Tag: Supreme Court

New Delhi: Two Congress MPs, Pratap Singh Bajwa and Amee Yajnik on Tuesday withdrew their petition in Supreme Court challenging rejection of the impeachment notice against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra by Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu. After a 45-minute hearing, a five-judge bench headed by Justice A K Sikri declared the petition […]

The Supreme Court Tuesday declined any interim relief to a government doctors’ association and said the Tamil Nadu government will have to grant admission in post-graduate medical courses to in-service doctors as per amended regulations of the Medical Council of India. Tamil Nadu Medical Officers Association and others have assailed two amended provisions of MCI’s […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to pass an interim order extending the deadline of March 31 for linking of Aadhaar with the welfare schemes where benefits are transferred to citizens from the Consolidated Fund of India. The top court had on March 13 extended indefinitely the March 31 deadline for linking bank […]

Amravati: Stressing that nobody was above the law, Supreme Court judge Justice Sharad Bobde today exhorted the judges and lawyers to work in tandem to meet the hopes and aspirations of people. He was speaking while inaugurating a new six-storey building of Amravati District and Sessions Court here. Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: In what could be a relief for lakhs of students across India, the Supreme Court today directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) not to make Aadhaar number mandatory for enrollment of students appearing in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2018 and other all-India exams. A five-judge Constitution bench headed […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today allowed Aditya Birla group firm Essel Mining and Industries Limited (EMIL) to resume operations at two of its iron ore mines in Odisha after the company submitted that it has paid a penalty of Rs 1,717 crore. EMIL, one of the largest Indian iron ore mining firms, is the […]

New Delhi: Supreme Court and high court judges have got a nearly two-fold salary hike with President Ram Nath Kovind giving nod to a bill passed by Parliament in this regard. The Chief Justice of India will now get a monthly salary of Rs 2.80 lakh, up from the present Rs one lakh. Similarly, judges […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the CBI to respond to a plea filed by one of the convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination case seeking recall of the apex court’s May 1999 order upholding his conviction. A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R Banumathi asked the probe agency to file […]

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra today held a meeting with four senior-most Supreme Court judges to resolve issues raised by them during a press conference on January 12. The meeting between the CJI and four judges– Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph — lasted for around 10-15 […]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha today rejected Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari’s proposal to settle the Mahanadi river water dispute with Chhattisgarh through dialogue. BJD spokesperson Prashant Nanda said that discussions on the matter would make sense only after the Chhattisgarh government halts construction work on the river. “There is no point in […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday extended the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various services and welfare schemes till March 31 next year. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in an interim order, also modified its earlier order with regard to linking of Aadhaar with mobile services and […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stated that 12 special courts, to be set up to exclusively deal with cases involving lawmakers, should start functioning from March 1 next year and asked the Centre to “forthwith” allocate Rs 7.80 crore proportionately to the respective states. Immediately after the allocation of the funds by the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the anticipatory bail granted to three trustees of the Ryan International Group in connection with the killing of a student in the school premises. A bench of Justices R K Agrawal and A M Sapre said the “petition is dismissed.” The court had earlier […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed another plea filed by a non-government organisation seeking an SIT probe into the alleged bribery case in the name of judges. A bench comprising justices R K Agrawal, Arun Mishra and A M Khanwilkar also imposed a cost of Rs 25 lakh on the petitioner NGO – Campaign […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court announced that courts cannot compel a husband to “keep his wife” as it asked a man, a pilot by profession, to deposit Rs 10 lakh as interim maintenance for his estranged wife and upkeep of their son. The apex court restored the bail order of the Madras High Court which […]