Month: June 2025

[ad_1] With the political class grappling with the aftermath of the sensational discovery of huge amounts of cash at Justice Yashwant Varma's official residence, CJI B R Gavai said instances of corruption and misconduct in judiciary adversely impact public faith in the judicial system .Speaking on the topic 'Maintaining Judicial Legitimacy and Public Confidence' at UK Supreme Court, CJI Gavai said, "Sadly, there have been instances of corruption and misconduct that have surfaced even within the judiciary. Such incidents inevitably have a negative impact on public confidence, potentially eroding faith in the integrity of the system." The CJI did not mention Justice Varma, but legal and judicial quarters almost unanimously reckoned that the 'cash-at-kothi' scam could have been the trigger for his candid observations. "Path to rebuilding this trust lies in swift, decisive and transparent action taken to address these […]

[ad_1] BENGALURU: A storm of giddy, overenthusiastic fans, poor planning by officials, bad stadium management, stretched police force, shortage of time, clueless event management and lack of communication between stakeholders resulted in the tragedy at Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium.At the crack of dawn, RCB lit up social media with the big news: The champions were flying home with the trophy and would celebrate with a grand victory parade in the city. The announcement caught cops unawares as they had no communication about it. But it sent the already-electrified fanbase into overdrive.Then came the colossal collective failure: Police honchos failed to act swiftly and draw up crowd-control plans. Politicians turned the celebration into a photo-op frenzy, brushing aside warnings in their race to bask in reflected glory. Many brought their families to Vidhana Soudha to pose with the cricketers."RCB gave the city […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: “The world saw India’s strength (duniya ne humari takat dekhhi),” PM Narendra Modi said as he addressed the Union Council of Ministers on Wednesday about Operation Sindoor’s success.“The PM said it took us only 25 minutes to demolish the terror infrastructure Pakistan built over decades as part of its policy to use terrorism to hurt India,” a source said referring to the precision strikes on the intervening night of May 6 and 7 to destroy the headquarters and important facilities of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen.Modi said the conflict with Pakistan also showed the changed nature of war. “There was no movement of tanks, artillery and soldiers, and our armed forces acquitted themselves well in this new kind of warfare,” the source quoted the PM as saying.The conflict figured only briefly during the interaction that lasted almost […]

[ad_1] SRINAGAR: Mere registration of an FIR or pendency of an investigation cannot be grounds to deny or impound a passport or withhold its renewal, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh high court ruled, setting aside a Jammu CBI court’s order rejecting a retired IAS officer’s plea for release of his passport.“It is only upon the filing of a chargesheet and the court taking cognisance of the offence that it may be said that a criminal case is actually pending,” the HC said.CBI had seized the passport of Sajad Ahmad Khan during a raid at his residence Oct 12, 2021, in connection with an investigation into the illegal issuance of arms licences. The agency also confiscated his mobile phones and land documents.Khan, who had retired on March 31, 2018, appeared before CBI in Chandigarh, where he cooperated with the investigation, […]