Tag: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a batch of petitions seeking review of its November 9 Ayodhya land dispute case verdict which cleared the way for construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site. The top court, which took a total of 19 review pleas for consideration in-chamber, rejected them after finding no […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre and state governments to furnish their responses on a plea seeking a specialised force to give “foolproof security” to all courts, judges, lawyers, litigants and witnesses in the country. A bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari issued notice to Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, seeking review of its 2017 judgement upholding his death penalty. A three-judge bench headed by Justice R Banumathi said there are no grounds to review the verdict and the contentions […]

New Delhi: Although the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), in an unexpected turn of events, ordered the reinstatement of Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons’ Executive Chairman, several experts, however, differ on the order and some are of the view that the order may not hold ground in the Supreme Court. Corporate and legal experts […]

New Delhi: The government has set up a dedicated desk, headed by an additional secretary, to look after all matters related to the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya issue. In an official order, the Union Home Ministry said Ayodhya matters and related court judgements will be handled by three officers, headed by Additional Secretary […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court, based on a report of the Amicus Curiae, has directed Odisha Police DG to file an affidavit in connection with the alleged inaction of police during recent motorcycle rally by Biju Janata Dal (BJD), when hundreds of party workers were seen driving bikes without wearing helmet. The directive came when […]

Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the NCLAT judgement directing reinstatement of Cyrus Pallonji Mistry as Director of the Company. “The company has on January 3 filed an appeal before the Supreme Court against the judgement of NCLAT dated December 18, directing reinstatement of Cyrus Pallonji Mistry […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought an explanation from the Assam government in connection with the allegation the state coordinator for NRC had made communal statements. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant said that newly-appointed NRC coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma should have not […]

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that children, whose parents have been given citizenship through National Register of Citizens (NRC), will not be separated from their families and sent to the detention centres in Assam. Advocate Aparna Bhat, appearing for Citizens of Justice & Peace – a public trust, filed an […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure over the status of the report submitted by Managing Committee of Jagannath temple with regard to Srimandir reforms citing that the report is incomplete and needs revisit. The Apex Court further asked Amicus Curiae to study the report and submit the findings based on which the final […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to review within a week all orders imposing curbs in the Union Territory while holding that access to the Internet is a fundamental right under Article 19 of the Constitution. A five-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana also asked the J-K […]

New Delhi: Freedom of the press is a requirement in any democratic society for its effective functioning and governments are required to respect this at all times, the Supreme Court said on Friday. The apex court said the importance of the press is well established and is a valuable and sacred right enshrined under the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear the curative petitions filed by two convicts, on death row, in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case on January 14. A five-judge bench comprising Justices NV Ramana, Arun Mishra, Rohinton Fali Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan will hear the curative petitions filed by Vinay Sharma and […]

New Delhi: Rhiti Sports on Monday told the Supreme Court that it paid former Indian cricket captain M.S. Dhoni Rs 37 crore through cheque for various brand endorsement activities. Dhoni was the brand ambassador for the Amrapali Group. In December, the Supreme Court had agreed to hear the plea by homebuyers to pass a direction […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the curative petitions filed by two Nirbhaya gang rape and murder convicts – Vinay Kumar and Mukesh – who questioned the death sentence handed down by trial court and upheld by the Delhi High Court and the apex court. A five-judge bench of Justices N.V. Ramana, Arun […]