New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted six weeks to the Telangana government to come out with a “good proposal” for the holistic restoration of the Kancha Gachibowli forest site, saying the state government will have to replant the uprooted trees. A bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the 11 documents required to be submitted by an elector for Bihar’s special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, as opposed to seven documents in summary revision conducted previously, showed the exercise was “voter-friendly”. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, which resumed hearing…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed its retired judge L Nageswara Rao as an ombudsman of Bihar Cricket Association to take action against alleged illegal activities of some office bearers. A bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said it was passing the order to ensure smooth functioning of the association without…
New Delhi: (Aug 12) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said including or excluding citizens and non-citizens from electoral rolls was within the Election Commission of India’s remit as it called the Bihar special intensive revision (SIR) row “largely a trust deficit issue”. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, which commenced the hearing…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday protected owners of diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years in Delhi-NCR. A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V Anjaria passed the order after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Delhi government,…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday called itself the “custodian” of all citizens in the country as it reserved its decision in a suo motu case on summoning of lawyers by probe agencies while representing clients in cases. A bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V…
New Delhi: State Bar Councils or the Bar Council of India cannot collect any “optional” fee other than the statutory charge from law graduates enrolling as lawyers, the Supreme Court has said while asking the Karnataka State Bar Council to stop collecting any such amount. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on August 8 (Friday) refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) pleading for an independent safety audit of Air India following the tragic crash of flight AI-171 in Ahmedabad on June 12, which killed over 241 people onboard and 19 on the ground. The bench of Justices…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday deleted its observation in which it criticised Allahabad High Court udge Prashant Kumar for allowing criminal proceedings in a civil dispute case, making it clear that its intention was not to embarrass or cast aspersions on him. A bench of Justice J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan reiterated…
New Delhi: In a big blow to Justice Yashwant Varma, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected his plea challenging the investigation report into the cash recovery case. Justice Varma, who served as a judge of the Delhi High Court, had moved the top court, seeking to invalidate the report of an inquiry committee that investigated the…
