Supreme Court
- India
SC to hear Assam govt’s plea against relief to Pawan Khera today
The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Wednesday the Assam government’s plea challenging the interim relief granted by the Telangana High Court to Congress leader Pawan Khera in the criminal case…
- Telangana
No SOPs, no demolitions: HC restrains HYDRAA; flags lack of notice and due process
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has issued interim orders restraining HYDRAA (Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency) from carrying out demolition drives involving alleged illegal constructions until it submits clear standard…
- India
Congress stands with Pawan Khera, we will not be intimidated: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday, April 13, said his party stands with Pawan Khera and “will not be intimidated”, after the Assam government moved the Supreme Court challenging the…
- India
SC refuses to entertain plea against deletion of names from Bengal voter list
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 13, declined to entertain a plea by a group of 13 people seeking its intervention in the deletion of their names from the voter…
- India
Umar Khalid files review petition against Supreme Court order denying bail
New Delhi: Jailed activist Umar Khalid, on Monday, April 13, filed a review petition challenging the Supreme Court’s ruling denying him bail in the 2020 Delhi riots case. Advocate N Sai Vinod…
- India
SC to hear plea seeking immediate implementation of Women Reservation Bill today
New Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming special session of Parliament, the Supreme Court is slated to hear, on Monday, a plea seeking immediate implementation of 33 per cent reservation for women in…
- India
Biggest challenge is limited access to justice, not lack of laws: CJI Suryakant
Dehradun: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Sunday said that the greatest challenge facing the country’s legal system is not a dearth of laws, but rather the limited access that ordinary…
- Hyderabad
Activists condemn Amit Shah’s remarks against Salwa Judum verdict
Hyderabad: People’s organisations and activists in Telangana strongly condemned Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks in the recent Parliament Session, against the 2011 verdict delivered by former Supreme Court Justice B Sudershan…
- India
Right to vote, right to contest not fundamental rights: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 10, reiterated that neither the right to vote nor the right to contest an election is a fundamental right, holding that both are purely statutory…
- Telangana
Telangana HC grants transit bail to Congress’ Pawan Khera in Assam FIR case
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday, April 10, granted one week of transit anticipatory bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera in connection with an FIR registered by the Assam Police, offering…
- India
Exclusion from temple may divide society, impact Hinduism: SC
New Delhi: Everybody must have access to all temples and ‘maths’ and excluding a denomination will negatively affect Hinduism and divide the society, the Supreme Court said on Thursday, April 9. The…
- India
Bengal SIR: NIA files 12 FIRs over gherao of judicial officers in Malda
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday, April 8, registered 12 cases to probe a gherao of judicial officers, who were deputed for work relating to the Special Intensive Revision…
- India
NCERT revamps curriculum committee after SC rap over Class 8 textbook
New Delhi: The NCERT has reconstituted its curriculum committee after being rapped by the Supreme Court over a section on “Corruption in Judiciary” in the now-withdrawn Class 8 Social Science textbook, officials…
- India
Vacancies for candidates with disabilities open to all categories: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 7, said “unreserved” vacancies for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) are an open pool where merit remains the decisive factor and that eligible candidates belonging…
- India
Names of people belonging to Matua, minority communities deleted: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, April 7, alleged that names of people belonging to the Matua and minority communities were deleted from the post-SIR voter rolls in the…