Supreme Court
- India
SC declines to hear plea against automatic disqualification of convicted MPs, MLAs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea challenging the validity of the provision mandating “blanket and automatic” disqualification of legislators upon conviction and sentence. Counsel for petitioner…
- India
A lot of work goes in: SC quashes plea against ‘The Kerala Story’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a fresh attempt by a petitioner seeking a stay on the release of the film ‘The Kerala Story, saying that a filmmaker invests a…
- India
WFI sexual harassment case: SC refuses female wrestlers’ plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday closed the proceedings on a petition by women wrestlers accusing Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment, noting FIRs have been…
- India
‘Sensitive issue’, SC declines to commute Balwant Singh Rajoana’s death penalty
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to grant relief on a plea filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana, seeking commutation of his death penalty in the 1995 assassination case of former…
- Andhra Pradesh
SC sets aside HC stay on SIT probe in Amaravati land case
New Delhi: In a shot in the arm for the Jagan Mohan Reddy government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside an Andhra Pradesh High Court order which had stayed an SIT…
- India
Mohammed Shami’s wife moves SC accusing cricketer of physical assault, affairs
Hyderabad: Cricketer Mohammed Shami’s wife Hasin Jahan moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday after her plea against her husband was rejected by the Calcutta High Court. Hasin Jahan has accused Shami of…
- India
SC questions Centre over extension given to ED director
New Delhi: “Can one person be so indispensable?” the Supreme Court asked the government on Wednesday as it questioned it about the third extension of service given to ED Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra…
- India
EPFO extends deadline to apply for higher pension till June 26
New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO has extended the date for filing applications to opt for a higher pension till June 26, 2023. In order to provide a larger window of opportunity…
- India
Muslim body moves SC seeking stay on release ‘The Kerala Story’
New Delhi: A Muslim body on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to not allow the screening and release…
- India
Stay on encroachments removal in Haldwani to remain till pendency of petitions: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that its order staying the Uttarakhand High Court directions for the removal of encroachments from 29 acres of land claimed by the railways in…
- India
Absence of sanction in charge sheet under UAPA no ground for default bail: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that an accused in an UAPA case cannot seek default bail on the ground that the charge sheet filed within the stipulated time period…
- India
‘Godman’ Asaram gets bail in forged documents case
Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court on Monday granted bail to self-styled godman Asaram in a case pertaining to furnishing a forged RTI reply in the Supreme Court in support of his bail…
- India
SC notice to UP govt on disqualified Abdullah Azam Khan’s plea for stay on conviction
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea by Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s son challenging the high court refusal to stay his…
- India
Nothing wrong in spreading Christianity; no forceful conversions: TN to SC
New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government has told the Supreme Court there is nothing wrong in the acts of missionaries spreading Christianity as Article 25 of the Constitution guarantees every citizen the…
- India
Can do away with 6 month wait period for divorce in case of…: SC
New Delhi: A constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the court can dissolve a marriage in case of irretrievable breakdown by dispensing with the need for the waiting…