New Delhi: Expressing concern over lack of committees in government departments to probe sexual harassment allegations at the workplace, the Supreme Court on Friday said the issue needs urgent amelioration through robust and efficient implementation of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) Act. The top court said it is disquieting to note that there are…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it cannot ordinarily adjudicate disqualification petitions against legislators under the anti-defection law and directed the Maharashtra Assembly speaker to take a decision on such pleas against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and other MLAs within a reasonable period. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday held the Maharashtra governor was not justified in calling upon then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to prove majority in the Assembly on June 30 last year but refused to order status quo ante, saying he did not face the floor test and resigned. It, however, said since Thackeray had resigned…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on Thursday on a clutch of cross-petitions filed by the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions of the Shiv Sena pertaining to the 2022 Maharashtra political crisis. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud will deliver its verdict on pleas related to the political…
Srinagar: Decks have been cleared for commencement of trial of Shubam Sangra, accused in the Kathua gangrape and murder case of 2018, at a court in Punjab after he was declared an adult by the Supreme Court last November. Sangra was among eight accused arrested in connection with the sensational gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old…
Kochi/Malappuram: With Kerala yet to recover from the shock of the fatal Tanur boat tragedy that claimed 22 lives, the Kerala High Court on Tuesday swung into action by initiating a PIL on its own to probe into the violation of rules that led to the mishap, which it described as “haunting.” Women and children were…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre and the Bihar government on a plea challenging the state government’s decision to prematurely release former MP Anand Mohan, who was serving life term in the 1994 murder case of then Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and JK…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and the Manipur government to take necessary steps for raising security and relief and rehabilitation efforts for those hit by ethnic violence in the north-eastern state, after taking note of submissions that no untoward incidents have been reported there in the last two days. Terming the…
Cuttack: CJI DY Chandrachud on Saturday said live streaming of court proceedings has flipside and judges need to be trained as every word they say is in the public realm in the age of social media. Addressing the National Conference on Digitisation, Paperless Courts and e-initiatives at the Odisha Judicial Academy here, CJI Chandrachud said courts…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea by 38 post graduate students of a Telangana-based medical college challenging its non-recognition by the National Medical Commission (NMC). A bench comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta took note of the submissions of senior lawyer Siddharth Bhatnagar and…
