Supreme Court
- India
Govt returns 20 files to SC Collegium of appointment of HC judges
New Delhi: The government has asked the Supreme Court Collegium to reconsider 20 files related to the appointment of high court judges, including that of advocate Saurabh Kirpal who has candidly spoken…
- Kashmir
SC seeks SG’s assistance on PIL over non-functional statutory panels in J&K
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought assistance of the solicitor general on a PIL which alleged statutory panels including the Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission are not functional in…
- India
‘It’s a menace’: Centre to SC on forced religious conversion
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the issue of forced religious conversion “is a menace”, and it is cognizant of the gravity and the seriousness of the…
- India
SC seeks replies of Centre, states on free sanitary pads for girls in govt schools
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, states and Union territories (UTs) on a PIL seeking issuance of directions for providing free sanitary pads to girls studying in…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP HC cannot be ‘town planner’: SC on order for building state capital in 6 months
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from farmers and their associations, and the Centre to a plea by the Andhra Pradesh government challenging the high court decision which said the…
- India
Right to freedom of religion doesn’t include a fundamental right to convert: Centre to SC
New Delhi: The Centre told the Supreme Court that the right to freedom of religion does not include a fundamental right to convert people to a particular religion. The Centre’s response came…
- Bangalore
Border row: Ahead of SC hearing, Bommai to visit Delhi on Nov 29
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said he would go to Delhi on November 29 to hold a meeting with senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi over the border row between Karnataka…
- India
Activist Anand Teltumbde walks out of Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai
Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde walked out of Taloja prison on Saturday in Navi Mumbai, officials said speaking to PTI. This happened after the Supreme Court rejected the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) plea challenging…
- India
SC directs Rs 5 lakh each be paid to 9 fishermen in Italian marines case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court modified its June 15, 2021 order on Friday and directed that a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each be paid to seven fishermen and the legal heirs…
- India
Collegium system alien to Constitution: Rijiju
New Delhi: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday launched a fresh attack on the mechanism to appoint Supreme Court and high court judges, saying the collegium system is “alien” to the Constitution.…
- India
Elgar case: Anand Teltumbde likely to be released on bail on Saturday
Mumbai: Scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, is likely to walk out of prison on Saturday after the Supreme Court rejected the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) plea…
- India
Bhima Koregaon: SC dismisses NIA appeal against Teltumbde’s bail
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the National Investigation Agency (NIA)’s plea against the bail granted to scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. The apex court on…
- Hyderabad
SC serves notice to Centre after plea by Hyderabad gay couple on same-sex marriage
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court issued notices on two public interest litigations (PIL) on Friday, which included one filed by a Hyderabad-based gay couple, seeking recognition of same-sex marriage under the Special Marriage…
- India
Gay couple moves SC seeking recognition of same-sex marriage under Special Marriage Act
New Delhi: A gay couple has moved the Supreme Court seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage under the Special Marriage Act and to issue appropriate direction to authorities concerned to allow them…
- Telangana
TRS MLAs’ poaching case: SC sets aside HC order allowing SIT probe
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has quashed the Telangana High Court order giving go-ahead to a special investigation team (SIT) set up by the state government to probe, under court supervision, into…
