Kolkata: Holding that it cannot turn a blind eye to reports of vandalism in a few districts of West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court on Saturday ordered deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in Murshidabad district, which has been hit by violence allegedly linked to ongoing protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act. The court…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which transferred the probe in a case to the CBI, and said such directions should not be routinely passed. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran said the high courts should direct for Central Bureau…
New Delhi: A Delhi court has received the trial records of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks ahead of its alleged mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana’s arrival in India from the US, a court source said. Rana, a key accused in the 2008 attacks, is being brought to India on a special flight on Thursday after his last-ditch…
New Delhi: The national executive of Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad, a pan-India confederation of lawyers, would meet near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh on April 12 and 13, a release said. It said around 250 delegates from across the country would participate in the meetings at Haailand Resorts near Mangalagiri. “Senior counsels, law officers, and former…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court would likely on April 15 hear a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. The Centre, however, on Tuesday filed a caveat in the apex court and sought a hearing before any order was passed in the matter. Caveat is filed by a party…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi and said the reservation of 10 Bills by him for consideration of the president was in contravention of constitutional provisions. A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan held that the Governor’s actions lacked bona fides and…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday closed a matter over the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA) in holding last year’s NEET-UG after the Centre was assured of implementing exam reforms suggested by its expert panel. A bench comprising Justices P S Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi took note of the Centre’s compliance reports…
Prayagraj (UP): Justice Yashwant Varma, who was transferred from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court amid cash-at-home allegations, was administered the oath in a “clandestine” manner on Saturday, the High Court Bar Association (HCBA) here claimed while condemning the move. The lawyers’ body, which had opposed the repatriation of the judge, questioned…
New Delhi: (Apr 4) The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking the review of its decision rejecting the petitions for confiscating Rs 16,518 crore received by political parties under the 2018 electoral bond scheme. A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra dismissed the review plea filed…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider listing a plea of the Tamil Nadu government seeking transfer of its petition against the recent ED searches on the state-run liquor retailer from the Madras High Court to another high court outside the state. On March 25, a division bench of Justices M S…
