New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the contours of Article 361 of the Constitution which grants “blanket immunity” to governors from any kind of criminal prosecution. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud also issued a notice to the West Bengal government on a plea of a contractual woman…
New Delhi: On Thursday, the Supreme Court directed the National Test Agency (NTA) to publish the marks obtained by students in the NEET UG exams to enhance transparency regarding centre-wise scores. The apex court mandated that the results be published by Saturday noon, enabling the hearing on the matter to conclude on Monday. “The result…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court reserved on Wednesday its order on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s pleas challenging his arrest by the CBI in the excise policy case and seeking interim bail. Kejriwal’s senior counsel not only assailed his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) but also sought his release on bail in…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday listed for August 7 the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea challenging bail granted to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case stemming from the alleged excise scam. The high court had earlier stayed the trial court’s June 20 order by which Kejriwal was granted bail in…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider a suggestion for setting up a constitution bench to hear pleas challenging the validity of passage of laws like the Aadhaar Act by the Modi government as money bills allegedly to bypass the Rajya Sabha where it was in a minority. The BJP currently has…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on July 15 a plea of BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao challenging a Telangana High Court order dismissing his plea to declare as “illegal” the constitution of a commission to inquire into the alleged irregularities in the power sector during his tenure as the state’s chief…
New Delhi: In a notable turn of events, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal received a significant reprieve on Friday as the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in the Delhi excise case. The Court recognized that Kejriwal had already spent over 90 days in custody and acknowledged his status as an elected representative, providing him…
New Delhi:: The Supreme Court has postponed the hearing of pleas seeking the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2024 exam, held on May 5, to Thursday, July 18. The bench, led by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, noted that some parties have not yet received the affidavits from the Centre and the National Testing Agency (NTA) and…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday summoned the chief and finance secretaries of 16 states for non-compliance of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission recommendations on the payment of arrears of pension and other retirement benefits to the judicial officers. Expressing strong displeasure over non-compliance of the SNJPC’s recommendations, a bench of Chief Justice…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned to July 12 the hearing on the bail plea of former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, who was arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate last year. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih deferred the matter after Solicitor…
