Tag: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday lifted its 18-month-old ban on all mining activities in mineral rich Goa by allowing annual excavation of up to 20 million MT of iron ore

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday handed over to the CBI the investigation into the criminal cases related to the Vyapam scam and over 40 deaths linked to it. The CBI will start its probe from Monday. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu handed over the probe to the Central […]

New Delh: The Supreme Court on today ruled that there was no need for the consent of the father in giving guardianship of a child to an unwed mother. The apex court bench headed by Justice Vikramajit Sen said this while recalling the earlier order of a guardianship court and asking it to re-examine the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that a rape accused would not be let off the hook even if he agrees to enter into wedlock with the rape victim, saying that for a woman, her body is her own temple and could not be defiled. “When a human frame is defiled, the purest […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court collegium recommended and reiterated the appointments of people as judges despite adverse Intelligence Bureau reports and judges’ critical comments against them, the central government today told the apex court. Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi today submitted to the court a list of a few names running into 10 pages with comments […]

The Supreme Court today extended, till June 12, the stay of declaration of the All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test (AIPMT) results, over-riding its earlier order restraining the Central Board of Secondary Education to hold back the results till June 9

Rome: Bosses who use the social networking website Facebook to spy on their employees at work are not breaking the law, Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled. The court ruling on yesterday was found to be in favour of a printer who fired a worker when the former caught him chatting with a woman, whose fake […]

The Supreme Court today accused Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of double standards by seeking stay of criminal defamation proceedings against him but issuing a circular permitting action against media groups for defamatory reporting

Chandigarh: A retired judge of the Supreme Court will probe all irregularities, including the controversial multi-million-rupee land deals of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, a senior minister in Haryana said today. Haryana’s education minister Ram Bilas Sharma told media here that the commission under the retired Supreme Court judge would inquire into all […]

The Supreme Court today prohibited the use of photographs of political leaders, including ministers, in advertisements issued by the government and its agencies, saying that it leads to promotion of personality cult

The Supreme Court today suspended criminal defamation suit against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his speech about the RSS and the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi during elections last year

The Supreme Court today suspended criminal defamation proceedings against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal initiated by Union minister Nitin Gadkari and advocate Surender Sharma for making alleged defamatory remarks

The Supreme Court today extended the bail of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa till the Karnataka High Court disposed of her appeal against her conviction and sentencing in a disproportionate assets case by the special court

Bengaluru: Scrapping of the Information Technology (IT) Act’s draconian section 66A by the Supreme Court was a victory for free speech proponents and citizens, lawmaker and a petitioner in the contentious case Rajeev Chandrasekhar said here on Tuesday. Hailing the top court for its landmark judgement, the Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka told IANS that […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today directed Odisha’s chief secretary to be present in court on April 10 for failure of the State in responding to the notice issued, and a fine subsequently imposed, in connection with the rape video case now being probed by the CBI on its directions. “Something is wrong with Odisha,” […]