Supreme Court
- India
SC refuses plea to fill state human rights commission posts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, June 5, refused to entertain a petition seeking a direction for expeditious filling up of vacant posts of chairperson and members of some state human…
- India
SC dismisses plea seeking guidelines for time-bound disposal of cases
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 4, refused to entertain a plea seeking framing of guidelines for time-bound disposal of cases. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and V Mohana…
- India
SC forms expert panel to reassess definition of Aravalli Hills
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has constituted a five-member High-Powered Committee (HPC) headed by the Director General of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) to undertake a comprehensive scientific…
- Hyderabad
SC dismisses plea seeking halt to Hyderabad Metro Phase-II works
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 2, dismissed a petition filed by ACT Public Welfare Foundation seeking a stay on the Hyderabad Metro Rail Phase-II project until an independent expert committee studies…
- Featured News
In a dysfunctional state, predators thrive and futures suffer
We learnt that in the afternoon of February 28, 2002, in Gulberg Society in Ahmedabad, a crowd armed with swords, iron rods and petrol bombs gathered outside a cluster of homes. Inside,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 92 life convicts to walk free from Cherlapally prison
Hyderabad: Ninety-two life convicts, including 86 men and six women, are set to be released from Cherlapally Central Prison on Tuesday after being granted special remission by the Telangana government under its…
- India
CJI administers oath of office to five new SC judges, strength rises to 37
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Tuesday, June 2, administered the oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court, taking the strength of judges at the…
- News
SC adjourns hearing in Telangana MPSO recruitment row
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Monday, June 1, adjourned the hearing on a petition filed by 13 BTech graduates challenging a Telangana High Court order that declared them ineligible for recruitment to…
- India
CJI Kant to administer oath to five new SC judges today
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant is set to administer the oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 2, following the Centre’s…
- India
MP: Stray dog goes on biting spree, 2-year-old among nearly 60 injured
Shivpuri: A stray dog went on a massive biting spree across multiple localities in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri city, injuring nearly 60 people, including a two-year-old girl, who sustained severe facial wounds. The…
- Telangana
SC defers hearing on Azharuddin, Kodandaram MLC nominations to July 22
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to grant immediate relief in a petition seeking the submission of files and government orders related to the nomination of Professor Kodandaram and former cricketer…
- India
NEET paper leak ‘very traumatic’ for students, accountability a must: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, May 29, stressed on accountability for the lapses in the NEET paper leak issue and said it was “actually very traumatic” not only for the…
- India
Right to trauma care of citizens integral part of right to life: SC
New Delhi: Observing that right to trauma care of citizens is an integral part of right to life, the Supreme Court has asked all states and Union territories to operationalise within three…
- India
After 6 yrs in jail, Khalid Saifi celebrates Eid-al-Adha with family
For the first time in six years, activist Abdul Khalid Saifi celebrated Eid al-Adha outside prison walls. Saifi, a member of the United Against Hate collective, walked out on interim bail on…
- News
Advances free, fair polls: SC upholds Election Commission’s SIR drive
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, May 27, gave its stamp of approval to the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls – a large-scale exercise to…
