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…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the chief priest of the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple if the Constitution would not come to the rescue of a believer who is not allowed to touch the deity. The remark by the top court came after the chief priest said that when a devotee goes to a…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed activist Umar Khalid’s plea seeking a review of a verdict denying him bail, while observing that there are reasonable grounds to believe the allegations levelled against him in connection with a conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria also…
