedited so that the victim can get financial assistance as per her requirement she said Sharma called for arrest of all the accused The Commission is distressed with the abysmal alleged incident and the cruelty perpetrated on the victim is highly condemnable in strongest possible words You are therefore required to look into the matter and ensure that all the accused are arrested immediately and booked under the relevantappropriate provisions of the law she said Sharma also said that the probe must be completed in a time bound manner as per the order and guidelines laid down by the Ministry of Home Affairs Women Safety Division that mandates that the police has to complete the investigation in relation to rape within two months In order to facilitate the State police to monitor compliance in this regard MHA has also provided an online portal called Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences ITSSO for monitoring the same The investigation must be accomplished in a time bound manner The action taken must be apprised to the Commission within 48 hours she said The victim was allegedly abducted sexually assaulted and paraded by her attackers on the streets of east Delhis Kasturba Nagar with her hair chopped face blackened and a shoe garland around her neck police said on Thursday Four people have been arrested The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon The woman was at her husbands home in Anand Vihar when the accused who lived near her mothers place in Kasturba Nagar abducted her police said describing the incident as the result of personal enmity PTI UZM RCJ

Patna (Bihar) [India], January 2 (ANI): In view of the severe cold wave in Bihar, Patna District Magistrate on Sunday announced that all government and private schools up to class 8 will be closed till January 8.