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…
New Delhi: An inquiry committee probing allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma in the alleged unaccounted cash discovery case has submitted its report to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, setting the stage for it to be tabled in Parliament during the next session. The report was presented on Monday under provisions of the Judges (Inquiry) Act,…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the right to live with dignity encompasses the right to live freely without threat from dogs as it dismissed all applications and petitions seeking recall of its earlier directions on relocation and sterilisation of strays. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria, which…
Bhopal: The suspicious death of 33-year-old model and actress Twisha Sharma has taken a critical turn as a Bhopal court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of her absconding lawyer-husband, Samarth Singh. Following the court’s decision on Monday, the Bhopal Police officially announced a cash reward of Rs 10,000 for any information leading to his…
New Delhi: Observing that bail is the rule and jail is an exception even in UAPA cases, the Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to a man facing trial in a high-profile narco-terror case for his alleged involvement in a cross-border syndicate engaged in drug trafficking and financing terror in Jammu and Kashmir. A bench…
New Delhi: A Hindu party on Friday filed a caveat in the Supreme Court saying no orders be passed without hearing it on any appeal against the Madhya Pradesh High Court order in the Bhojshala complex dispute case. The caveat, filed by Jitendra Singh ‘Vishen’ through advocate Barun Kumar Sinha, said, “Let no order be…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday told the Calcutta High Court that police remained passive during post-poll violence in West Bengal, while asserting that it is not a “bulldozer state”, amid ongoing demolition drives against illegal structures. The former chief minister, who appeared for the first time before the high court to argue…
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…
