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- India
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: UP govt opposes bail plea of Ashish Mishra in SC
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday opposed in the Supreme Court the bail plea of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son, Ashish Mishra, who is one of the accused in…
- Middle East
Israel’s top court cancels appointment of ex-con as minister
Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that a key member in the country’s new extreme-right government cannot serve as minister because of his criminal conviction. On Wednesday, the court said that Aryeh Deri,…
- India
Can’t reopen the 2018 judgment, can make living will guidelines workable: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will not review its 2018 judgment on passive euthanasia and instead, it would modify the guidelines on “living will” to become more effective.…
- India
Can’t permit SIMI’s objective of ‘establishing Islamic rule’ to subsist: Centre
New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that SIMI’s objective to establish Islamic rule in India cannot be permitted to subsist and activists of the banned outfit are still indulging in…
- Andhra Pradesh
SC to hear AP’s plea against HC order prohibiting public meetings, rallies
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it would hear on January 19, a plea of the Andhra Pradesh government challenging the high court’s recent order suspending the operation of a…
- India
Taj Mahal matter: SC modifies earlier order, permits increase of air traffic in Agra
New Delhi: In a boost to tourism in Agra which is known worldwide for the iconic Taj Mahal, the Supreme Court on Tuesday modified its December 2019 order and permitted increase of…
- India
Fresh petition in SC against Bihar govt’s move to conduct caste survey
New Delhi: A fresh petition was filed before the Supreme Court on Tuesday against the Bihar government’s decision to conduct a caste survey in the state, claiming the state’s action was violative…
- India
‘Interference in judiciary’: Mamata weighs in on SC collegium debate
Kolkata: Wading into the Supreme Court Collegium debate, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday termed the Union government’s approach in the matter as “interference in judiciary”. Incidentally, her comments coincide…
- India
Money laundering: SC agrees to hear plea of journalist Rana Ayyub against summons
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the petition of journalist Rana Ayyub challenging the summons issued to her by a special PMLA court in Ghaziabad in a money…
- Delhi
2020 Delhi riots: We don’t believe in unnecessarily keeping people behind bars, says SC
New Delhi: “We don’t believe in unnecessarily keeping people behind the bars,” the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday while hearing the pleas filed by the Delhi Police against the bail granted to…
- India
Minority identification: SC unhappy over 6 states, UTs for not giving comments to Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure over six states and Union Territories (UTs), including Jammu and Kashmir, not yet giving their comments to the Centre on the issue of…
- Business
‘Will you put in same regime as in Europe’: SC on Google plea against CCI penalty
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it could consider sending the application filed by Google back to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) – on a condition. As the…
- India
SC refuses plea for declaring Joshimath subsidence a national disaster
Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking the court’s intervention to declare the crisis in Uttarakhand’s subsidence-hit Joshimath a national disaster. A bench of Chief Justice D…
- India
Govt wants inclusion of its reps in SC, HC collegiums after NJAC strike down
New Delhi: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that the government’s demand for inclusion of its representatives and that of states in collegiums of the Supreme Court and high courts was…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Cockfights claim two lives on Sankranti
Amaravati: Sankranti festivities turned tragic in Andhra Pradesh as two persons were killed after they were attacked by roosters with knives tied to them during a cockfight. The incidents occurred in Eluru…