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BCCI moves SC seeking urgent hearing on plea to allow amendment of Constitution
New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday moved the Supreme Court for urgent hearing on a plea seeking approval to amend the rules of the board’s…
- India
SC seeks UP’s reply on stay order regarding Azam Khan’s Jauhar University
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on compliance with its order by which it had stayed the bail condition imposed on Samajwadi Party MLA Azam…
- India
SC rejects plea seeking CBI probe into alleged massacre of tribals in Dantewada
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed with an “exemplary” cost of Rs five lakh a plea seeking a CBI probe into the purported massacre of some tribals, allegedly by security forces,…
- India
UP court sends journalist Zubair to 14-day judicial custody
Hathras: A local court in Uttar Pradesh has sent Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair to 14-days judicial custody on Thursday. Zubair was presented in the court in a case registered against him…
- India
‘Reasonable criticism won’t constitute contempt’, A-G refuses action against ex-judge, others
New Delhi: Attorney General (AG) K.K. Venugopal has refused to give consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Justice S.N. Dhingra, former Delhi High Court judge, former Additional Solicitor General Aman Lekhi and…
- India
Hijab ban: SC refuses to list for urgent hearing PIL seeking common dress code
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to accord urgent hearing to a PIL which seeks a direction to the Centre and states to implement a common dress code for staffers…
- India
SC to hear pleas challenging Agnipath scheme on Friday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a group of petitions, challenging the newly-launched Agnipath recruitment scheme for defence forces. The batch of pleas will be heard by a bench…
- India
‘Will go to the root’: SC asks conman Chandrashekhar to name the jail staff he bribed
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will “go to the root of the matter” and asked conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar to bring on record the names of all those, including…
- India
SC refuses to pass interim order staying demolitions across states
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to pass an interim direction staying demolitions across states, and said it cannot pass an omnibus order preventing authorities from taking action. A bench…
- India
Cannot order DNA testing of child in rape case just at the drop of hat: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to order DNA testing of a child born to a minor after she was allegedly raped, saying the identity of the child’s father is…
- World
Sri Lanka: SC petition seeks travel restrictions on Rajapaksa brothers, others
Colombo: A petition has been filed in Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court seeking an interim order restraining former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and other influential officials of the Rajapaksa regime from fleeing the…
- India
Bhima Koregaon case: SC extends interim protection for Varavara Rao
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the interim protection from surrender to activist P. Varavara Rao in the Bhima Koregaon case till July 19. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta requested an…
- India
SC asks Centre to bring separate law on bail
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said criminal courts are guardian angels of liberty and a conscious failure by them would constitute an affront to liberty, as it asked the Centre…
- India
SC agrees to examine HC judge transfer threat matter on Tuesday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a matter where a Karnataka High Court judge had claimed receiving a transfer threat in connection with his comments against the functioning…
- India
Bhima Koregaon case: SC to hear Varavara Rao’s plea for permanent medical bail on Tuesday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear on Tuesday a plea filed by Telugu poet and an accused in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, P Varavara Rao, challenging…
