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New Delhi, Oct 19 (PTI) The punishment of dismissal from service is no less than a death penalty for a government servant, the Supreme Court observed as it directed the reinstatement of a deputy registrar of Periyar University in Tamil Nadu…
The Supreme Court has said dismissal from service is no less than a death penalty for a government employee, as it ordered the reinstatement of a deputy registrar of Periyar University in Tamil Nadu who was removed over allegations of…
The value of something is reflected by the punishment given for destroying it. Two very different death penalty cases have been in the news recently. Each raises a different objection to capital punishment. At the end of last month, Tennessee…
Increasingly, lawmakers are also prescribing how those decisions must be reached. Consider San Francisco’s recent amendments to its Fair Chance Ordinance. For certain categories of criminal history, the city no longer leaves employers to determine whether a conviction is sufficiently…
The tribunal, while hearing the matter on October 16, directed that the protection be provided in the interim upon the petitioner filing an appropriate application for police protection. NGT directs Agra Police to provide security to petitioner alleging threats over Khari…
North American Derivatives Exchange, doing business as OG.com Prediction Markets, filed in the Western District of Missouri. The Crypto.com-linked exchange asks the court to declare Missouri’s restrictions inapplicable and block their enforcement. It names Attorney General Catherine Hanaway…
19 Oct 2026 11:04 AM IST The Supreme Court has held that private individuals can file criminal complaints against elected candidates for offences under Section 125A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, alleging that they furnished false information or concealed information in their…
A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu clarified that Section 195(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973, does not restrict complaints under Section 125A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, to public servants alone. Section 125A deals with…
The Supreme Court has ruled that private individuals can file criminal complaints against elected candidates for giving false information or hiding details in their election affidavits. The court said such complaints can be filed under Section 125A of the Representation of…
Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath on Monday said eligibility, rather than personal identity, must be the sole criterion for selection, stressing that fairness and merit should guide judicial proceedings and recruitment, news agency Press Trust of India reported. Speaking…