Supreme Court
- India
Cong demands SC-monitored probe or JPC to look into fraud charges against Adani Group
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday demanded an impartial investigation under the supervision of the Supreme Court or a joint parliamentary committee to probe the charges raised in the Hindenburg report against…
- India
Nobody taking action against hate speeches despite our orders, laments SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday lamented that nobody was taking action against hate speeches despite its orders, and observed that the top court will be left “embarrassed again and again”…
- India
SC rejects plea seeking to bar candidates from contesting polls from more than one seat
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking to bar persons from contesting elections from more than one seat, saying it is ultimately the Parliament’s will as to whether…
- India
SC allows adoption of child of student who sought abortion of 29-week pregnancy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday invoked its extraordinary power under Article 142 to allow the adoption of a child after the delivery of a 20-year-old student who was carrying a…
- Bangalore
Amicus Curiae appointed for PIL on illegal religious structures
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has appointed senior advocate Vikram Huilagol as amicus curiae in the public interest litigation (PIL) it has initiated against illegal religious structures on public land. The…
- Mumbai
Mumbai: SC to hear plea against hate speech event to be held on Feb 5
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking to prohibit an alleged hate speech event scheduled to be held on February 5 in Mumbai. A bench of…
- India
Give CBI access to offshore accounts, SC suggests to Nirav Modi’s brother-in-law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested that Mainak Mehta, brother-in-law of fugitive Nirav Modi, should consider providing the CBI a letter of authority to access his offshore bank accounts. The…
- India
SC reserves verdict on Rana Ayyub’s plea against summons in money laundering case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a plea of journalist Rana Ayyub challenging the summons issued by a special court in Ghaziabad in the money laundering case.…
- India
Inherent powers of high courts to be exercised with care: SC
New Delhi: The inherent powers of high courts under section 482 of the Code Of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) should be exercised with care, caution and sparingly, the Supreme Court said on Monday.…
- India
SC to hear pleas challenging laws regulating conversions due to interfaith marriages
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear on February 3 a batch of pleas challenging controversial state laws regulating religious conversions due to interfaith marriages. A bench comprising…
- India
‘Not just stone throwing…’: Guj govt opposes bail pleas of Godhra convicts in SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought reply from the Gujarat government on bail petitions of some convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2002 Godhra train coach-burning case. Solicitor General…
- India
SC judge recuses from hearing Punjab govt plea against bail to Majithia
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant on Monday recused himself from hearing a Punjab government plea challenging the high court order, which granted bail to Shiromani Akali Dal leader and…
- India
Sikkim to file petition in SC on mention of Sikkimese Nepali community as foreigners
Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Monday said his government will file a review petition in the Supreme Court with a prayer for rectification of its “inadvertent mention of the…
- India
BBC Modi documentary: SC to hear PILs against ban on February 6
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear pleas challenging the Centre’s decision to block a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots on Monday next week. A bench headed by Chief Justice…
- India
Conducting fair probe, BJP spokesperson, others examined: Delhi Police to SC
New Delhi: The Delhi Police had told the Supreme Court that it is conducting a fair and unbiased investigation into the alleged hate speech made at a religious assembly in the national…