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Chhawla gangrape-murder case: Father of victim moves SC, seeks review of Nov 7 verdict
New Delhi: The father of the 19-year-old girl, gang-raped and murdered in Delhi’s Chhawla area in 2012, moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking a review of its November 7 verdict by…
- India
SC asks CBI to embrace ‘change’ as plea seeks guidelines for probing
New Delhi: The world has changed and the CBI should also – the Supreme Court observed on Monday while hearing a plea seeking guidelines for probe agencies on seizure, examination and preservation…
- India
Forced religious conversion against Constitution: Supreme Court
New Delhi: Reaffirming that forced religious conversion is a “serious issue”, the Supreme Court said on Monday it is against the Constitution. The court was hearing a plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar…
- India
SC refuses to entertain plea to remove facts on construction of Taj Mahal from history books
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain the plea seeking to issue direction to the authorities concerned to remove wrong historical facts related to the construction of the Taj…
- India
Freedom of religion does not include right to convert people: Gujarat in SC
New Delhi: The Gujarat government has told the Supreme Court that freedom of religion does not include the right to convert others, and requested the top court to vacate a High Court…
- India
What is Collegium system of appointing judges SC, Center lock horns over?
New Delhi: The Judiciary and the Executive in India’s celebrated democracy appear to be locking horns once again. The distance between these two pillars of democracy may be intended for the smooth…
- India
Existing collegium system should not be derailed: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Friday the existing collegium system should not be derailed on the basis of statements of “some busybody”, asserting the top court is one of the…
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SC declines Hindu Mahasabha leader’s plea for inclusion in Ram temple trust
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra’ to include the name of Swami Chakrapani of the Hindu…
- India
ISRO espionage case: Nambi Narayanan expresses happiness over SC decision
Thiruvananthapuram: Former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan on Friday expressed happiness over the Supreme Court order quashing a Kerala High Court decision granting anticipatory bail to four people, including a former Director General…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP lawyers’ JAC meet Governor over transfer of judges
Amaravati: The AP Advocates Joint Action Committee on Friday submitted a representation to Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan requesting that the transfer of two judges from the High Court to other States…
- India
SC quashes Kerala HC order granting anticipatory bail to 4 in ISRO espionage case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday quashed the Kerala High Court order granting anticipatory bail to four people, including a former Director General of Police (DGP), in a case of alleged frame-up…
- India
Will stand and fight again, against what is wrong: Bilkis Bano
New Delhi: “I will stand and fight again, against what is wrong and for what is right,” said Bilkis Bano, who has moved the Supreme Court challenging the remission and release of…
- India
‘Can state allow Jallikattu based on its perception of cultural rights’, SC asks TN govt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Tamil Nadu government whether an animal can be used for the entertainment of humans, while hearing petitions against the state’s law permitting ‘Jallikattu’,…
- India
Is there compelling reason for environmental release of GM Mustard? SC asks Centre
New Delhi: Amid concerns over environmental contamination due to genetically modified crops, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre whether there was any compelling reason for the environmental release of GM…
- India
SC sets aside onerous’ bail conditions imposed by Telangana HC in cheating case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday termed as “onerous” and quashed some of the anticipatory bail conditionsimposed by the Telangana High Court in a cheating case like asking the accused, one living…