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Bilkis Bano case: Do convicts have fundamental right to seek remission? asks SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked whether convicts have a fundamental right to seek remission, as it heard petitions challenging the premature release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape…
- Delhi
Delhi HC says irretrievable breakdown of marriage not ground for divorce
New Delhi: Setting aside a family court’s order, the Delhi High Court has said that the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage is not a valid ground for seeking divorce under the Hindu…
- India
Cauvery dispute: CM Siddaramaiah meets Union Ministers & MPs, seeks PM intervention
New Delhi: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday met Union Ministers and Parliament members from the state in the national capital over the Cauvery dispute, and sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra…
- India
No statutory vacuum, robust mechanism in place for regulating media channels: Centre to SC
New Delhi: Asserting that there is no statutory vacuum, the central government has told the Supreme Court there exists a robust mechanism for regulation of content of private television channels. In an…
- Bangalore
Karnataka to challenge CWMA order in SC, says Deputy CM Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said on Monday his government would approach the Supreme Court challenging the Cauvery Water Management Authority’s direction asking the State to continue releasing 5,000…
- India
Delhi excise policy case: SC asks liquor major’s executive to surrender by Sept 25
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday asked liquor giant Pernod Ricard’s executive Benoy Babu, facing prosecution in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, to surrender by…
- India
Sena row: SC criticises Maha Speaker for delay in ruling on disqualification petitions
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday criticised the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on a plea filed by the Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray faction against the delay by him in deciding…
- India
OP Bhatt on SC committee on Adani is conflicted: new petition in SC
New Delhi: An expert committee, set up by the Supreme Court to probe allegations against the Adani group following a bombshell report from a US short seller, has members with potential conflict of…
- India
Supreme Court refuses to entertain Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s plea against ED summons
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s plea against the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) summons in a case of alleged money laundering. A bench of…
- India
Want to ‘tighten up’ self-regulation for TV news channels: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it wanted to “tighten up” the self-regulatory mechanism of monitoring TV news channels and granted four more weeks to News Broadcasters and Digital Association…
- India
SC to hear plea against HC order staying sale, manufacture of PoP Ganesha idols
New Delhi: The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Monday a plea challenging a Madras High Court order staying the sale and manufacture of Ganesha idols made of plaster of Paris. A…
- India
Will it happen for us, asks JNU VC on SC granting relief to Setalvad
Mumbai: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Sunday wondered whether the Supreme Court would treat “us” equally the way it did to grant relief to activist Teesta Setalvad on…
- India
‘Ex-WFI chief not exonerated by oversight committee’, Delhi police tell court
New Delhi: In the alleged sexual harassment case lodged against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Delhi police told a court here on Saturday…
- India
Supreme Court trashes allegation of not hearing ordinary citizens
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday trashed the allegation that it does not hear ordinary citizens, saying it has been hearing the “voice of the nation” and individuals from Kashmir on the…
- India
Wrong to say collegium has no factual data to evaluate judges for appointment in SC: CJI
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud Friday asserted it was wrong to say that the Supreme Court collegium has no factual data to evaluate the candidates being considered for…
