Pune: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Sunday said he had prayed to God for a solution to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute and asserted God will find a way if one has faith. He was addressing residents of his native Kanhersar village in Khed taluka where he was felicitated. “Very often we have … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (October 18) adjourned to October 25 the hearing on a plea filed by businessman Amandeep Singh Dhall in a corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the now-defunct Delhi Excise Policy. A bench … Read more
Hyderabad: Telangana High Court on Friday dismissed two writ appeals on Public Service Commission Group-1 main exam, filed by Group-1 candidates. The dismissal paved the way for exams to be held from October 21 to fill up 563 posts as the judgment of the single bench was upheld by the division bench of the High … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (October 18) closed the habeas corpus petition filed by a father of two daughters alleging that his two daughters were being illegally confined at ashram run by Sadhguru at Isha Yoga Centre at Coimbatore against their wishes, noting that they were staying there out of their free choice. … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (October 18) issued a slew of directions to for effective implementation and achieve whole purpose of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA). A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued directions on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) … Read more
New Delhi: A city court is likely to deliver its verdict on Friday on a plea of former Delhi minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain seeking bail in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Jain is accused of having laundered money through four companies allegedly linked to … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 17) commenced hearing pleas seeking seeking criminalising of marital rape and challenging the constitutionality of the exception to marital rape and said it will decide the constitutional validity of penal provisions granting immunity to a husband from prosecution for the offence of rape if he forces his … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 17) refused to stay the oath taking ceremony of the Nayab Singh Saini-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Haryana and warned the petitioner of imposing costs for filing such a plea. The plea seeking to stay the oath taking ceremony was mentioned for urgent hearing before … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 17), in a majority verdict of 4:1, has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, holding that Assam accord was a political solution to the issue of growing migration and 6A was the legislative solution. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief … Read more
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud has recommended to the Centre the name of Justice Sanjiv Khanna for his appointment as the next Chief Justice of India. Justice Khanna is the senior most judge at the apex court after CJI Chandrachud, who will demit office on November 10. Justice Khanna will have … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 16) said that it would commence hearing the pleas seeking criminalising of marital rape and challenging the constitutionality of the exception to marital rape. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said on Wednesday said it will commence … Read more
New Delhi: A new statue of Lady of Justice has replaced the old statue in the Supreme Court in which the blindfold on the Lady of Justice has been removed and the sword in its left hand has been replaced by a copy of the Constitution. The new statue of the Lady of Justice has … Read more
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday (October 16) questioned before the Supreme Court the maintainability of a plea filed by fugitive Islamic preacher Zakir Naik seeking clubbing of First Information Reports (FIR) filed against him in different states for hate speech and promoting enmity between different religious groups on ground of religion. Mumbai-born Naik, who … Read more
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against two persons accused of shouting “Jai Shri Ram” slogans inside a mosque, questioning how shouting “Jai Shri Ram” could be interpreted as an act that outraged the religious feeling of any class. Justice M Nagaprasanna was hearing a plea filed by Keerthan Kumar and NM … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 15) questioned the West Bengal government over recruitment of civic volunteers and asked it to furnish details of legal source of authority for hiring civic volunteers, modalities, qualifications, verifications, institutions in which they are assigned duties, budget and the payments made to them on daily and monthly … Read more
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday (October 15) submitted before the Supreme Court that a Sealdah court has taken cognisance of a chargesheet filed by it against prime accused Sanjay Roy in the rape and murder of trainee woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9 and … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (October 15) sought a response of the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a fresh plea seeking to restrain political parties promising freebies during elections. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued notices to the … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday (October 14) extended by four weeks the stay on proceedings before the trial court against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in defamation case filed by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader for his alleged “scorpion on Shivling” remarks targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A bench comprising Justice Hrishikesh Roy … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday (October 14) granted regular bail to Hyderabad-based businessman Abhishek Boinpally in an excise policy-linked money laundering case. A bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Aravind Kumar made its earlier order granting Boinpally interim bail absolute. The apex court had on August 13 extended the interim bail granted … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking action against COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca, which was manufactured in India by Serum Institute of India, after incidents of blood clotting and people dying due to alleged COVID-19 vaccination were reported. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, … Read more
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which recently filed its chargesheet against prime accused Sanjay Roy in the rape and murder of a trainee woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, collected CCTV footages of different areas of the Kolkata with the help of traffic police to verify Roy’s … Read more
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told a city court that omissions on the part of Sandip Ghosh, the former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal and Abhijit Mondal, former SHO of Tala police station, with regard to the attempt to hush up the matter and destruction of evidence have surfaced and … Read more
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a chargesheet recently in a city court against Sanjay Roy, prime accused in the rape and murder case of woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. The CBI has not mentioned the charge of gang rape in the chargesheet, indicating that Roy … Read more