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Justice Surya Kant to take oath as 53rd CJI on Monday
New Delhi: Justice Surya Kant will take oath on Monday as the 53rd Chief Justice of India (CJI), marking the beginning of his 14-month tenure in the country’s highest judicial office. President…
- India
Stalin vows no rest until constitution amended to fix governor’s timelines
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Friday asserted that “there will be no rest” until amending the Constitution to fix timelines for governors to clear Bills.…
- India
Supreme Court seeks EC reply on pleas against SIR exercise in Kerala
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission’s decision to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and other…
- Business
Women’s representation still weak in regulatory spaces: SC Judge
New Delhi: Supreme Court Justice Sanjay Karol on Thursday lamented that corporate women in senior regulatory positions were still given “soft portfolios” instead of the strategic ones. Justice Karol was delivering the…
- India
Courts cannot fix timeline for Governor, Prez to give assent to bills: SC
New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that timelines cannot be fixed for the Governor and the President for giving assent to bills passed by state assemblies…
- India
SC may refer Talaq-e-Hasan challenge to constitution bench
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it may consider referring the challenge to the validity of Talaq-e-Hasan, a form of divorce among Muslims in India, to a larger five-judge constitution…
- India
We don’t mind criticism of judiciary but there shouldn’t be sweeping allegations: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it does not mind criticism of the judiciary but there should not be sweeping allegations of any kind. A bench of Justices Surya Kant,…
- Telangana
SC pulls up TGSRTC officials over misleading affidavit
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, November 18, came down heavily on Telangana Government State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) officials for failing to mention a pending Special Leave Petition (SLP) in their…
- India
Delhi riots ‘larger conspiracy’: SC hears Delhi Police arguments today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to resume hearing on Tuesday the bail pleas of student leaders Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, and other activists accused in the alleged “larger…
- India
SC issues notice to Centre, agencies, Anil Ambani over banking fraud
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Centre, CBI, ED, Anil Ambani and others on a PIL seeking a court-monitored probe into alleged massive banking and corporate fraud…
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SC to Telangana speaker: ‘Grossest contempt’ over MLA disqualification delay
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a contempt notice to the Telangana speaker for not complying with its direction to decide disqualification pleas against 10 BRS MLAs, who had defected…
- Delhi
Delhi HC extends time for lawyer to surrender in rape case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday extended till November 17 the time for a lawyer to surrender in a rape case lodged against him by a woman advocate. On November…
- India
Maneka Gandhi calls Supreme Court’s order on stray dogs ‘impractical’
New Delhi: Animal rights activist and former Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Thursday described the Supreme Court’s directive on removing stray animals and lodging them at shelter homes as “impractical”, and said…
- India
Nithari killings: Surendra Koli walks out of jail after SC acquittal
Noida: Surendra Koli, accused in the infamous Nithari serial killings, has been released from the Luksar district jail in Greater Noida, a day after the Supreme Court acquitted him in the last…
- News
SC calls for AG and bar body input to prevent shoe-hurling at CJI
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the attorney general (AG) and the apex court’s Bar body to give suggestions to prevent recurrence of incidents like attempted shoe hurling at Chief…