NEW DELHI: Banking regulator RBI and the country’s largest PSU bank SBI Monday told Supreme Court it was not possible to give personal hearings to account holders before declaring an account fraud in view of the massive number of banking frauds.The country witnessed 60,000 cases of bank fraud in the last two financial years involving…
SC had began its journey as a protector of environment in a petition filed by retired forest officer T N Godavarman Thirumalpad in 1995 seeking protection of the Nilgiri forests from illegal felling of trees, and in the span of three decades, it has protected northeastern forests, Kashmir Khair trees, Aravalli hills, Western Ghats, Saranda…
The Supreme Court encountered its first AI misuse case where a litigant submitted a response with hundreds of fabricated legal precedents. Senior advocates highlighted the grave concern of AI-generated false case laws impacting judicial decisions. While acknowledging the error, the court proceeded to hear the case on its merits, emphasizing the need for caution. NEW…
The parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture will summon airlines and aviation regulator DGCA next week over the IndiGo fiasco.Sources said the panel, headed by JDU’s Sanjay Kumar Jha, will hold the meeting on Dec 15 or 16 with all stakeholders. “We will examine all aspects of the developments that led to mass…
NEW DELHI: In a rare decision aimed at facilitating the education of a minor girl, Supreme Court on Monday approved issuance of an SC certificate based on the ‘Adi Dravida’ caste of her mother, who is married to a non-SC person, even though it is yet to adjudicate a bunch of petitions challenging the norm…
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the treatment meted out to a resident of Arunachal Pradesh transiting through the Shanghai airport, India has sought assurances from Beijing that its citizens will not be selectively harassed. The govt had earlier registered strong protest with China for the detention of the Indian woman, reiterating its position that the…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh proposed adding a fundamental duty to the Constitution, mandating equal respect for ‘Vande Mataram’ as the national anthem. He accused Congress of communalizing the song due to appeasement politics, urging parliamentarians to restore its glory and honor its author. Singh highlighted historical attempts to truncate the song, deeming it an injustice…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress claimed on Monday that the govt had pushed for a discussion on ‘Vande Mataram’ in the Parliament only with an eye on West Bengal elections, calling BJP’s commitment to the national song a “badly scripted comedy”.With BJP making a determined bid to unseat CM Mamata Banerjee, TMC MPs Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar…
NEW DELHI: The parliamentary standing committee on education has said National Testing Agency‘s (NTA) handling of entrance examinations in 2024 “has not inspired much confidence” and recommended a shift towards pen-and-paper based tests along with a nationwide blacklist of firms involved in exam irregularities.On pen-and-paper based tests, the panel said there are several models that…
SRINAGAR: A court in J&K’s Kupwara on Monday rejected bail pleas of eight policemen, including a deputy SP, who are accused of illegally detaining a constable in custody for six days in Feb 2023 and subjecting him to gruesome torture.“The applicants have not been able to make out any case for grant of bail at…