Prayagraj:Â The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday fixed September 18 for further hearing on a petition challenging the maintainability of a suit seeking “restoration” of a temple where the Gyanvapi mosque stands in Varanasi, after neither the petitioner nor the defendant appeared in the case. The court of Chief Justice Pritinker Diwakar had allowed a virtual…
New Delhi:Â The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted protection from any coercive action to a retired colonel against whom an FIR was lodged by the Manipur Police allegedly on the basis of the contents of his book published in January 2022. The top court also protected a professor against possible coercive action in connection with another…
New Delhi, Sep 11 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL challenging the law establishing pre-eminence of the lieutenant governor over the elected dispensation in controlling services in the national capital, saying it is already seized of a plea of the Delhi government. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud…
New Delhi:Â The Supreme Court on Monday extended till September 15 its order asking the Manipur Police not to take any coercive steps against four members of the Editors Guild of India (EGI) in connection with two FIRs lodged against them for alleged offences, including promoting enmity between two communities. A bench headed by Chief Justice…
New Delhi:Â The Supreme Court has awarded life imprisonment to former Lok Sabha MP from Bihar Prabhunath Singh for the killing of two persons on polling day during assembly elections in Saran district in 1995, observing that the state had not prosecuted the case fairly and rather assisted the accused throughout. On August 18, the apex…
Nagpur:Â A local court here on Friday acquitted Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a complaint lodged against him for alleged non-disclosure of criminal cases pending against him in his poll affidavit submitted ahead of the 2014 assembly elections. Civil Judge S S Jadhav, while holding Fadnavis “nirdosh mukta” (acquitted), noted that there was no…
New Delhi:Â The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear during the day a plea by the Editors Guild of India seeking protection from coercive action in two FIRs lodged in Manipur against some of its members. The matter was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud….
New Delhi:Â The Supreme Court Monday asked National Conference leader Mohd Akbar Lone to file an affidavit swearing allegiance to the Constitution of India and accepting the country’s sovereignty, after the ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogan that he allegedly raised in the Jammu & Kashmir assembly in 2018 kicked up a massive row. Lone, the lead petitioner challenging…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Thursday warned lawyers and litigants about a fake website of the Supreme Court created for phishing attacks and asked them to be careful with monetary transactions. The top court has also issued a public notice and asked the public to neither click nor share any…
New Delhi:Â Elections in Jammu and Kashmir can take place any time and a decision on the issue has to be taken by the poll panel, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday while giving a roadmap for restoration of electoral democracy and complete statehood in the union territory. A five-judge bench headed by Chief…
