New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave anticipatory bail to cartoonist Hemant Malviya, who is accused of sharing allegedly objectionable cartoons of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS workers on social media. Noting that he has apologised on his Facebook and Instagram accounts, a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria gave…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has ordered round-the-clock security to a BJP worker who has been pursuing a case against Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, seeking cancellation of his Indian citizenship. The bench on Thursday directed the secretary of the Union Home Ministry to accord one Personal…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre on a plea by former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy seeking a direction to the government to “expeditiously” decide his representation to declare ‘Ram Setu’ as a national monument. ‘Ram Setu’, also known as Adam’s bridge, is a chain of limestone shoals between…
Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court has directed that the Reserve Bank of India, private banks, and telecom companies be made parties in a case involving the issuance of fake non-bailable warrants in the name of state judges and police officers to extort money. Money was embezzled through four bank accounts in the case. Hearing a…
Panaji: Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai on Saturday said the level of success in professional life was not determined by examination results but by determination, hard work, dedication, and commitment to work, and recalled that he was a bright student but would skip classes. Speaking during the golden jubilee celebration of V…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday modified its August 11 direction prohibiting release of stray dogs from dog shelters in Delhi-NCR, and said the picked up canines be sterilised, vaccinated and released back in the same area. A three-judge special bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath made clear that this relocation shall not apply…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was “impossible” that in a continuing marriage a husband or a wife could say they want to be independent of their partner. If anybody wanted to be independent, they ought not enter matrimony, a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan cautioned. The bench…
New Delhi: Judicial activism should not become judicial terrorism, Chief Justice of India B R Gavai said on Thursday during the presidential reference hearing, which raised constitutional questions on whether the court can impose timelines for governors and the president to deal with bills passed by state assemblies. The chief justice’s remark came when Solicitor…
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into alleged large-scale manipulation of electoral rolls in Karnataka’s Mahadevapura Assembly constituency and other areas during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The petition, filed by advocate and Congress member Rohit Pandey, has urged the…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked what is wrong if the president herself seeks views through a presidential reference on whether fixed timelines can be imposed on governors and the president for acting on bills passed by state legislatures. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai…
