The Allahabad High Court recently has ordered the appointment of a man as a judge, nearly seven years after he was initially denied the position due to allegations of espionage. The Court added that the petitioner was “honourably acquitted” at two criminal trials he faced, and no element of truth was found in the prosecution story in either case, and …
On April 6, the Commerce Ministry, Government of India, notified guidelines for halal certification of meat and meat products specifically for export purposes. It read, “Meat and meat products shall be allowed to be exported as ‘halal certified’, only if produced, processed and/or packaged in a facility having a valid certification under the i-CAS of the Quality Council of India, …
Observing that there is no All India Judicial Service for judges, the Delhi High Court has observed that a judicial officer has to complete the prescribed eligibility criteria of service specified in the feeder grade of a particular State judicial service. The civil judge challenged the decision of High Court’s Examination Committee rejecting the request for promotion to Delhi Higher …
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti has written to CIDCO seeking action against illegal dargah on the City and Industrial Development Corporation land near the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport. It has taken the shape of a dargah that poses “a national security threat as this “illegal” structure is adjacent to the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport,” he added. “The City and Industrial …
Surprisingly, while several Indian media outlets did run stories in the wake of Leicester violence on the growing activities of Hindutva groups led by the Hindu Seva Sangh, none of them have so far produced an analysis of the contents and the motivations for the report. One must first start with the history and activities of the Henry Jackson Society …
In the last year, at least three programmes were cancelled in Bengaluru by the police and other authorities, acting on petitions submitted by Hindu Janjagruti Samiti, a sister organisation of Goa-based Hindutva organisation Sanatan Sanstha. Avinash Patil, of Maharashtra Andhashradha Nirmoolan Samiti, started by the late Dabholkar, for whose murder in 2013 individuals associated with HJS were charged, said petitioning …