The bench has fixed the case for considering the police report on December 1. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the court’s registrar to lodge a police complaint after taking note of an internal inquiry report which said one of its orders, which was annexed with a pending petition, was fabricated. A bench comprising […]
Amending the petition became necessary after the ordinance was replaced by a law. (File) New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a common compilation of submissions be filed by both the parties in a petition by the Delhi government challenging the central government’s law establishing pre-eminence of the lieutenant governor over the elected AAP […]
We don’t have water to give,” chief minister Siddaramaiah said. (File) Chamarajanagar: The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s direction to Karnataka to release water to Tamil Nadu will be challenged before the Supreme Court, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday. The panel had directed Karnataka to release water at the rate of 3,000 cubic feet per […]
The Supreme Court asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday to not summon BRS leader K Kavitha. New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday to not summon BRS leader K Kavitha in the Delhi excise policy case till it hears her plea on November 20. A bench of Justices Sanjay […]
The Supreme court passed the order on a modification application filed by Ashish Mishra. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday relaxed the bail conditions of Ashish Mishra, a prima accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, to enable him to visit and stay in the National Capital Region (NCR) to look after his ailing […]
Supreme Court has flagged the delay in appointment of judges New Delhi: In what could turn into another face-off between the Executive and Judiciary over judges’ appointments, the Supreme Court today questioned why the centre has not sent recommendations of high courts to the Collegium yet. Hearing petitions alleging delay by the centre in clearing […]
New Delhi: A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, will reconsider the apex court’s 1998 verdict granting MPs and MLAs immunity from prosecution for taking bribe to make a speech or vote in Parliament and state legislatures. A notice, uploaded on the apex court website, said the bench […]
The top court adjourned the matter for October 30. (file) New Delhi: Stating that if the allegations are true, it should shock the state’s conscience, the Supreme Court today ordered that a senior IPS officer be appointed to monitor the investigation in the case where a seven-year-old was slapped repeatedly by his classmates on the […]
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjeev Khanna on Sunday stressed the need for using simple language in the legal profession to enable the citizens to take informed decisions and avoid unintentional violations. Justice Khanna, speaking at the valedictory session of International Lawyers’ Conference organised by apex Bar body Bar Council of India, said laws […]
Statistics paint picture of inadequate women’s representation in higher judiciary, Mr Singh said. (File) New Delhi: Former SCBA president and senior lawyer Vikas Singh has written a letter to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud underscoring the need for allocating one-third of judgeship to women in higher judiciary. The high courts of Patna, Uttarakhand, […]
