Tag: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Thursday a plea by the producers of “Padmaavat” challenging the ban on the controversial movie in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana. When the producers’ counsel Mahesh Agrawal, mentioned the matter on Wednesday before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government to share all the documents relating to the death of Special CBI Judge B.H. Loya with the petitioners seeking independent probe and adjourned the matter for seven days. “This is a matter, they must get everything. There should not be any confidentiality,” said the […]

New Delhi: All the judges of the Supreme Court met here informally on Monday, leading Attorney General K.K. Venugopal to claim that the crisis in the country’s top court “has been settled”. “There was an informal meeting in the morning (before the commencement of the court). Now everything has been settled,” Venugopal told the media. […]

New Delhi: A seven-member delegation of the Bar Council Of India (BCI) on Sunday met two Supreme Court judges in an attempt to persuade them to resolve the crisis facing the highest judiciary. The delegation met Justice R.K. Agrawal and thereafter Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, two days after four senior-most judges of the court went public […]

New Delhi: A day after four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court went public with their differences with Chief Justice Dipak Misra, senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said it is “our bounden duty to take note of what the judges have said and raise our voice for corrective action”. Sinha, who finds himself at variance with […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all states and union territories to give details on the payment of Nirbhaya and other funds as compensation to the victims of sexual offences and acid attacks. The bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta gave them four weeks to comply with the order. The […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that playing national anthem before screening movies in cinema halls is not mandatory. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said this while modifying its November 2016 order by which the apex court had made the playing of national anthem in cinemas mandatory.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will re-examine its verdict upholding Section 377 of the IPC that criminalises gay sex. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra decided to re-examine the top court’s earlier order upholding section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. “Our earlier order needs to be reconsidered,” said Justice […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on an NGO seeking directions for enforcement of country-wide prohibition of liquor – a provision under Article 47 of the Constitution’s Directive Principle of State Policy which calls for endeavour to prohibit intoxicating drinks and drugs harmful to health. Describing the plea […]

New Delhi: All the petitioners in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi case, including the Sunni Waqf Board, on Wednesday said that they totally support senior lawyer Kapil Sibal’s plea to the Supreme Court that the hearing of the case should be deferred till July 2019. They also emphasised that Haji Mehboob — one of the many plaintiffs […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it can’t frame guidelines on how to investigate cases of dowry harassment as it will amount to going beyond the statutory provisions. Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said this indicating it will revisit the judgement by a two-judge bench which had […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) today took exception to people holding official positions making adverse comments about the Hindi film “Padmavati”, saying these breached the principle of rule of law. The court also said people in position of responsibility should not comment on the film as it may prejudice the censor board. A bench […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked a batch of petitioners to mention next week their plea for extension of interim relief on linking bank accounts and mobile numbers with the Aadhaar scheme. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud asked senior counsel Shyam Diwan to mention the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked real estate major Jaypee Associates to deposit Rs 275 crore — in two instalments — by December 31, telling it to “behave like a good child”. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud asked the firm to deposit another Rs […]

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved revision in the salaries, gratuity, allowances and pensions of judges of the Supreme Court and high courts as well as those who have retired. As per an official statement the increase in emoluments will be effective from January 1, 2016 and benefit 31 judges of the Supreme […]