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- India
Bhima Koregaon: SC dismisses NIA appeal against Teltumbde’s bail
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the National Investigation Agency (NIA)’s plea against the bail granted to scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. The apex court on…
- Hyderabad
SC serves notice to Centre after plea by Hyderabad gay couple on same-sex marriage
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court issued notices on two public interest litigations (PIL) on Friday, which included one filed by a Hyderabad-based gay couple, seeking recognition of same-sex marriage under the Special Marriage…
- India
Gay couple moves SC seeking recognition of same-sex marriage under Special Marriage Act
New Delhi: A gay couple has moved the Supreme Court seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage under the Special Marriage Act and to issue appropriate direction to authorities concerned to allow them…
- Telangana
TRS MLAs’ poaching case: SC sets aside HC order allowing SIT probe
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has quashed the Telangana High Court order giving go-ahead to a special investigation team (SIT) set up by the state government to probe, under court supervision, into…
- India
SC collegium recommends transfer of 7 judges, 3 from Telangana HC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the transfer of seven high court judges, but its resolution doesn’t include the name of Gujarat High Court judge Nikhil S. Kariel, whose proposed transfer…
- India
Court cases exhausting the state exchequer of Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: At a time when the West Bengal government is saddled with too many court cases filed against it, both in Calcutta High Court and Supreme Court, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has…
- India
SC agrees to form constitution bench to hear pleas against polygamy, ‘nikah-halala’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to reconstitute a constitution bench to hear a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the practice of polygamy and ‘nikah-halala’ among Muslims.…
- India
‘Hold your mouth’, Attorney General to SC during EC appointment hearing
New Delhi: Attorney General (AG) R. Venkataramani, representing the Centre, on Thursday told a five-judge Supreme Court bench to “hold its mouth”, as he faced a volley of questions in connection with…
- India
SC judge disagrees with EC’s stand that right to vote is not constitutional right
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice K.M. Joseph on Wednesday disagreed with the Election Commission of India’s counsel, who said the right to vote is a statutory right and not a constitutional…
- India
Congress leader moves SC seeking review of its order on 10 pc reservation to EWS
New Delhi: A plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking review of its verdict upholding 10 per cent reservation introduced in 2019 for the economically weaker sections (EWS) in…
- India
Ex law min Moily, ex CEC Quraishi support SC observation on CEC, EC appointment
New Delhi: Former Union law minister M Veerappa Moily and ex-chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Wednesday supported a consultative mechanism to appoint the CEC and election commissioners, while another former…
- India
SC to hear plea against refusal to quash sanction to hold Indian Racing League
New Delhi: The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Friday a plea challenging the Delhi High Court order refusing to quash the sanction given for conducting the Indian Racing League (IRL). A…
- India
SC agrees to list matter in notifying recommendations on appointment of judges in higher judiciary
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for hearing a matter seeking direction to the Centre to immediately notify all recommendations for the appointment of judges that have been…
- India
Need a CEC who can even take action against PM, says Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally observed that the need is for a Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) who can even take action against the Prime Minister and also asked the…
- India
SC to hear Mumbai’s Aarey colony tree felling matter on Nov 24
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said that it will hear on Thursday the matter pertaining to the felling of trees at Mumbai’s Aarey Colony, the site for a metro car shed project.…