New Delhi: The Supreme Court has made public a 25-page probe report by Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya regarding the alleged recovery of cash from the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma. The report, now available on the apex court’s website, calls for a “deeper probe” into the controversy while also documenting Justice…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said misinformation and rumours were being spread over the incident related to Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, from whose official residence a large stash of cash was allegedly discovered after a fire. The proposal for Justice Varma’s transfer to Allahabad High Court, the court statement said,…
New Delhi: A senior lawyer appearing in the Delhi High Court on Friday expressed “shock and pain” after an alleged incident of cash discovery at the official residence of its sitting judge Justice Yashwant Varma came to light. The purported discovery followed a major fire at the residence. After the lawyer said many in the…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday refused to stop the proposed Cauvery Aarti programme at Sankey Tank scheduled on March 21. A division bench comprising Chief Justice NV Anjaria and Justice KV Aravind disposed of the application filed in this regard after attaining assurance by the state government, BWSSB, and BBMP that there would be…
New Delhi: Supreme Court’s Justice B R Gavai and five other judges would visit the relief camps in ethnic violence-hit Manipur on March 22, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has said. Over 200 people were killed, several hundreds injured and thousands displaced since ethnic violence first broke out in the state on May 3,…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Madras High Court order directing a CBI probe into corruption allegations against former AIADMK minister K T Rajendra Balaji in a cash-for-job scam case. A bench comprising Justices Pankaj Mithal and S V N Bhatti passed the order while hearing two pleas including the one filed…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday discharged Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani and Managing Director Rajesh Adani from a case of alleged violations of market regulations involving nearly Rs 388 crore. The Serious Fraud Investigation Office in 2012 initiated the case against Adani Enterprises Ltd. and its promoters Gautam Adani and Rajesh Adani, and…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna on Monday administered the oath of office to Justice Joymalya Bagchi, a judge of the Calcutta High Court, as a Supreme Court judge. The CJI administered the oath to Justice Bagchi in the presence of other Supreme Court judges at a ceremony on the apex court…
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the ASI to undertake and complete whitewashing of the Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district within one week. After hearing counsels for the parties, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal also directed the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to install lights on the outer portion of the mosque….
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has censured Jammu and Kashmir officials for not complying with a high court court over the regularisation of daily wagers and called it as a “glaring and textbook example of obstination”. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh said instead of complying with the 2007 order of…
