Tag: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking a ban on the online Blue Whale game that has been blamed for a number of deaths of young people. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud sought the government’s response and asked […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said he was sure Aadhaar will stand the test of constitutionality as the Supreme Court’s decision on the legislation is still pending. “The legislation has been passed and I’m sure it will stand the test of constitutionality. Even while upholding the idea of privacy as an important constitutional […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre, CBI and Haryana government on a plea by the father of a seven-year old student of Ryan International School in Gurugram who was found murdered in the washroom last week. Slain Pradhuman’s father Varun Chandra Thakur had moved the apex court seeking a Central […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a plea by the father of a murdered Ryan International School student seeking a CBI probe into the incident. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud will hear the matter at 12.45 p.m. Besides seeking the Central Bureau of […]

New Delhi: The government is moving ahead with linking Aadhaar with mobile SIM cards and all unlinked phones will be deactivated after February 2018, said informed sources. The sources said Aadhaar mobile linkage is being done as per the orders of Supreme Court passed in February this year in Lokniti foundation case and all SIM […]

Mumbai: The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) on Friday released the BCCI handbook titled “100 Things Every Professional Cricketer Must Know” as part of Justice Lodha Committee recommendations. “The document will now be the official BCCI Cricketer’s Handbook. It has ten sections on various topics related to professional cricket, which will guide young cricketers,” […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday banned all anti-NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) protests in Tamil Nadu and directed the state government to ensure that no agitation takes place against the common entrance tests for admission to medical colleges. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court was informed on Wednesday the deadline for linking Aadhaar to various government schemes for benefits will be extended till December 31. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Amitava Roy and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar said the challenge to the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme would be heard in the […]

New Delhi: Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Thursday said that with the Supreme Court ruling that right to privacy is a fundamental right it would be possible to ask the apex court to take a second look at Section 377, which criminalises gay sex. “In my view, it (Section 377) was rightly struck down or read […]

Chandigarh: The 10-year-old rape victim, whose abortion plea was turned down by the Supreme Court, today delivered a baby through C-section at one of the government hospitals here, a senior doctor said. The girl’s condition is stable. “The minor girl delivered a baby through C-section this morning. The infant’s weight is 2.2 kg and it […]

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court on Friday said it would start hearing appeals in Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case from December 5 and that no adjournments will be allowed A three-member bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice Abdul Naseer asked contesting parties to translate into English, within 12 weeks, the exhibits of […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government on a plea challenging the validity of the Article 370 of the Constitution that gives special status to the state. A bench of Chief Justice J.S. Khehar, Justice A.K. Goel and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud asked the Centre and […]

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court on Friday refused to allow a 10-year-old rape victim, who is 32 weeks pregnant, to undergo an abortion due to health issues. A division bench of Chief Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud turned down the plea to terminate the child’s pregnancy after a medical board, set up to […]

New Delhi: Senior counsel Gopal Subramanium told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the right to privacy is a pre-existing natural right which is inherent in the Constitution though not explicitly mentioned. Subramanium is leading the argument on behalf of the petitioners who have challenged the Aadhaar scheme on the grounds of its being violative […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dropped contempt proceedings against former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Anurag Thakur as it accepted his unqualified apology. The bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud also accepted “regrets” from Thakur who was present in the court in pursuance […]