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MHA amends immigration rules, introduces key changes for foreign nationals

MHA amends immigration rules, introduces key changes for foreign nationals

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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has notified the Immigration and Foreigners (Amendment) Rules, 2026, introducing a series of changes to the registration requirements for foreign nationals, provisions relating to children with Indian parents, emergency registration cases and the appeals mechanism under the Immigration and Foreigners Rules, 2025. The amendments were notified through a Gazette notification issued on June 1 and have come into effect immediately. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Author Vishwas Patil files complaint against special public prosecutor before Koregaon Bhima Commission of Inquiry

Author Vishwas Patil files complaint against special public prosecutor before Koregaon Bhima Commission of Inquiry

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Author and retired IAS officer Vishwas Patil on Friday filed a complaint before the Koregaon Bhima Commission of Inquiry against special public prosecutor (SPP) Shishir Hiray for allegedly giving misleading statements to the media about his novel “Sambhaji”. The novel, published about 20 years ago, is based on the life of legendary king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. Patil had deposed as a witness before the commission, following an application filed by advocate Mangesh Deshmukh of the Vadhu Budruk gram panchayat in Pune district. Advocate Deshmukh said that Patil’s novel ‘Sambhaji’ had without any contemporary historical evidence mentioned that a person named Govind Mahar was involved in performing Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj’s last rites. Patil was cross-examined by SPP Hiray mostly over some of the “imaginary” characters linked to the cremation of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj in the novel. His cross-examination by SPP Hiray concluded in March this year. Later, Hiray had spoken to several mediapersons regarding Patil’s cross-examination and his novel. In his Facebook (FB) post about the complaint, Patil has claimed that SPP Hiray has given false …

Gujarat Govt Orders Premature Retirement of Six Judges: What It Means

Gujarat Govt Orders Premature Retirement of Six Judges: What It Means

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2 min readMar 20, 2026 07:22 PM IST THE STATE government has directed six judges to “prematurely retire” from the judiciary “in public interest”. The order was issued following recommendations to that effect by the Gujarat High Court. While five of them are district judges, one is a senior civil judge. The legal department of the Gujarat government issued notifications in this regard on March 16. The five district judges asked to prematurely retire are Prathmesh Shrivastav, Principal District Judge, Morbi; Prashant Joshi, Principal Judge, Family Court, Morbi; Mohammedeliyas Mandli, Principal Judge, Family Court, Porbandar; Alihusen Shaikh, 3rd Additional District Judge, Rajkot at Dhoraji; and Kiritkumar Darji, Additional District Judge, Arvalli at Modasa. The sixth judicial officer has been identified as Jayeshkumar Parikh, Principal Senior Civil Judge and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dhrangadhra, Surendranagar district. Sources said the order to prematurely retire the six was issued under the provisions of the Gujarat Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2002 read with Rule 21 of the Gujarat State Judicial Service Rules, 2005 while accepting recommendations by Gujarat High …