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- India
‘Re-victimisation of victims’: Loopholes in compensation to sex crime victims
New Delhi: An NGO claimed that rape-related crime rate in India rose 70.7 per cent over the last two decades, as it invoked the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, for enforcement of…
- India
Haldwani eviction case: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind welcomes SC stay order
New Delhi: The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court providing interim relief against the Uttarakhand High court’s decision to remove encroachments from 29 acres of land claimed by the railways…
- India
‘It’s in Parliament’s domain’, SC on plea for uniform law on maintenance, divorce
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday orally observed that formulating uniform laws on maintenance, divorce, inheritance, and guardianship falls under the domain of the Parliament. A bench headed by Chief Justice…
- India
SC asks Centre if it has plans to frame scheme to regulate fund disbursement to NGOs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre whether it has any plan to frame a “comprehensive” scheme to regulate disbursement of public funds to over 32 lakh NGOs and…
- India
CJI Chandrachud brings daughters to SC, shows workplace
New Delhi: A usual day in the Supreme Court on Friday morning became a surprise for lawyers waiting in the apex court corridors when Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud reached…
- India
Government sending back names reiterated by Collegium matter of concern: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Friday it is a “matter of concern” that the government is sending back the names reiterated by the Collegium for judgeship in constitutional courts despite…
- Telangana
SC stays Telangana HC order for 2-month jail to NTPC chair in contempt case
Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Telangana High Court order awarding a two-month jail term to the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) chairperson in a contempt case. A bench…
- India
Subramanian Swamy withdraws 2013 plea against Jet-Etihad Airways deal in SC
New Delhi: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday withdrew from the Supreme Court his 2013 plea seeking quashing of an alliance between Jet Airways and the Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways. “I wish to…
- India
44 judges’ names to be confirmed in 3 days: Centre to SC over delay in appointments
New Delhi: The Central government on Friday assured the Supreme Court that it will adhere to the timeline and expedite the judges’ appointment process, while the top court pointed out that sending…
- India
It’s like Eid: Haldwani’s Banbhoolpura celebrates SC stay on demolition of homes
Haldwani: People facing demolition of their homes in Haldwani’s Banbhoolpura hugged and shared sweets Thursday when they heard that the Supreme Court has stayed an Uttarakhand High Court to remove encroachments from…
- India
Asaduddin Owaisi seeks regularisation of people’s homes in Uttarkhand’s Haldwani
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said the Uttarakhand government and the Centre must regularise the settlement of people at Haldwani in the hill state where the high court had ordered…
- India
CJI Chandrachud recuses from hearing contempt plea against Kunal Kamra
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Thursday recused himself from hearing a batch of pleas seeking contempt action against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra for his alleged scandalous tweets against the…
- India
‘50000 people can’t be uprooted in a week’: SC stays Haldwani eviction
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the planned eviction of the railways from ‘encroached’ land in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani on Thursday, saying a workable solution must be devised. The Supreme Court stated in…
- India
Haldwani eviction case: Residents stage dharna, offer prayers ahead of SC hearing
Haldwani: Residents of Banbhoolpura in Haldwani facing eviction in compliance with a high court order sat on a dharna in front of a mosque here on Thursday. The protesters, which included a…
- India
SC stays HC order asking UP govt to hold urban local body polls without OBC quota
New Delhi: In a major relief to the Uttar Pradesh government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Allahabad High Court order directing it to hold urban local body polls without reservation…
