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Withholding names for appointment in higher judiciary unacceptable: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed displeasure over the Centre keeping pending the names recommended for appointment as judges in the higher judiciary, including those reiterated by the apex court…
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC orders release of convicts Nalini Sriharan, RP Ravichandran
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the premature release of six convicts, including Nalini Sriharan and R P Ravichandran, serving life sentence in the assassination case of former Prime Minister…
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Attack on Owaisi in UP: SC quashes HC order granting bail to two accused
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday quashed an Allahabad High Court order granting bail to two men accused of firing at AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi’s vehicle in February this year and…
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‘Why are you dragging your feet’: SC to Centre on Swamy’s ‘Ram Sethu’ plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre why it is dragging its feet in filing a response on a plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking a direction that…
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Maha: SC to hear plea seeking stay on demolition of Afzal Khan tomb on Friday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will hear the plea seeking a stay on the demolition of Afzal Khan’s tomb on Friday. The tomb is located in Satara,…
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Supreme Court to hear Gyanvapi Mosque case on November 11
The Supreme Court has consented to form a bench to hear an appeal over the protection of the ‘Shivling’ found at the Varanasi Gyanvapi mosque complex at 3 p.m. on Friday. The…
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SC stays notices for closure of shops within 500 metres of Taj Mahal
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Agra Development Authority (ADA) for not conducting any survey on the environmental impact of business activities near the iconic Taj Mahal and…
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SC junks plea against ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi’s nomination to Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday junked a PIL challenging the nomination of former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha by the government. As counsel for petitioner…
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SC judge comments on TRS MLAs’ poaching during Gautam Navlakha’s hearing
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, while considering activist Gautam Navlakha’s request for house arrest, orally observed that corrupt people are destroying the country and they get away with corruption with…
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Story so far: Legacy of new CJI DY Chandrachud has just begun
“The framers of the Constitution rejected the notion of a Hindu India and a Muslim India. They recognised only the Republic of India…A united India is not one characterized by a single…
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Provide security to Chhawla rape victim’s family: DCW tells police
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has taken suo moto cognizance towards ensuring welfare and security of the family members of a 19-year-old gang-rape victim whose body was found in…
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Azam Khan disqualification: SC directs EC to defer notification for Rampur by-election
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Election Commission to defer issuing a gazette notification for Rampur Assembly by-election till November 11, which would allow Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan…
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Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case: Considering allowing house arrest request of Gautam Navlakha, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it was considering allowing house arrest request of activist Gautam Navlakha incarcerated in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case. The top court asked…
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‘Very embarrassing’, SC adjourns demonetisation hearing as Centre fails to file affidavit
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned until November 24 the scrutiny of the decision-making process behind the 2016 demonetisation policy as Centre failed to affidavit, saying “it is very embarrassing”.…
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Will take care of citizens in every aspect: CJI DY Chandrachud
New Delhi: Newly sworn in Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Wednesday said that serving people of the country was his “priority”. Immediately after the swearing-in ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan,…
