Tag: Supreme Court

New Delhi: Hearing a PIL on alleged non-payment of salary to doctors during the coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court said on Friday that “it is a kind of war, and you do not keep soldiers unhappy during war.” A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.R. Shah said, “It is kind of […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to convene a meeting of the Finance Ministry and RBI officials over the weekend to decide whether interest incurred on EMIs during the moratorium period can be charged by banks. A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.R. Shah queried […]

New Delhi: A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court by an NGO seeking direction to stay the holding of the Rath Yatra festival 2020, which is scheduled to commence on June 23 in Puri, Odisha. Rath Yatra is a festival associated with Lord Jagannath which is held in Puri every year spanning for […]

New Delhi: Amid the raging debate over the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who is alleged to have been depressed before his apparent suicide on June 14, Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on a PIL seeking direction to all insurance companies to […]

Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJP on Wednesday lashed out at Odisha government for delay in clearing its stand on the conduct of annual Rath Yatra in Puri this year. Senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra termed court cases pertaining to Rath Yatra as state-sponsored and said it has created speculations in the minds of the people. “Though […]

Puri: Acknowledging that everybody should abide by the Supreme Court order, Puri Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb on Thursday said that the next course of action on Rath Yatra will be taken after due consultation with the Puri Shankaracharya, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati. Gajapati Maharaj’s response came after the Supreme Court prohibited the centuries-old annual Rath Yatra […]

Puri: Barely days ahead of Puri Rath Yatra, Supreme Court on Thursday prohibited the conduct of the mega annual festival in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the preparations for Rath Yatra had reached its final stages, questions are being raised if Odisha government underplayed the case of conducting the festival sans devotees. It is […]

Puri: Upset over cancellation of Rath Yatra by Supreme Court in view of Covid-19 pandemic, Chattisa Nijog, the apex body of priests of Jagannath temple, has urged Odisha government to approach the apex court again requesting to reconsider its ruling. In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the servitors’ body said the ‘Order of […]

Bhubaneswar: Puri Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb on Friday proposed for adoption of a new set of practices not mentioned in the temple Record of Rights to hold the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath which has been barred by the Supreme Court from being celebrated outside the shrine in view of Covid pandemic. The verdict of the […]

Bhubaneswar: The cancellation of Puri Rath Yatra by the Supreme Court in view of COVID-19 pandemic has evoked sharp reaction among devotees. Many feel irked by the way Odisha government ‘surrendered’ and did not make any attempts to convince the court of holding the festival amid restrictions. Such arguments have now left the State government […]

Bhubaneswar: With sentiments and emotions running high, a ray of hope seems to have emerged amidst the shadow cast over Puri Rath Yatra following Supreme Court’s directive to cancel the annual event this year. Multiple petitions were filed on Friday in the Supreme Court seeking necessary modification to the original order prohibiting the conduct of […]

Bhubaneswar: Expressing discontent over Supreme Court’s directive for cancellation of Puri Rath Yatra this year, Puri Shakaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati on Sunday termed it as a well-orchestrated plan to stop the annual event. “On June 20, the Supreme Court could have accepted the review petitions. There are precedents of the apex court being opened and […]

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court of India will finally hear modification applications against its earlier decision on Rath Yatra on Monday. Multiple petitions against the apex court’s stay order on Rath Yatra have been listed for hearing in the court at 11 am tomorrow. The single-judge bench of Justice S Rabindra Bhatt will hear the petitions […]

Bhubaneswar: Opposition parties on Sunday questioned the ‘silence’ of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Law Minister Pratap Jena on holding Rath Yatra in Puri and asked them to approach Supreme Court for partial modification of its June 18 order. The State government will entirely be responsible for not holding the Rath Yatra. It’s such […]

Puri: As millions of Jagannath devotees anxiously await the Supreme Court’s hearing on the petitions seeking modification of its stay order on Rath Yatra, members of the Puri Jagannath Temple Managing Committee today clarified that the rituals in the 12th-century shrine may get disrupted if the chariots of the Holy Trinity are not pulled after the […]