Tag: Supreme Court

Puri: The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred its hearing of the case on Puri Srimandir reforms after amicus curiae Gopal Subramaniam sought four-week time to submit report. Subramaniam has asked for more time to examine Puri Srimandir and give a report to the apex court, Counsel of the petitioner Subhransu Padhi informed. As per reports, […]

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Bhubaneswar: Even though the Home Ministry has formulated stringent rules on sale of acid following the Supreme Court directive in 2013, petty hardware stores in the State are selling acid openly. A reality check by OTV showed blatant violation of the rules pertaining to sale of acid in the State. As per the guidelines laid […]

Puri: The Supreme Court of India today rejected Sri Jagannath Sena’s plea seeking a CBI probe into policemen entering Puri Srimandir wearing shoes and holding weapons. It is pertinent to mention here that large-scale violence was reported during the observance of Puri bandh called by the socio-cultural outfit on October 3 over the introduction of […]

Bhubaneswar: To ensure safe Diwali, the Commissionerate police has issued safety guidelines with regard to bursting of firecrackers as per the directives of the Supreme Court. According to the guidelines, residents of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack have been directed to burst firecrackers between 8 PM and 10 PM. Firecrackers with more than 125 decibels, China made […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: The Bar Council of India has sought intervention of the Supreme Court to resolve the issue raised by the lawyers in Cuttack. The Chairman of the Bar Council Manan Mishra has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India and the other companion judges in this regard alleging lack of concern of the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has lifted the ban on entry of women into the Sabarimala temple of Kerala. While reading out the verdict, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said, “The practice of barring women in age group of 10-50 to go inside the temple is violative of constitutional principles.” “Right to worship is […]

New Delhi: Pronouncing its verdict on disqualification of sitting MPs and MLAs with criminal background, the Supreme Court today said that they can’t be disqualified before conviction in a criminal case as the apex court declined to interfere in the matter and left it to Parliament to frame relevant laws. Earlier, a Public Interest Litigation […]

Bhubaneswar: After several clubs lost membership of Orissa Cricket Association (OCA), its former Secretary Ashirwad Behera on Saturday said that the clubs have been removed while acting on the direction of the Supreme Court and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). “As per the judgment of the SC and the guidelines of BCCI, […]

Puri: The Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium reached Puri today to hold discussions with various stakeholders over 12 proposals suggested by the apex court as part of disciplinary reforms for the Jagannath temple. Subramanium reached Puri today morning and visited the 12th century shrine, informed Puri collector Jyoti Prakash Das. “He reached Puri today […]

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium will visit Puri on September 20 to hold discussions with various stakeholders over 12 proposals suggested by the apex court as part of disciplinary reforms for the Jagannath temple. During the visit, the amicus curiae will hold discussions with the officials of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), […]

Bhubaneswar: While the Odisha fire services team is still a part of the ongoing efforts to rescue 15 miners trapped for more than 25 days and feared dead at a flooded rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills, Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Sukant Sethi, on his return to Bhubaneswar, said that the rescue operation […]

Bhubaneswar: Diwali, the festival of light is not far. With people preparing themselves for grand celebrations on Diwali, a Supreme Court order has raised many eye-brows. On October 9, the honorable Supreme Court decided to put a ban on the sale of crackers in Delhi-NCR. While many support it, many are completely against the ban. […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a British era Adultery Law (Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code) and declared it as unconstitutional and arbitrary. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices RF Nariman, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra in a unanimous judgement gave the […]

Students have the fundamental right to access their evaluated answer-sheets under the Right to Information Act and they can’t be charged for it. This was an order of the Supreme Court to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in 2016. However, bypassing the law of the apex court, CBSE had reportedly published a notification […]