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- India
SC to hear pleas on July 10 against EC’s electoral roll revision
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on July 10 a batch of petitions challenging the decision of the Election Commission to undertake special intensive revision of electoral rolls…
- India
CPI(M) welcomes move to give reservation to staff in SC
New Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary MA Baby on Sunday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to provide reservations for non-judicial staff. “Welcome move: Supreme Court introduces reservations for SC,…
- India
Mahua Moitra petitions SC against Bihar electoral rolls revision
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has petitioned the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission of India (ECI) decision to order Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar,…
- India
SC’s in-house probe report in Justice Varma case has no constitutional relevance: Sibal
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the Supreme Court’s in-house inquiry report in Allahabad High Court Judge Yashwant Varma’s case has “no constitutional relevance” as an investigation can…
- India
SC tells HDFC Bank CEO to pursue his plea before Bombay HC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea of HDFC Bank CEO and Managing Director Sashidhar Jagdishan to quash an FIR lodged against him, following a complaint by…
- India
Centre to soon collect signatures of MPs for motion to remove Justice Varma
New Delhi: Prominent opposition parties have given their in-principle approval to support the motion to remove Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma and the process of collecting signatures could begin soon, Union…
- India
Insurance firm need not pay for death of person driving rashly: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said insurance companies are not liable to pay compensation to the families of individuals who die as a result of their own rash and reckless driving.…
- India
SC introduces reservation for apex court staff
New Delhi: In a first, the Supreme Court has introduced a formal reservation policy for the direct appointment and promotion of its staffers belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. The decision…
- India
SC junks Lalit Modi’s plea seeking BCCI to pay ED penalty
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday junked a plea filed by former cricket administrator Lalit Modi seeking an order to the BCCI to pay a penalty of Rs 10.65 crore imposed…
- World
US Supreme Court ruling leaves fate of Trump’s birthright citizenship order unclear
Washington: A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright…
- Pakistan
Pak SC rules against awarding reserved seats to ally of Imran Khan’s party
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled against awarding the reserved seats to an ally of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in a blow to jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party. The case…
- India
‘Hate speech gets us nowehere’: SC stays Wajahat Khan’s arrest
The Supreme Court (SC) stayed the arrest of Wazahat Khan, whose complaint led to Sharmishta Panoli, the social media influencer who posted a derogatory video against Prophet Muhammad. The bench, comprising Justice…
- Chennai
SC lauds Tamil Nadu’s preventive detention against cyber offenders
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday lauded Tamil Nadu for taking action against cybercrime offenders under the preventive detention law. “This is a good trend that preventive detention laws are being…
- India
SC panel indicts Justice Varma in cash stash case for misconduct
New Delhi: The Supreme Court appointed three-judge panel trashed the conspiracy theory of Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma in the cash recovery row, asking why he did not file a police…
- India
SC grills TN govt over senior cop’s suspension post HC directive
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday grilled the Tamil Nadu government over the suspension of Additional Director General of Police H M Jayaram, who was directed to be arrested by the…