The governor cannot be allowed to sit over bills as it halts governance, advocate KK Venugopal said. New Delhi: Voicing displeasure over Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan “sitting” for two years on bills passed by the state legislature, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will consider laying down the guidelines as to when the […]
Manish Sisodia was arrested on February 26 for his alleged role in Delhi Excise Policy case (File) New Delhi: Former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia has moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its order denying him bail in the corruption and money laundering cases related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. […]
Supreme Court held that the union government’s decision did not violate law or the Constitution. New Delhi: There were as many as 57 instances of extensions being granted to superannuating chief secretaries of various states in the last 10 years, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. In a major setback to the AAP […]
The Supreme Court observed that nine sites have been identified for the burial and cremation. (File) New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued directions for ensuring burial or cremation of bodies lying in mortuaries in Manipur, where ethnic clashes had claimed several lives in May. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud […]
The Supreme Court had earlier refused to interfere with the high court’s order. (File) New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the stay imposed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on holding of elections to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal said […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition that sought directions to use the Gujarati language in addition to English in court proceedings in Gujarat. A bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice SVN Bhatti said it was not inclined to interfere with the Gujarat High Court order. The top court was hearing […]
Justice Khanna was addressing the inaugural session of a regional conference on access to legal aid. New Delhi: Legal aid has a functional role in strengthening the justice system and it needs to be understood beyond the aid to the needy, Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna said on Monday. Addressing the inaugural session of […]
The CJI said there has been a universal shift in wealth from the Mediterranean to the Asia Pacific. New Delhi: Access to justice cannot be secured only by crafting pro-people jurisprudence in judgements but requires active progress on the administrative side of the court such as improving infrastructure and enhancing legal aid services, Chief Justice […]
Chief Justice Chandrachud said courts were now live-streaming their proceedings. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has acted as a “people’s court” and citizens should not be afraid of going to courts or view it as the last resort, Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud said on Sunday. Justice Chandrachud said just as the […]
