Supreme Court
- India
SC seeks Centre’s response on plea to end polygamy among Muslims
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, July 31, sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking to have polygamy among Muslims declared unconstitutional and asking for a direction to Parliament to abolish…
- Kashmir
SC dissolves Omar Abdullah’s marriage with estranged wife
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, July 31, agreed to dissolve the marriage of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah with his estranged wife Payal Abdullah after taking note of…
- Hate Crime
SC allows Friday prayers at dargah land near Dhar’s Bhojshala
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 30, permitted Muslims to offer Friday prayers at the premises of a dargah adjacent to the disputed Bhojshala complex at Dhar in Madhya Pradesh.…
- India
Supreme Court reserves order on CEC appointment law challenge
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 30, reserved its judgment on whether the pleas challenging the law for regulating appointment procedures of the chief election commissioner (CEC) and the deputies…
- India
SC seeks RAF pellet gun ammunition log in NEET protest plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 30, asked the Centre to preserve the ammunition log of RAF deployed at Jantar Mantar during students’ protest against NEET paper leak. The top…
- India
Bhojshala row: SC hearing on alternate namaz site on July 30
New Delhi: The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Thursday, July 30, a plea by the Muslim side alleging non-compliance with its directions to provide an alternative site near the disputed Bhojshala…
- India
SC says Rs 8 lakh EWS income limit prima facie reasonable
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has observed that the Rs 8 lakh annual income limit for determining eligibility under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) reservation appears to be prima facie reasonable. The…
- India
SC closes coal block case against ex-PM Manmohan Singh
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 29, closed a criminal case against former prime minister Manmohan Singh in a coal block allocation case while setting aside a summoning order passed…
- India
SC dismisses former AP minister’s plea seeking anticipatory bail
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 29, dismissed a plea filed by former Andhra Pradesh minister Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the AP liquor transportation…
- India
CJP calls SC interim order ‘unacceptable’, warns of fresh protests
New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Tuesday, July 28, warned of launching a fresh nationwide agitation if the government failed to honour its commitment to withdraw FIRs against protesters and…
- India
SC orders release of minor student protesters, those with clean records
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 28, said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) may be set up to ensure a fair, transparent and thorough probe into all incidents of violence…
- India
CJP volunteer Junaid moves SC, alleges police harassed family
New Delhi: Mohammad Junaid, who served as a food volunteer during the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) student protests against the NEET paper leak in Delhi, has moved the Supreme Court, alleging that he…
- India
No law bans consumption of chicken on Ganga: SC judge
Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Sunday, July 26, said there was no law banning anyone from consuming chicken over the Ganga, referring to the arrest of 14 Muslim youth over the…
- India
SC to await Nilekani panel report on online NEET
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, July 27, said it will see what the Nandan Nilekani-led high-powered task force formed by the government suggests on the online conduct of the NEET…
- India
NEET protests can’t justify lathi-charge: SC on police brutality
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, July 27, orally observed that the right to peaceful and lawful protest is protected under the Constitution and that agitation by itself cannot be used to…
