Tag: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into the role of Kerala police officers in framing ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 ISRO espionage case.…

Puri: A day after Suna Besha, the deities of Puri Srimandir- Lord Balabhadra, Goddess Subhadra and Lord Jagannath were offered special drinks during the ‘Adhara Pana’ritual on Friday. The Adhara Pana (special drink) is offered to the Holy Trinity to alleviate their tiredness after their sojourn to Gundicha temple and journey back to the Srimandir […]

New Delhi: Citing the COVID induced lockdown, the Centre has asked the Supreme Court to grant it six months extra to comply with its verdict granting permanent commission to eligible women officers in the army and also making provisions for them in command posts. In an application, the Ministry of Defence said: “The applicants have […]

New Delhi: In a first, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed the service of summons and notices, a necessity in almost all legal proceedings, through instant messenger like WhatsApp as well as by e-mail and fax. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde observed that it has been brought to the notice of the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain pleas seeking preservation of all artefacts recovered from the disputed site at Ayodhya and imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh each on two petitioners. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra also warned of a CBI probe into the petition and termed it as […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday allowed the Rajasthan High Court to pronounce order on plea of 19 dissident Congress MLAs, including sacked deputy CM Sachin Pilot, against the Assembly Speaker’s notice for initiating disqualification proceedings against them, but said that it would be subject to the outcome of the petition before the top court. […]

Puri: The dismantling process of the three gigantic chariots of presiding deities of Puri Jagannath temple will begin from tomorrow. The Chariots will be dismantled & shifted to another place where they will be reassembled and preserved for darshan of devotees who could not participate in this year’s Rath Yatra due to COVID-19 restrictions. A […]

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has told the Supreme Court that it is not possible to alter its July 6 guidelines mandating universities across India to conduct their final year examination by September end. The UGC informed the court that the expert committee, headed by Prof R.C. Kuhad, submitted a report recommending that […]

New Delhi: The Centre informed the Supreme Court Thursday that an MoU has been prepared for the installation of smog tower at Anand Vihar in east Delhi and it will be signed by the stakeholders. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra that after Wednesday’s hearing, the Centre contacted Indian […]

New Delhi: The Supreme court has given 3 days time to Maharashtra government and the police to place on record the details of their investigation in connection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. In a massive jolt to Mumbai police, the top court also refused to grant a stay on the investigation by Bihar police […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to refer, to the Constitution Bench, the petitions challenging the provision for reservations in jobs and education to the economically weaker sections (EWS). A bench comprising Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and Justices R. Subhas Reddy and B.R. Gavai said the main plank of the argument from the […]

New Delhi: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday ruled in favour of female rights property as per which now a daughter can have a share in a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) property, irrespective of whether her father was alive or not at the time of the amendment made to the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Friday a plea seeking an independent inquiry through a commission headed by a retired apex court judge into the alleged gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic. A group of six petitioners, including retired bureaucrats, filed the plea through advocate Prashant Bhushan, claiming that the Centre’s […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday held activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for his two derogatory tweets against the judiciary. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said it would hear on August 20 the arguments on quantum of sentence to be awarded to Bhushan in the matter. A contemnor can be punished […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking the postponement of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET). The JEE examination was scheduled to held between September 1 and September 6 while the NEET was scheduled was slated for September 13. “The postponement of the NEET/JEE will […]