New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear on October 28 a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission to place in the public domain the list of electors issued notices during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll in Delhi along with specific reasons for each notice. Advocate Prashant…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed further proceedings in a defamation case before a trial court in Maharashtra against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Aparesh Kumar Singh issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the complainant, M…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Registry has flagged more than 10 defects in a petition filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition leaders alleging large-scale voter deletions and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. According to sources, the Registry on Monday asked the filing lawyer to submit a clear…
New Delhi: Intensifying their agitation against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the opposition parties would march to the Supreme Court on Monday, with Congress’ Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge seeking a meeting with Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant to raise the issue of “vote chori”. The Chief Justice, however, declined to meet Lok…
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has quashed a “casual” order passed by the Special Judge (SC/ST Act) of Maharajganj, which directed the registration of an FIR against a sub-inspector, a constable, and 20 police officers in a “casual” manner, violating statutory provisions under Section 173(4) of the BNSS dealing with information in cognisable cases. Quashing…
New Delhi: Expressing its concern over the closure of 57 Metro stations and cancellation of trains coming to New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin railway stations due to upcoming protests here, the Supreme Court on Friday observed that the Centre “cannot use a hammer to kill a fly” and ordered that there cannot be complete prohibition….
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ordered fresh elections in 50 municipal wards in Punjab after a fact-finding commission found “widespread obstruction during the nomination process” in the local body polls. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana set aside elections in 50 wards – 28 in Patiala…
New Delhi: Chief Justice Surya Kant on Tuesday administered oath of office to three new judges elevated to the Supreme Court, taking its working strength to 37, one short of the sanctioned 38. Justices Sunita Agarwal, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Aparesh Kumar Singh took oath in the auditorium of the new Supreme Court block. All…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Election Commission and the Centre on pleas alleging that the poll body took several decisions without the approval of the two election commissioners and said it will annul decisions found not to be in accordance with law. The top court, however, refused to pass…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has taken suo motu cognisance of the proposed relocation of the 135-year-old Central Secretariat Library (CSL) in New Delhi. A bench on Monday comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and Sanjeev Sachdeva issued a notice seeking a detailed affidavit from the Centre within three weeks. The affidavit must outline the…
