Tag: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a provision of a law that allowed government accommodation to former Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers, terming it “arbitrary and discriminatory” as it violated the concept of equality. A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi said once a Chief Minister demits office, there was nothing to distinguish […]

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of the killing of the Assistant Town Planner at Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh when she had gone to supervise the demolition of unauthorized construction at 13 guest houses and resorts. Describing the killing Shaila Bala Sharma as “extremely serious”, the bench of Justice […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over the Taj Mahal’s colour turning brown as it pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government and the Archaeological Survey of India. Asking if anybody had any clue about the colour of the white marble monument turning brownish, a bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked high courts across the country to set up committees of judges to monitor and regulate the trial of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud also directed the Directors […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the trial in the rape and murder of a young girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir as it asked the accused to respond to the plea for the transfer of trial to Chandigarh. Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Indu Malhotra stayed the […]

New Delhi: Senior lawyer Indu Malhotra was sworn in on Friday as Supreme Court judge, amid raging controversy over the Narendra Modi government returning recommendation on Justice K.M.Joseph. She was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice Dipak Misra. She will have a tenure of a little over three years. With her swearing in […]

New Delhi: The Central government on Thursday asked the top court collegium to reconsider its recommendation for the elevation of Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K.M. Joseph as a judge of the Supreme Court. “The proposal for the reconsideration of the case of K.M. Joseph has the approval of President and Prime Minister,” said the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central government to clear its stand on the issue of giving permanent commission to women serving as short service commission (SSC) officers in defence services. A bench of Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice S.A. Nazeer sought an affidavit from the Defence Ministry with a clear policy in […]

New Delhi: The day the Supreme Court dismissing petitions seeking an SIT probe into the death of Judge B.H. Loya, the BJP asked its MPs to attack Congress President Rahul Gandhi demanding his apology by holding press conferences and on social media platforms. A letter issued by BJP Parliamentary party on Thursday also provided written […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the provision for pension and other allowances to former parliamentarians and their spouses as it dismissed a plea by NGO Lok Prahari challenging the grant to former lawmakers. “The plea is dismissed,” said a bench of Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul pointing out that […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear later in the day a plea by the father of Kathua rape and murder victim seeking transfer of trial to Chandigarh. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the hearing of the matter to 2 p.m. Dipika Singh Rajawat, lawyer of […]

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday disqualified former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding public office or contesting elections for lifetime in a landmark verdict that will change the course of the country’s political history. Justice Umar Ata Bandiyal read out the verdict delivered unanimously by a five-judge bench, puncturing the political future of Sharif, […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Central government for not framing a scheme to implement its verdict on the sharing of Cauvery river water as it declined its plea for deferring the issue by three months. Asking the government to draft the scheme by May 3, a bench of Chief Justice […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Centre that Aadhaar is not a panacea for all ills in the system like corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, leakage of subsidies and terrorism, and wondered how far it can cast the net of Aadhaar. Saying that “Aadhaar is not a catch for all frauds”, the […]

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday moved the Supreme Court to seek recall of its judgment that ruled that there would be no automatic arrest of an accused following a complaint moved under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The Supreme Court had held on March 20 that police will […]