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Centre says 90pc of Aravalli region to remain protected, rejects mining fears
New Delhi: Asserting that 90 per cent of the Aravalli region will remain “protected”, the Centre on Sunday rejected claims that the new definition of the Aravalli range will allow large-scale mining…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad woman’s domestic violence case against NRI husband quashed by SC
The Supreme Court has ruled that a husband asking his wife to account for household expenses does not constitute cruelty under Indian Penal Code Section 498A, while quashing an FIR filed by…
- India
CJI Surya Kant-led special vacation bench to sit on Dec 22 to hear urgent matters
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant will sit in a special vacation bench on December 22 to hear some urgent matters that require immediate judicial intervention. According to the cause…
- Delhi
Delhi HC tells petitioner to approach SC on BS-IV vehicle ban
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Saturday asked a petitioner to approach the Supreme Court with her plea seeking removal of a ban on BS IV norms private vehicles, registered outside…
- Hyderabad
SC upholds HC judgement on regularisation of Osmania University staff
The Supreme Court has dismissed Osmania University’s plea challenging the Telangana High Court’s directive to regularise daily wage employees who had served the institution for nearly four decades. A bench of Justice…
- Hyderabad
SC rejects Salarjung heirs’ claim to Gurramguda land in Hayathnagar
In a set back for Salarjun III’s heirs, the Supreme Court on Thursday, December 18, said that the 102-acre disputed land in Gurramguda forest area under Hayathnagar mandal of Ranga Reddy district…
- Hyderabad
Phone-tapping case: SC extends ex-Telangana SIB chief’s custody
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday extended till December 25 the police custody of former Telangana Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) chief T Prabhakar Rao who is an accused in the phone-tapping…
- Telangana
SC sets aside HC order on driver recruitment in Telangana police
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court has overturned a Telangana High Court ruling concerning the recruitment of 325 driver posts in the Telangana Police Transport Organisation and the State Disaster Response and Fire Services…
- India
Circumstantial proof needs to be consistent with guilt: SC
New Delhi: Circumstantial evidence can be used to convict an accused in a criminal case if it is of such a nature that is “consistent only with his guilt”, the Supreme Court…
- News
Supreme Court ends 25-year-old marriage, no reconciliation possible
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dissolved a 25-year-old marriage, holding that it had “ceased to exist in reality” and that there was no possibility of reconciliation. Allowing a petition filed by…
- India
SC agrees to hear Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea challenging the constitution of an inquiry committee by Lok Sabha Speaker to probe corruption…
- India
SC rejects TN plea on Karur stampede probe, cites fairness
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday turned down Tamil Nadu government’s plea to modify its order suspending a one-man enquiry commission and the SIT to look into the Karur stampede in…
- India
Doctors who died on duty during COVID-19 entitled to insurance under PMGKY: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court held on Thursday that the families of the doctors who died while doing their duties during the COVID-19 pandemic are entitled to an insurance coverage of Rs…
- India
SC says COVID-period doctor families eligible for Rs 50L cover
New Delhi: The Supreme Court held on Thursday that the families of the doctors who died while doing their duties during the COVID-19 pandemic are entitled to an insurance coverage of Rs…
- India
SC rejects Sanjiv Bhatt’s plea seeking suspension of sentence in 1996 case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking seeking suspension of the 20-year jail sentence imposed on him in a 1996 drug…