Tag: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The hopes of a dozen activists seeking review of the October 2020 ruling of the Supreme Court, terming the anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh “illegal”, were dashed to the grounds again, as junking their review plea, the top court said “the right to protest cannot be anytime and everywhere”. A three-judge bench of […]

New Delhi: People have grave apprehensions on loss of privacy, the Supreme Court said on Monday, making it clear that it is the court’s duty to protect this right as it heard an application against WhatsApp’s new privacy policy. The observation came as senior advocate Shyam Divan, representing petitioner Karmanya Singh Sareen, sought direction to […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Andhra Pradesh government has submitted its response in the contempt plea filed by the Odisha government against the neighbouring state for alleged violation of status quo in the disputed Kotia region of Koraput district stating that it has taken over certain villages belonging to Odisha. After the Supreme Court served a notice […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said former top court judge A.K. Patnaik committee report has pointed out that a conspiracy to level sexual harassment charges against former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi in April 2019, cannot be ruled out. A bench comprising Justices S.K. Kaul, A.S. Bopanna and V.Ramasubramanian said that there exists a […]

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Odisha government to respond within four weeks time on an affidavit filed by the Andhra Pradesh government claiming that the latter has been holding elections in villages at Kotia in Koraput district since long. On February 18 (Thursday) the Andhra Pradesh government had filed the affidavit claiming […]

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Monday granted four weeks’ time to the Odisha government to file an affidavit on the progress in the investigation into the sensational Nayagarh minor girl murder case. The Apex court’s direction came while hearing a petition filed by the victim girl’s mother Saudamini Sahoo. In January, Saudamini had moved the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday cautioned a law student not to address the judges as Your honour as it was not the US Supreme Court. When you call us Your Honour’ it appears that you have the US Supreme Court in mind, a bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by scores of UPSC aspirants, who had exhausted their last attempt in October 2020 exam amid Covid-19, seeking an extra chance at the prestigious civil services exam. The top court had reserved the judgement on February 9. The Centre had told the Supreme Court […]

New Delhi: Selections to public employment should be on the basis of merit and appointing people with lesser merit ignoring those who have secured more marks would be in violation of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has said. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Indira Banerjee made the observation while upholding an order […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it cannot allow sexual harassment cases to be swept under the carpet. The top court made this observation during a hearing of a plea by a former district judge from Madhya Pradesh challenging disciplinary proceedings agianst him initiated by the Madhya Pradesh High Court following sexual harassment […]

Bhubaneswar: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the mysterious death of motivational speaker and social activist Aditya Dash, his family said on Saturday. The petition was filed with the apex court on March 4, Aditya’s family members said while addressing a […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said if a couple had a consensual relationship, and there was no allegation of a false promise made to the woman at the inception, then it isn’t rape. The top court quashed the FIR registered by a woman alleging rape by the accused in guise of false marriage promise. […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to conduct the West Bengal Assembly polls over eight phases. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde rejected the plea, which had also sought to bar the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its leaders from using the […]

Bhubaneswar: Will the existing reservations in educational institutions and jobs in Odisha remain within the 50 % bracket or exceed? The question has now become the point of discussion especially in the State after the Supreme Court recently said that the 50 per cent cap on reservation could be re-examined in view of the subsequent […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that the condition predicated in Section 31 of the 1973 Act of obtaining “previous” general or special permission of the RBI for transfer or disposal of immovable property situated in India by sale or mortgage by a person, who is not a citizen of India, is mandatory. “Until […]