Supreme Court
- India
‘Discrimination in Shariat law’: SC to hear plea on equal property share to females
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea filed by a Muslim woman who claimed the provision of Shariat law to the extent of not giving an equal…
- India
Godhra train burning case: SC to hear pleas of Gujarat govt, convicts on March 24
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on March 24 the appeal of the Gujarat government and the bail pleas of several accused who are serving life imprisonment…
- India
SC stays Punjab HC order for setting up SIT to probe Chandigarh police
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Punjab and Haryana High Court order, which directed registration of an FIR and setting up of a special investigation team (SIT) of Punjab…
- Andhra Pradesh
SC seeks response from AP govt on convict’s plea to verify juvenility claim
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday sought a response from the Andhra Pradesh government on a plea filed by a convict undergoing life sentence in a 2011 murder case, seeking a direction…
- India
How can court reinstate CM who didn’t face floor test and resigned: SC to Uddhav
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, after hearing submissions for nine days, on Thursday reserved its judgment on a batch of cross-petitions of Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde groups in connection with the…
- India
Supreme Court reserves verdict on Maharashtra political row
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of cross-petitions of Uddhav Thackeray and CM Eknath Shinde factions pertaining to the Maharashtra political crisis. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by…
- India
Bhopal gas tragedy survivors condemn SC’s dismissal of Curative Petition
Bhopal: Five organizations of the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal have jointly condemned the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the Curative Petition on Tuesday. Likening Tuesday’s decision with the apex court’s…
- India
SC quashes criminal proceedings against doctor accused of stocking medicines for sale
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed criminal proceedings against a doctor accused of stocking medicines for sale, saying the “extremely small” quantity of medicines which was seized can easily be…
- India
Passed ‘well-reasoned order’: EC to SC on Shiv Sena symbol row
New Delhi: The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court it has passed a “well-reasoned” order, in a quasi-judicial capacity, allotting the name and party symbol of the Shiv Sena to Eknath…
- India
Suicide by married males: Plea in SC seeks National Commission for Men
New Delhi: A petition filed in the Supreme Court seeking guidelines to deal with suicide by married males subjected to domestic violence and a ‘National Commission for Men’. The plea filed by…
- Telangana
Telangana govt vs Governor: SC to hear govt’s plea over delay in assent to bills
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea filed by the Telangana government seeking directions to Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to clear ten bills passed by the legislative Assembly,…
- India
Marriage must be backed by law respecting traditions and heritage: Rijiju
New Delhi: Marriage is an institution that has to be regulated by certain laws enacted by parliament which reflects the will of the people, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Tuesday, days…
- India
SC affirms order to remove mosque from Allahabad HC premises
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the Allahabad High Court order passed in 2017, directing removal of a mosque from its premises. A bench of Justices M.R. Shah and C.T.…
- India
‘Very seminal issue’, SC refers pleas for same-sex marriage to a 5-judge bench
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday referred the pleas seeking legal validation of same-sex marriages to a five-judge constitution bench for adjudication, saying the issue is of “seminal importance”. A bench…
- India
‘Should be put on hold’, SC on CBI probe into BRS MLAs poaching case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said the CBI should put on hold its investigation into the alleged criminal conspiracy behind an attempt to poach BRS MLAs allegedly by the BJP…
