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Amit Shah flays Teesta Setalvad after SC dismisses plea challenging clean chit to Modi
New Delhi: Teesta Setalvad run NGO gave baseless information about the Gujarat riots, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal against the exoneration of…
- India
Victory of truth: Adityanath hails SC clean chit to Modi in Gujarat riots case
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday hailed as “the victory of truth” the Supreme Court order upholding the clean chit to Narendra Modi in the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat.…
- Opinions
US Supreme Court strikes down woman’s right to abortion
Satyen Mohapatra In the heart of liberal and free America, conservatives have struck with the US Supreme Court declaring abortion was illegal. The right to abort a pregnancy which is considered to…
- India
Places of Worship Act validates ‘places of worship’ made by ‘barbaric invaders’: PIL
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991, stating it seeks to validate ‘places of worship’,…
- World
US Supreme Court allows states to ban abortion; reverses landmark decision
Washington: The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome…
- India
Rahul writes to PM on plight of Wayanad people in view of SC judgment
New Delhi: Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi has dashed off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi drawing his attention to the plight of the local communities of Wayanad in…
- India
BJP says ‘Satyamev Jayate’ after SC upholds SIT’s clean chit to Modi in 2002 riots probe
New Delhi: “Satyamev Jayate” was the unanimous reaction of BJP leaders on Friday after the Supreme Court upheld the SIT’s clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 63 others in the…
- India
UP demolition drive: SC adjourns hearing of plea filed by Jamiat-Ulama-I-Hind
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday deferred a hearing for June 29 on a plea filed by Jamiat-Ulama-I-Hind seeking directions to the Uttar Pradesh authorities to ensure that no further demolitions…
- India
2002 Gujarat riots: SC junks Zakia Jafri’s plea against clean chit to Modi
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by Zakia Jafri, wife of Congress leader Ehsan Jafri who was killed during the violence at Ahmedabad’s Gulberg Society in 2002,…
- India
SC moved for 5-year bar on disqualified, resigned MLAs
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra, an application has been moved, in a pending case in the Supreme Court, seeking direction for an up to 5 year bar on…
- India
Demolition drive has no link to rioting: UP govt to Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government has told the Supreme Court that the plea against the recent demolition of houses is an attempt to give a mala fide colour to a lawful…
- India
CJI to decide listing of PIL on ‘Agnipath’: SC bench to petitioner
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the plea for an SIT probe into the damage to public properties during the protests against ‘Agnipath’ will be listed for hearing after the…
- India
Plea in SC challenges constitutional validity of Agnipath scheme
New Delhi: A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Agnipath scheme, to induct youth into all three armed forces for a period of four…
- India
SC refuses to release Nawab Malik, Deshmukh to vote in MLC election
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday denied the pleas of Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party lawmakers Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh to be released temporarily to cast their votes in the ongoing…
- India
Examine Agnipath scheme’s impact on national security: PIL filed in SC
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an expert committee under a former apex court judge to examine the Agnipath military recruitment scheme and…