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SC to hear on June 3 Delhi government’s plea seeking more water from Haryana, HP
The Delhi government had made the Centre, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh as parties to the case filed by it in the top court.
SC denies bail to alleged member of Sikhs for Justice in UAPA case
The Apex Court upheld the Punjab and Haryana High Court's order refusing bail to him, forcing him to knock the doors of the Supreme Court for relief.
SC rejects Bilkis Bano’s review petition against remission
New Delhi: Big setback for Bilkis Bano, as the Supreme Court had dismissed her review petition in which she had challenged this year's May 13 verdict which directed the Gujarat government to decide remission pleas of 11 life imprisonment…
SC grants bail to convict Farook in Godhra’s Sabarmati Express train burning case
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to a convict named Farook, sentenced to life imprisonment in the Godhra carnage case, after noting the fact that he has undergone 17 years sentence and that his role was of stone-pelting at…
Gautam Navlakha’s house arrest extended till Jan 2nd week
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Tuesday in its order extended the house arrest of 66-year-old human rights activist, Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, till the second week of January.
The matter was listed before the…
Delhi riots: SC says, Delhi HC’s remarks won’t prejudice Sharjeel Imam’s case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday clarified that the observations made by the Delhi High Court against Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student, Sharjeel Imam while denying bail to Umar Khalid in the Delhi riots conspiracy case, will…
Centre notifies appointment of Bombay HC CJ Dipankar Datta as SC judge
New Delhi: The Central government Sunday notified the appointment of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta as Supreme Court judge.
The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended Justice Datta's elevation to the apex court on…
SC imposes Rs 25K cost on man accusing YouTube of distracting….
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by a person seeking Rs 75 lakh compensation from YouTube for allegedly carrying sexually explicit advertisements which he claimed that the advertisements distracted him during…
SC says charity welcome, but can’t be for conversion
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that the freedom of religion doesn't include forced conversion, any charity is welcome, but it could not be for conversion purpose, while hearing a PIL seeking steps to ban forced religious…
Supreme Court: CEC should act even against PM, if there is some allegation against him
The AG, R Venkataramani has defended the Appointment process of Goel appointment and requested SC to respect the separation of powers.
Curative petition for probe into ‘Kashmiri Pandits genocide’ in SC on Tuesday
New Delhi: The curative petition filed by Roots in Kashmir (RIK), seeking a SIT (Special Investigation Team) probe into Kashmir Pandits' genocide, will be heard in Supreme Court on Tuesday, November 22,
The RIK had to file the curative…
Bihar POSCO court punishes a youth in kidnapping and gang rape case
Patna: The POCSO court awarded 10 years imprisonment to one Manoj Kumar of Digha police station area in connection with kidnapping and gang rape of a minor girl.
A terrified young woman held captive by a man with his hand over her mouth.…
SC refuses to NIA’s plea on Navlakha case review
New Delhi: Supreme Court in its order Friday refused to entertain NIA's plea for recall of its order to keep UAPA accused Gautam Navlakha, allegedly associated with banned Maoist organization, under house-arrest.
The Supreme Court in its…
Electoral bonds: SC agrees to hear fresh plea
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New Delhi: Supreme Court agreed to hear, without giving any date, a fresh plea filed relating to the Centre amending electoral bonds scheme to allow their sale for 15 extra days during the "year of general…
Supreme Court: Forced religious conversions very serious matter
New Delhi: Terming the forced religious conversion a "very serious issue", the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre about what steps it will take to prevent such incidents.
"What kind of steps will you (Centre) take and make sincere…
Apex Court slams Centre, says govt hurting justice
New Delhi: Pulling up the Centre for not clearing the names of judges named for the Supreme Court and High Courts, the apex court on Friday expressed its deep displeasure and observed that the "cause of law and justice suffers".
"The cause…
Cong rues SC decision on releasing Rajiv killers
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court's decision of premature release of six convicts of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case and termed it 'unacceptable'.
"The decision of the…
Azam Khan gets SC stay on Rampur ECI notification, after bail on Hate Speech
Lucknow: A notification for the by-polls for Rampur assembly seat, which was to be issued on Thursday, was deferred on Wednesday in the wake of a writ petition filed by Mohammad Azam Khan against the Election Commission of India, a senior…
Azam Khan gets interim bail for hate speech
Rampur (UP): In a major relief, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former MLA Mohammad Azam Khan on Wednesday got interim bail from the district court in a hate speech case in which he had been convicted for three years, defence counsel Vinod…
Justice DY Chandrachud sworn in as 50th CJI
New Delhi: Justice Dr Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud was on Wednesday sworn-in as the 50th Chief Justice of India by President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Justice Chandrachud will continue to remain in office for two years…