Tag: Supreme Court

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear a petition moved by the Odisha government on the Mahanadi River water dispute today. A three-judge bench including Chief Justice J S Khehar will hear the case on the inter-state river water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Earlier, on July 25, the Centre and both the state governments […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Odisha born Justice Dipak Mishra is going to be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He will be the 45th Chief Justice of India. Justice Mishra is the third Odia to be appointed to this prestigious position after Justice Ranganath Mishra and Justice Gopal Ballav Pattanaik. Current incumbent Chief Justice J […]

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court has set August 2 as the date for hearing on the injunction suit sought by Odisha government against Chhattisgarh government for construction of projects and planning upcoming projects in upper catchments of Mahanadi. Odisha in its argument had to present how illegal actions of Chhattisgarh government in unilaterally planning and constructing […]

New Delhi: Calling for a full-fledged parliamentary discussion, Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda raised the issues of privacy and data protection in the lower house of the parliament today. “As India makes a leap into the digital era, the issue of privacy and data protection takes on enormous importance. Cyber crime is one aspect of it […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi:  The Supreme Court, on Friday, said that the biological and not the mental age of a rape victim will decide whether the case will be tried under the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act of 2012. The SC ruling came in response to a petition filed by the mother of a […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Taking cognisance of the increasing rate of online child sexual abuse, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to install jammers to prevent students from being abused sexually on the internet. Replying to the Supreme Court, the government said that it has already asked CBSE to put jammers and ensure that […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The third round of counselling for admissions to IITs, ISM (Indian School of Mines), NITs (National Institutes of Technology), IIITs and other government-funded technical institutes began today. The process is being carried out by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). Earlier on Monday, availability status and seat allocation for the third round counselling […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court today gave a green signal to continue admission into premier institutes like IITs and NITs by lifting a stay order it had issued on July 7 based on a petition contesting grace marks awarded to candidates. In a hearing on the petition filed by three students who have successfully cleared the JEE […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Admissions to most engineering colleges across the country, including IITs and NITs have been put on hold on Friday by the Supreme Court over bonus marks in JEE. The apex court gave the order based on a petition filed by two students seeking revision of the list of students who cracked IIT after […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court today rejected a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Brahmagiri legislator Sanjay Das Burma seeking annulment of a poll irregularities case against him. Following the rejection of the SLP, hearings on the poll irregularities case will continue at the Orissa High Court as usual. Congress leader late Lulu Mohapatra, who […]

India can't have a dual judicial system -- one for the rich and the other for the poor, said the apex court.

Bhubaneswar: Bitihotra alias Bitti Mohanty, son of former Odisha top cop BB Mohanty, who is serving jail term for being convicted of raping a German fellow student, will soon walk out a free man as the Rajasthan High Court quashed the parole violation case against him recently. “In its order, the court has particularly mentioned […]

Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BBCI) will declare squad for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy today after the Supreme Court-appointed committed warned the Indian cricket board not to pull out of the tournament. The decision to take part in the eight-nation event, commencing from June 1, came after a […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court today granted bail to self-styled godman Sarathi alias Santosh Roul in a medical girl student molestation case. Informing newsmen on the SC order, Sarathi’s lawyer Sushant Kanungo said, “In the medico girl student case, the apex court granted the bail unconditionally to Sarathi while saying the State has violated the fundamental rights […]

Bhubaneswar: Even after being granted bail recently by the Supreme Court in judo coach Biranchi Das murder case, worries for gangster Raja Acharya are far from over as the history-sheeter today received another jolt from Orissa High Court. The court rejected his bail application in the abduction case of an employee of a city-based automobile […]