Bharat Express

Jammu and Kashmir High Court

Supreme Court extended the tenure of committee tasked with overseeing relief and rehabilitation of victims of ethnic violence in Manipur.

The Supreme Court has sharply criticized the Jammu and Kashmir administration for its failure to regularize daily wage earners, despite a 2007 High Court order.

The decision followed claims from these hospitals that IFFCO TOKIO General Insurance Company had failed to settle outstanding payments.

The PSA permits the government to hold someone without charge or trial for up to two years; this is the first time the court has penalized the state for detention under PSA.