Day: October 7, 2021
High Court closes case seeking monitoring of anti-COVID steps
The Delhi High Court on Thursday closed the proceedings in a case, seeking to monitor the measures being taken to combat the spread of COVID-19, noting that the Centre and the State have already provided adequate healthcare facilities. A Bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said petitioner Triveni Potekar, a lawyer, […]
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High Court to examine validity of making Kannada compulsory for UG courses
NEP does not specify any mandatory language criteria for higher education courses: petitioners The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday said that it would examine the constitutional validity of making Kannada a compulsory language for undergraduate courses in the State from the academic year 2021–22 on the pretext of implementing the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020. […]
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Rutgers Votes To Strip High Court Justice’s Name Off Building
By Nick Muscavage (October 7, 2021, 3:59 PM EDT) — Rutgers University on Wednesday voted to strip the name of an alumnus and former U.S. Supreme Court justice off a building at its Newark campus. Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph P. Bradley was appointed to the court in 1870. Bradley Hall — named […]
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High Court seeks details of Sajjala’s appointment as Adviser
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday directed the counsel for Narsapuram MP K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju to furnish details of the criteria adopted by the State government for the appointment of Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy as its Adviser (public affairs) with Cabinet rank. During the hearing on a PIL filed by the MP, a Division […]
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In Akron, Supreme Court to Resume Off-Site Program
Off-Site Court will return in late October when the Ohio Supreme Court holds oral arguments at the University of Akron School of Law. Off-Site Court will return in late October when the Ohio Supreme Court holds oral arguments at the University of Akron School of Law. After a two-year hiatus, the Ohio Supreme Court is […]
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Mukul Roy disqualification | Bengal Speaker approaches Supreme Court against Calcutta High Court order
West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court order on disqualification of Mukul Roy. Mr. Roy, who was elected on a BJP ticket in the Assembly polls in May, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in June. He was later appointed chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, a […]
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ED’s intentions behind summons questionable: Anil Deshmukh to Bombay high court | Mumbai news
The Bombay high court (HC), while hearing the petition filed by former home minister Anil Deshmukh seeking quashing of the proceedings arising out of the summons being issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), was informed on Thursday that the actions of the ED created apprehension in his mind on their intentions, as they […]
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Ohio Supreme Court upholds execution of Arron Lawson, accused of mass murder of family
LAWRENCE COUNTY (WKBN) – The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that the execution of a man convicted of murdering a family near Pedro, Ohio will go forward. According to court documents, Arron Lawson killed Stacey Holston; her eight-year-old son; her mother, Tammie McGuire; and her mother’s husband, Donald McGuire; on Oct. 11, 2017. He was […]
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High court declines to review appeal of Ann Arbor crack money murder conviction
ANN ARBOR, MI – The highest court in the state will not hear the case of a man convicted of killing his neighbor for crack money in 2017. The Michigan Supreme Court issued an order Wednesday, Oct. 6, declining to review the appellate court’s decision to uphold the conviction of Claude Braziel III who was […]
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Killer of Fitzgerald lottery winner loses appeal | Local News
FITZGERALD — The Georgia Supreme Court denied a convicted murderer’s appeal Tuesday in a 2016 slaying of a Fitzgerald lottery winner. Dabrentise Coki Overstreet had been convicted of malice murder in the death of Cragiory Burch Jr. The high court had previously upheld the convictions of Nathaniel Baker and Wayana Malik Jordan, each imprisoned for […]
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