High Court Verdict  

Following the Madras high court verdict over administrative control, Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi has challenged it and moved the apex court.

 

Police retreated from the Piravom church after huge protests and suicide threats from devotees. Further action will be decided after Tuesday’s high court verdict, said police to media.

Zakia Jafri’s plea against Gujarat high court’s verdict giving a clean chit to Narendra Modi with respect to 2002 Gujarat riots to be heard by Supreme Court on November 19.

In February, CBI had filed an appeal against the Delhi High Court decision repressing charges against all the accused

On Wednesday, Dhinakaran had said in Madurai that the 18 disqualified MLAs will not appeal against the Madras high court verdict upholding their disqualification, as decided by them originally, but will face the elections, which was seen as a U-turn by his critics.

The high court verdict had thrown open the doors for holding by-polls to the 18 constituencies, with both the AIADMK and its arch-rival DMK expressing confidence of winning the elections.

With the verdict upholding the disqualification, by-elections are all set to happen on all the seats that would be vacant. This will be a big test for the AIADMK government, especially after the demise of J Jayalalithaa in December 2016

The 18 legislators are likely to be left in the resort under the care of TTV Dinakaran until the Tamil Nadu High Court verdict on the case is delivered, which is likely to happen soon.