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New Delhi (ILNS): Snehasish Mukherjee, former secretary of the Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record Association (SCAORA), has joined India’s oldest law firm Fox Mandal as a partner.

A petition before the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has claimed that the appointment of 14 non-MLAs as ministers of the state, in the absence of any extraordinary or rare circumstances, is contrary to the Articles 163 and 164 of the Constitution of India.

In case of Yamuna Expressway land scam, Allahabad HC has allowed II bail application of a revenue official accused of acquiring 57 hectares of land in seven villages of Mathura, at cheaper rates, through benami transactions which later, allegedly, was acquired by YEIDA at more than twice original rate.

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New Delhi (ILNS): The National Green Tribunal directed PWD, Goa and other authorities concerned to take immediate remedial measures for the restoration and regeneration of sand dune ecosystem and riverside areas of village Cavelossim Salsate, Goa.

New Delhi (ILNS): The Allahabad High Court has directed Haji Mohammad Iqbal, a former Legislative Council member who came under the purview of the Enforcement Directorate investigation on money laundering, to appear before the ED and present his case.

New Delhi (ILNS): The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court has issued notice to the Centre and the National Testing Agency on a petition filed by a National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) aspirant alleging discrepancies in the test assessment system after she scored zero in the exam.

New Delhi (ILNS): The Uttarakhand High Court has stayed the arrest of MLA Mahesh Negi. The MLA had filed a petition in court for cancellation of the FIR lodged against him in a sexual abuse and also asking for protection against arrest. The court has directed the MLA to cooperate in the investigation.

The Kerala High Court has stayed till October 23 the arrest of senior bureaucrat M. Sivasankar by the Customs department in the gold smuggling case. It will consider his anticipatory bail applications in cases registered by the Customs department as well as those by the Enforcement Directorate.

New Delhi (ILNS): The Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court today ordered an FIR against actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel. The FIR was ordered after a private complaint was filed stating that Ranaut was “creating divisions between communities and spreading communal hatred.”