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The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the father of Ryan International School murder victim Pradyuman Thakur, challenging the anticipatory bail granted to the three trustees of the school. This comes after the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted bail to Ryan International Group CEO Ryan Pinto, Founder Augustine Pinto, and Managing Director Grace Pinto last month.

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that selling bottled mineral water above the maximum retail price (MRP) will attract monetary penalty and jail term for the management of restaurants, multiplexes, among others. The Centre maintained that overcharging is an offence under Legal Metrology Act and can attract a fine of up to ₹1 lakh, one-year jail term, or both.

Rebel JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court against his disqualification from the Rajya Sabha. Yadav claimed he was not given any chance by the authorities before the order was passed against him. Earlier, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu had said that Yadav had voluntarily left his party by speaking against it publicly, thus incurring disqualification.

A five-year-old girl moved the National Green Tribunal alleging noise pollution by the Delhi Metro and asked to shift Rohini Metro stations to alternate sites as noise levels were found above the prescribed limits. The green panel directed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to adhere to the environmental norms and comply with the prescribed limits.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday disposed of BJP leader and former TMC MP Mukul Roy's plea alleging phone tapping, after the Centre and West Bengal government denied his numbers being intercepted. The leader had alleged his phones were being tapped by West Bengal police. The court, however, gave Roy the liberty to approach again if he finds concrete evidence.

A petition filed in the Karnataka High Court has sought a ban on the sale of liquor on New Year's Eve and January 1, 2018, in Bengaluru, to prevent crimes against women and road accidents. The court has asked the state to clarify its stand on the matter, and mention what steps have been taken to prevent such incidents.

The wife of the domestic help Hemraj, who was murdered along with Aarushi Talwar in 2008, has challenged the acquittal of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the case. The couple was found not guilty by the Allahabad High Court in October this year. Earlier, a special CBI ruling had convicted and sentenced them to life imprisonment.

An affidavit filed by the Jammu and Kashmir government in the Supreme Court maintained that the state doesn't acknowledge Hindus as a minority because it goes by the Centre's national list of minorities. It further asserted that benefits of the Centre's welfare schemes would only be extended to "meritorious" and "needy" members of the communities notified by the Centre.

The Bombay High Court has stayed the decision of Thane Tree Authority, which had permitted cutting of 5,213 trees in the city. The court was hearing a petition which said the authority was wrongly constituted and gave permission to cut the trees in its very first meeting. The court's decision will save at least 1,500 trees, the petitioner said.

The Rajasthan High Court has issued a notice to the Centre, asking why condom advertisements cannot be shown on TV between 6 am and 10 pm. The court was hearing a petition filed by a nonprofit organisation, which has called the order "arbitrary and meaningless". Earlier this month, the I&B Ministry had issued an advisory restricting timings of condom ads.

The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court has rejected Tehelka's former editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal's plea to dismiss the rape charges against him and rejected his request to discard the trial. Tejpal is accused of raping a female colleague at an event in Goa in 2013. Public prosecutor Francisco Tavora said the trial is likely to start after January 9.

The Supreme Court has rejected a plea seeking a ban on liquor across India and imposed a cost of ₹1 lakh on the petitioner, observing that the plea had 'no merit'. The plea had claimed that liquor caused death, health problems, increase in crimes, and financial loss to people. It had also sought stringent action against suppliers of alcoholic beverages.

Claiming to be a biological daughter of late Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, a woman has moved the Madras High Court seeking cremation of Jayalalithaa's body as per the Iyengar Brahmin community rituals. She has also sought police protection at the time of cremation. Interestingly, the petitioner has claimed that she was given up for adoption to Jayalalithaa's sister.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the Karnataka High Court order reducing the mandatory pictorial warning on cigarette packs from 85% to 40%. Adding that 'urgency in the matter is understandable', the Court said there will be no decision until the High Court uploaded its judgment. The High Court had called the 85% warning rule an "unreasonable restriction".

The Central Bureau of Investigation will move the Supreme Court against the Allahabad High Court verdict acquitting Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the murder case of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. A CBI court in 2013 had convicted them in the case and sentenced them to life imprisonment. Recently, Hemraj's wife also challenged the couple's acquittal.

After a woman claimed to be late Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa's daughter in a petition, the Madras High Court directed the Apollo Hospital to provide Jayalalithaa's blood samples. The directive is considered as a precursor to a DNA test to establish the petitioner's parentage. The woman sought Jayalalithaa's cremation as per the Iyengar Brahmin community rituals in the petition.

The Gauhati High Court has ordered a Special Investigation Team probe into a 2010 fake encounter case, in which three Manipuri men were allegedly killed by officers of a Nagaland-based Army intelligence unit. Hearing a petition by the brother of one of the deceased, the court called the earlier probe by the Nagaland police "extremely shoddy and perfunctory".

Disqualified AIADMK MLA Vetrivel has sought anticipatory bail from the Madras High Court after a police case was registered against him for releasing a video showing late Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa admitted to a hospital. Last week, a district principal sessions court had rejected his plea in this regard. AIADMK had alleged that Vetrivel released the video for political gains.

The Bombay High Court on Thursday questioned the need to confiscate food items from customers visiting cinemas during security-check and then forcing them to buy food from the theatres. It also directed the Maharashtra government to reply to a PIL challenging such prohibition. The plea claimed there was no legal or statutory provision prohibiting one from carrying personal food articles.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has filed a plea in Ranchi's special CBI court seeking minimum punishment in one of the fodder scam cases, on grounds of health. This comes ahead of the announcement of the quantum of punishment for the leader, which is due on Saturday. "I have no role in this scam directly," he said in his plea.