New Delhi: A Hindu party on Friday filed a caveat in the Supreme Court saying no orders be passed without hearing it on any appeal against the Madhya Pradesh High Court order in the Bhojshala complex dispute case. The caveat, filed by Jitendra Singh ‘Vishen’ through advocate Barun Kumar Sinha, said, “Let no order be…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday told the Calcutta High Court that police remained passive during post-poll violence in West Bengal, while asserting that it is not a “bulldozer state”, amid ongoing demolition drives against illegal structures. The former chief minister, who appeared for the first time before the high court to argue…
New Delhi: Observing that Hinduism is a way of life, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it is not necessary for a Hindu to mandatorily go to a temple or perform a ritual in order to remain a Hindu and even lighting a lamp inside house is enough to prove one’s belief. The observation of…
New Delhi: She came to the Supreme Court seeking a re-evaluation of her paper in the examination for joining judicial services as a magistrate. What she got instead was a rejection — and a candid confession by the Chief Justice that he too had wanted to join the judicial services in his youth but was…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court will hear on May 12 a plea seeking probe against former Congress president and the current Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over allegations of possessing disproportionate assets. A bench comprising Justices Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Zafeer Ahmad passed the order on a petition…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Saturday said no further order was necessary on the TMC’s plea challenging the Calcutta High Court’s dismissal of its petition against an Election Commission circular on the deployment of central government personnel for vote counting in West Bengal. A special bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera in connection with a criminal case filed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife over allegations related to multiple passports and undisclosed overseas assets. A bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice AS Chandurkar reserved its decision on the…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea of Congress leader Pawan Khera seeking anticipatory bail in a case registered against him related to allegations that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife possessed multiple passports and undisclosed properties abroad. A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and AS Chandurkar reserved…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday took strong exception to a plea by AIIMS seeking to set aside its order allowing a 15-year-old girl to medically terminate her 30-week pregnancy, and asked the Centre to consider amending the law to permit rape survivors to terminate unwanted pregnancies even beyond 20 weeks. The top court…
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday granted interim relief to former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) and former Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao by restraining the State government from initiating action against them based on the PC Ghose Commission report on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project. A division bench headed by Chief Justice…
