New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 riots in the state. Holding the PIL challenging the remission as maintainable, a bench of Justices B V…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea challenging an Allahabad High Court order dismissing a PIL seeking a direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to acquire the Krishna Jahmabhoomi Janmasthan at Mathura and hand it over to the Hindus for worshipping Lord Krishna. Advocate Mahek Maheshwari had filed an appeal before the…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji, arrested by the ED last year in a money laundering case, on Wednesday moved a city Court seeking bail. Principal Sessions Judge S Alli, before whom the bail petition filed by Balaji came up for hearing, posted to January 8, further hearing of the case, after ED’s counsel…
Allahabad: The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) on Wednesday sought another four weeks from the Varanasi district court for the report on the Gyanvapi Mosque case to be made public. The case revolves around the demand to reveal the ASI findings in the legal battle over the mosque. The decision holds crucial implications for the ongoing dispute which…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday while pronouncing its verdict on a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the allegations of stock price manipulation against the Adani Group said that the facts of the case did not warrant a transfer of probe to an SIT or another agency. Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday defended the collegium system of judges appointing judges to the higher judiciary, asserting that steps have been taken to ensure greater transparency. In an exclusive interview with PTI, the CJI said it is very easy to criticise the process but every effort is being made…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed three bills to replace the colonial-era criminal laws by voice vote. The three redrafted bills — the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill — were introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Home Minister Amit Shah last week….
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday set aside an order of a trial court, acquitting Higher Education Minister and DMK leader K Ponmudy and his wife P Visalakshi in a Rs 1.75 crore disproportionate assets case. Passing orders on an appeal filed by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Justice G Jayachandran convicted the…
New Delhi: In yet another setback to AAP leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, the Supreme Court has rejected his review petition against an order, rejecting his plea for bail in the money laundering case connected to the Delhi excise policy scam. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and S V N…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the government’s decision to abrogate Article 370, which bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and said steps should be taken to conduct elections in the assembly by September 30 next year. Writing the judgement for himself and Justices Gavai and Surya Kant,…
