New Delhi: Taking strong note of acute dissimilarity in perks and retirement benefits of temporary and regular employees, the Supreme Court on Monday said that the State as an employer cannot retain a workforce which does the same work as permanent staff but is denied corresponding benefits. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and AG…
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency on Friday told the Supreme Court that it is all set to conduct the NEET-UG exam in computer-based test (CBT) mode from next year instead of the pen and paper mode after consulting the Centre. The National Testing Agency (NTA), responsible for conducting the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test…
Jabalpur: Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday quashed the anticipatory bail of former judge Giribala Singh in the Twisha Sharma death case. In its 17-page order, vacation judge Devnarayan Mishra said, “In the light of the factual aspects of the case and the allegations levelled against the respondent (Giribala Singh), the anticipatory bail order dated…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the power of the Election Commission of India to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls, saying that it “advances the constitutional imperative of free and fair elections”. It can’t be said that the poll panel acted outside statutory powers by exercising SIR, observed…
New Delhi: The central government will not take forceful possession of the Delhi Gymkhana Club Land on June 5, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday. Following the submission, Justice Avneesh Jhingan said no interim order was required on the lawsuits by members and staff of the club against the Centre’s…
New Delhi: Observing that it was “pained” by the narrative that the judiciary was shielding the accused, the Supreme Court on Monday said it would ensure a fair, independent, and impartial CBI probe into the death of former model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma. Sharma, 33, was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Bhopal’s Katara Hills area…
Jabalpur: A Bhopal court on Saturday sent Samarth Singh, husband of deceased Twisha Sharma and the prime accused in her death case, to seven days of police remand after he was produced before the court following a medical examination. The developments came as the Madhya Pradesh high court ordered a second autopsy by an expert…
Jabalpur/Bhopal: The high-profile Twisha Sharma dowry death case saw fast-paced developments on Friday with the Madhya Pradesh High Court ordering a second autopsy by a specialised AIIMS Delhi team, while the victim’s absconding husband withdrew his anticipatory bail plea and his mother, a retired judge, was served a notice for the cancellation of her bail…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered setting up a three-member special investigation team (SIT) of the CBI to probe the developments from the time the R G Kar Medical College’s trainee doctor had dinner on the ill-fated night of August 2024 to her cremation. The young medic was raped and murdered in the…
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Thursday strongly refuted in the Supreme Court the Centre’s claim that the company and its two offshore partner firms allegedly siphoned from the Krishna-Godavari basin deposits gas which migrated to their area from the state-owned ONGC gas field. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya…
