New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast-unto-death at the Khanauri border point to press for the acceptance of farmers’ demands, to persuade the protesting farmers not to obstruct highways and cause inconvenience to people. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan…
Sambhal (UP): Amid tight security, members of a judicial commission on Sunday visited the Shahi Jama Masjid here and other areas which witnessed violence over a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era mosque. Panel head retired Allahabad High Court judge Devendra Kumar Arora and retired IPS officer Arvind Kumar Jain were the two members of the…
Shimla: The district court here on Saturday dismissed an application filed by the All Himachal Muslim Organisation challenging the October 5 order of the Municipal Commissioner’s Court to demolish three “illegally” built stories of Sanjauli mosque. Counsel of All Himachal Muslim Organisation (AHMO) Vishva Bhushan told the reporters here that their application has been rejected…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Sambahl trial court not to pass any order related to the survey of a Mughal-era mosque while directing the Uttar Pradesh government to maintain peace and harmony in the violence-hit town. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar ordered the Allahabad High Court…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order of the Madras High Court restoring a disproportionate wealth case against expelled AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam and seven of his family members. A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and S V N Bhatti issued notice on the plea filed…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a petition challenging the November 19 order of a district court, which directed that a survey be undertaken of a Mughal-era mosque in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal. According to the cause list of November 29 uploaded on the apex court website, a bench headed by…
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has directed the Centre to place before it on December 19 the decision taken on a representation moved against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who claimed he concealed his British citizenship in contesting the parliamentary election from Raebareli seat this year. A bench of justices AR Masoodi and Subhash Vidyarthi passed…
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has held that section 52A in the Waqf Act which came into effect in November 2013 and penalises alienation of waqf property without the sanction of the Waqf Board does not have a retrospective effect. The ruling by Justice P V Kunhikrishnan came on a plea by two persons challenging…
New Delhi: A fresh plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a probe into the indictment of billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani who has been charged in the US for alleged bribery and fraud, saying the move “unveiled malpractices carried out by the conglomerate”. The plea has been filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari as…
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday said the Speaker of the state Legislative Assembly must decide on the disqualification petitions against three BRS MLAs, who had joined the ruling Congress, within a “reasonable time”. A bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J Sreenivas Rao said no such deadline could be set, but…
