Tushar Mehta
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Ban on GM crops against national interest: Centre tells SC
New Delhi: Making a strong case for growing genetically modified (GM) crops for enhanced food security, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday that India is already importing huge quantities of…
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Fencing on Indo-Bangladesh border hindered due to non-cooperation: Centre
New Delhi: The Indo-Bangladesh border fencing project has been hindered due to non-cooperation of the West Bengal government and pending land acquisition issues in the state, the Centre told the Supreme Court…
- India
Gyanvapi mosque: SC revives plea which was disposed of while staying ASI survey
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday revived a plea by the Gyanvapi panel that it had inadvertently disposed of on July 24 while staying an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey…
- India
Yasin Malik’s appearance in SC creates flutter in courtroom
New Delhi: The presence of jailed JKLF chief Yasin Malik, serving life term in Tihar jail, in a packed courtroom created a flutter in the Supreme Court on Friday. Malik, who is…
- India
Will ensure political executive doesn’t turn a blind eye: SC on Manipur violence
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will ensure that the political executive does not turn a blind eye to the law-and-order situation in Manipur while stressing that it won’t…
- India
SC rejects pleas seeking direction to Centre to enact gender, religion-neutral laws
New Delhi: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday thwarted an attempt to get a direction to the Centre to frame uniform religion and gender-neutral laws governing subjects such as…
- India
Why selective in dealing with hate speeches: SG Tushar Mehta to SC
New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that hate speeches were being made by several people against the members of Hindu community and court could not be…
- India
Merely registering FIRs won’t solve hate speech problem: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that abjuring hate speech is a fundamental requisite for maintenance of communal harmony in the country. A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV…
- India
SC refuses to entertain Satyendar Jain’s plea in money laundering case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea filed by jailed Delhi minister Satyendar Jain against an order of the Delhi High Court which sought the response of…
- India
Godhra train burning case: Gujarat opposes bail pleas of convicts who threw stones at coach
New Delhi: The Gujarat government has opposed in the Supreme Court the bail pleas of some convicts of the 2002 Godhra train burning case, saying they were not mere stone-pelters and their…
- India
Elgar Parishad case: SC to hear on Nov 9 Navlakha’s plea seeking house arrest
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear on November 9 the plea of jailed activist Gautam Navlakha that he be placed under house arrest instead of judicial custody…
- India
‘Electoral bonds is an absolutely transparent mode of political funding’, Centre to SC
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that the electoral bonds scheme is an absolutely transparent mode of political funding. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, submitted before…
- India
Hijab row: Karnataka order on uniform ‘religion neutral’, says govt; blames PFI for trouble
New Delhi: The Karnataka government order that kicked up a row over hijab was “religion neutral”, the state government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday, launching a strong defence of the state…
- India
In countries like Iran, women are fighting against hijab, Karnataka govt to SC
New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Karnataka government, on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that even countries like Iran, which are constitutionally Islamic, women are fighting against hijab. Mehta submitted…
- India
SC to hear bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad on Sep 1
New Delhi: The Supreme Court deferred to Thursday the hearing on the bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad, arrested for allegedly fabricating evidence to frame “innocent people” in the 2002 Gujarat riots…
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