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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday sought updated data on the pendency of commercial cases and infrastructure available to commercial courts from ten High Courts, including Orissa High Court. “Unfortunately the high courts of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana and Tripura are still underrepresented... The...

New Delhi: Essel Group founder Subhash Chandra has approached the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) challenging the order of a five-member Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) that stayed approval of his repayment plan and restrained him from alienating his properties. The...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to Thursday Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee’s plea challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to freeze the party’s name and its reserved election symbol amid an ongoing dispute between rival factions. As per the Cause...

New Delhi: BJP national spokesperson and MP Sambit Patra Wednesday launched a strong defence of the Election Commission of India (ECI), saying internal deliberations among Election Commissioners should not be portrayed as a sign of discord but as part of a functioning democratic institution. Reacting...

New Delhi: An IndiGo Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft with over 250 passengers on board returned to London’s Heathrow Airport early Wednesday due to a technical snag shortly after taking off for Delhi. An emergency was declared, following which the aircraft was given priority to land...

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray Wednesday rejected the Rs 500-crore defamation notice served by Satish Salian, father of the late Disha Salian, calling it “frivolous” and denying he ever knew her. Replying through his Supreme Court advocate Anshuman Sinha, Thackeray categorically denied all...

New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI Wednesday said it has initiated penal action against e-commerce platforms Amazon, Swiggy Instamart, BigBasket, Flipkart India and Zepto for various non-compliances, including misleading claims and sale of prohibited products. In a social media post, the Food Safety and Standards Authority...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued show-cause notices to the Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories, seeking an explanation as to why costs of Rs 25,000 should not be imposed on each of them for failing to file reply affidavits or compliance...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court was told Wednesday that there was a "premeditated collusion" between Odisha government and the Centre in withdrawing senior IPS officer Sushant Kumar Nath's integrity certificate merely based on a CBI communication. Senior advocate P Chidambaram, appearing for petitioner Jayanta Das,...

New Delhi: As the government steps up the supply of onions in West Bengal, the Kanda Express carrying onions from the Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF) buffer stock is scheduled to reach Kolkata Thursday, an official statement said. Nearly 1,400 metric tonnes (MT) of onions have...