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- India
18 human rights groups write to CJI; ask for GN Saibaba’s acquittal
18 human rights organisations have expressed “grave concern” over Adivasi rights activist and Delhi University (DU) professor GN Saibaba’s deteriorating health in a letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY…
- India
RBI, Centre inform SC that procedure was followed in 2016’s demonetisation policy
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India and the Centre on Monday defended the Centre’s decision to demonetise the old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 before the Supreme Court…
- India
SC to hear plea over CBI report closing disproportionate assets probe against Akhilesh
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Monday it will hear the submissions on whether the petitioner can be given the copy of a CBI report on closure of its preliminary enquiry…
- India
CJI: Time to impose pre-hearing costs in commercial cases filed in SC
New Delhi: In a bid to curb filing of frivolous matters involving commercial issues, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Monday proposed imposition of pre-hearing costs in commercial cases. The Chief…
- India
Chhawla gangrape-murder case: Father of victim moves SC, seeks review of Nov 7 verdict
New Delhi: The father of the 19-year-old girl, gang-raped and murdered in Delhi’s Chhawla area in 2012, moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking a review of its November 7 verdict by…
- India
SC asks CBI to embrace ‘change’ as plea seeks guidelines for probing
New Delhi: The world has changed and the CBI should also – the Supreme Court observed on Monday while hearing a plea seeking guidelines for probe agencies on seizure, examination and preservation…
- India
Forced religious conversion against Constitution: Supreme Court
New Delhi: Reaffirming that forced religious conversion is a “serious issue”, the Supreme Court said on Monday it is against the Constitution. The court was hearing a plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar…
- India
SC refuses to entertain plea to remove facts on construction of Taj Mahal from history books
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain the plea seeking to issue direction to the authorities concerned to remove wrong historical facts related to the construction of the Taj…
- India
Freedom of religion does not include right to convert people: Gujarat in SC
New Delhi: The Gujarat government has told the Supreme Court that freedom of religion does not include the right to convert others, and requested the top court to vacate a High Court…
- India
What is Collegium system of appointing judges SC, Center lock horns over?
New Delhi: The Judiciary and the Executive in India’s celebrated democracy appear to be locking horns once again. The distance between these two pillars of democracy may be intended for the smooth…
- India
Existing collegium system should not be derailed: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Friday the existing collegium system should not be derailed on the basis of statements of “some busybody”, asserting the top court is one of the…
- News
SC declines Hindu Mahasabha leader’s plea for inclusion in Ram temple trust
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra’ to include the name of Swami Chakrapani of the Hindu…
- India
ISRO espionage case: Nambi Narayanan expresses happiness over SC decision
Thiruvananthapuram: Former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan on Friday expressed happiness over the Supreme Court order quashing a Kerala High Court decision granting anticipatory bail to four people, including a former Director General…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP lawyers’ JAC meet Governor over transfer of judges
Amaravati: The AP Advocates Joint Action Committee on Friday submitted a representation to Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan requesting that the transfer of two judges from the High Court to other States…
- India
SC quashes Kerala HC order granting anticipatory bail to 4 in ISRO espionage case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday quashed the Kerala High Court order granting anticipatory bail to four people, including a former Director General of Police (DGP), in a case of alleged frame-up…
