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‘Judge unwell..’: CJI on pending hijab pleas of Karnataka students
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to set up a bench to consider a clutch of pleas against the Karnataka High Court judgment, which upheld the right of educational institutions…
- India
Top posts at power sector regulators remain vacant
New Delhi: Keeping important regulatory posts vacant is not only causing a delay in the decision-making in the power sector but also derailing the reforms. Such an important position of a tribunal…
- India
Judiciary needs to shed resistance; adopt social media: Chandrachud
New Delhi: The judicial institution has to give up resistance to adopting modern means of communication in order to reach out to the masses and earn the respect of the community at…
- India
‘A minority tyranny within the House’, Shinde opposes Uddhav faction
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, while opposing the petitions filed by the Uddhav Thackeray faction in the Supreme Court, said the petitions clearly demonstrate that the issues being agitated before…
- India
Over 4.83 crore cases pending from SC to subordinate courts
New Delhi: Cases pending in various courts across India are moving towards the five crore mark, according to the data shared by the government in Lok Sabha on Friday. In a written…
- Kashmir
SC notice to Centre on plea for setting up Bar Council in J-K, Ladakh
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Centre and others on a plea seeking directions to establish the Bar Council in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The plea claimed…
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Belling the cat? Difficult or improbable
Honorable Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana, in a recent address to the Indian American audience said; ‘Let me make it clear, we (SC) are answerable to the Constitution and the Constitution…
- Chennai
Jayalalithaa death: AIIMS medical board to submit final report
Chennai: The medical board of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), constituted on the directives of the Supreme Court to probe the death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa,…
- India
Places of Worship Act: SC asks petitioners to file intervention app
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the petitioners challenging certain provisions of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 to file an intervention in the petitions, which are already…
- India
96 female judges working in High courts, 1012 short of sanctioned number
Hyderabad: In a monsoon session reply on Thursday, the union minister for law and justice Kiren Rijiju revealed that currently, only 96 female judges are working in high courts around the country…
- India
SC dismisses review plea against One Rank-One Pension judgement
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking review of its order upholding the One Rank-One Pension (OROP) principle adopted by the Centre in its 2015 communication issued to the…
- India
Mother only natural guardian of child, has the right to decide the surname: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a mother, being the only natural guardian of the child, has the right to decide the surname of the child, and even after…
- India
SC’s PMLA ruling: BJP hails it as ‘landmark judgement’, Cong expresses disappointment
New Delhi: The Supreme Court upholding certain powers of the Enforcement Directorate Wednesday evoked contrasting responses from the BJP and the Congress, with the ruling party hailing it as a “landmark judgement”…
- India
BJP welcomes ‘landmark’ SC judgement on money laundering Act
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict upholding various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act as a “landmark” judgement which, it said, should put an end…
- India
BJP view on UCC clear, that should also be taken as govt stand: Rijiju
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Tuesday said the BJP’s view on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is clear, and suggested that it should be taken as the view of the government…