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‘Some teething problems, all judges on same page’: CJI Lalit on listing of cases
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit on Thursday said that teething problems are bound to arise in the new way of listing of cases in the apex court, but all…
- India
Hijab row: ‘Shouldn’t have heard the case…’, Dave to SC
New Delhi: Senior advocate Dushyant Dave on Thursday told a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court that it should not have heard the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court on…
- Telangana
540-acre endowment land in Kukatpally belongs to Telangana: SC
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced its verdict in Telangana’s favour in connection with 540 acres of endowment land close to Kukatpally Junction. The lands were initially donated to Udasin Mutt…
- India
CJI’s listing system draws flack; SC judges say ‘no time to prep’
As soon as U U Lalit took oath as the new Chief Justice of India, he vowed to streamline cases after his predecessor N V Ramana stated that listing was a problem.…
- India
‘Hijab is farz, courts not equipped to determine its essentiality’, petitioners to SC
New Delhi: The petitioners on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that according to the religious text, wearing of hijab was ‘farz’ (duty) and the courts were not equipped to determine its essentiality.…
- India
Will control hate speech through IPC, RP Act: EC to SC
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that hate speech has not been defined under any existing law in India and in absence of specific law on…
- Telangana
Telangana knocks on SC’s doors to find solution for Polavaram backwaters issue
Hyderabad: The state government filed a case in the Supreme Court after becoming ‘perturbed’ at the central government’s ‘disregard’ for Telangana’s repeated requests for a thorough reevaluation of flood analysis and the…
- India
Confidence in institution slowly being eroded, ground reality disturbing, Sibal to SC
New Delhi: Senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Tuesday submitted before the Supreme Court that the confidence in the institution is slowly being eroded and the ground reality disturbs him. Appearing before a…
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EWS quota fraud on the Constitution, dividing country along caste line, petitioners to SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing arguments on petitions challenging the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment, enacted in 2019 to provide a 10 per cent quota to economically…
- India
Haryana govt ignoring issue of ‘shamlat’ land: Hooda
Chandigarh: Veteran Congress leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Tuesday that the state government is continuously ignoring the issue of ‘shamlat’ land (village land reserved and used…
- India
DMK leader A Raja speaks against Hindu religion, BJP responds
Chennai: DMK leader and former Union Minister, A. Raja spoke against the Hindu religion while addressing a public gathering, triggering a strong response from the BJP. While addressing the gathering organised by…
- India
Siddique Kappan to remain in jail, as ED case against him is still pending: Officials
Lucknow: Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, who was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court, will continue to remain in a jail here as a case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate against…
- India
SC grants bail to hate speech accused in Haridwar Dharma Sansad case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, an accused in the Haridwar Dharma Sansad case related to alleged inflammatory speeches made against Muslims. A bench of…
- India
Religious rights of every person subject to public order: SC
New Delhi: Religious rights of every person are subject to “public order”, the Supreme Court said on Monday while dismissing the plea of a man seeking to exhume the body of his…
- India
SC to hear on Oct 31 pleas challenging constitutional validity of CAA
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Monday it will hear on October 31 a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which seeks to grant…