Supreme Court
- Telangana
Telangana Chief Justice among three recommended for SC elevation
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh is among the three recommended for elevation to the apex court by the Supreme Court Collegium on Monday, September 28. The other two are Gujarat…
- India
SC suggests linking unpaid traffic fines to electricity bills
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, September 28, noted that states and Union territories have a massive outstanding balance of Rs 20,000 crore to recover towards unpaid traffic e-challans and suggested…
- India
SC takes cognisance of crimes against women, girls in Delhi-NCR
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, September 28, took suo motu cognisance of news reports about crimes against minor girls and women across Delhi-NCR, observing that such cases underline a systematic…
- India
SC to examine plea against acquittal of 22 in Sohrabuddin case
The Supreme Court on Monday, September 28, agreed to examine a plea challenging the Bombay High Court’s order acquitting 22 accused, including 21 police personnel, in the 2005 alleged fake encounter case…
- India
SC refuses stay on UPI MDR above Rs 2000, notice to Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday, September 28, refused to stay the Centre’s decision to impose a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified Unified Payments Interface (UPI) person-to-merchant transactions of…
- Business
SC to hear plea against MDR on UPI payments above Rs 2,000
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea challenging the Centre’s decision to impose a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified UPI person-to-merchant transactions of over Rs 2,000. Ending…
- India
Congress attacks EC, SC over failure to return to power: BJP MP
Bhubaneswar: BJP MP Sambit Patra on Saturday, September 26, accused the Congress and its leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, of targeting constitutional institutions for political gains and undermining their credibility. Patra was speaking…
- Andhra Pradesh
SC to directly monitor probe into Sai Krishna custodial death
Amaravati: The Supreme Court has decided to directly oversee the investigation into the alleged custodial torture and death of Gade Sai Krishna by the Andhra Pradesh Police in Vijayawada. A three-judge Supreme…
- India
SC rejects PIL seeking panel on Hindi use in apex court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, September 25, refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to the Centre to constitute a commission to examine and recommend the use of Hindi as…
- India
Sessions court can’t impose life-long sentence for murder: SC
New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that a sessions court, while convicting an accused for murder, cannot direct that the convict will remain in prison for…
- India
‘Silence of abused women is the norm,’ says Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, September 24, said a woman can’t be suspected for her inability to report instances of sexual or physical violence at the hands of her spouse,…
- Telangana
SC upholds Danam Nagender’s disqualification as Khairatabad MLA
Hyderabad: Danam Nagender suffered a major setback as the Supreme Court on Thursday, September 24, upheld the Telangana High Court’s verdict disqualifying him as Khairatabad MLA under the anti-defection law, setting aside…
- India
SC bench divided on CEC appointment law, refers case to CJI
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, September 23, delivered a split verdict on whether a batch of petitions challenging the 2023 law on the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)…
- India
Cauvery water plea rejected by Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition seeking 70.91 TMC of Cauvery water from Tamil Nadu’s share for Karnataka, saying that allowing organisations to separately litigate inter-State disputes…
- Hyderabad
Owaisi welcomes SC observation on Vande Mataram, hits out at SG
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday, September 22, welcomed the Supreme Court’s observation that individuals cannot face criminal prosecution simply for refusing to recite Vande Mataram if it violates…