New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to examine pleas challenging the delimitation clause in the 2023 Nari Shakti Vandan Act which reserves one-third seats for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and P B Varale was not inclined to entertain the petitions filed by one…
Sultanpur (UP): The hearing in the defamation case against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, scheduled for Friday at an MP-MLA court here, was postponed due to a strike by lawyers. Advocate Santosh Kumar Pandey, representing complainant Vijay Mishra, stated that the special court’s magistrate Shubham Verma has now scheduled the hearing for January 22 to complete…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice on a plea by the Sambhal’s Jama Masjid management committee, and ordered status quo with regard to a private well located near the entrance of the mosque. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar directed that no steps be taken regarding…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Monday recused himself from hearing two separate pleas pertaining to finalisation of the constitutions of the Indian Olympic Association and the All India Football Federation, both framed by former apex court judge Justice L Nageswara Rao. At the outset of the proceedings, the Chief Justice of…
Prayagraj (UP): The Allahabad High Court on Friday refused to quash an FIR lodged against Samajwadi Party (SP) MP from Sambhal Zia-Ur-Rehman Barq for allegedly delivering a provocative speech that led to violence in the Uttar Pradesh district recently. However, the court made it clear that as the alleged offenses attract a maximum punishment of…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that the property right is a constitutional right and an individual cannot be deprived of his property without him being paid adequate compensation in accordance with the law. A bench of justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said the right to property ceased to be a…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday took exception to the “scurrilous and unfounded allegations” made against judges in a plea against the conferment of senior designations to lawyers. “How many judges can you name whose offsprings have been designated as senior counsel?” a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan asked…
Bareilly (UP): A court here has summoned Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on January 7 for his remarks related to the Economic Survey during the Lok Sabha polls. District and Sessions Judge Sudhir Kumar on Saturday issued notice to Gandhi. The summons are related to a plea filed…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it was important to establish proof of direct or indirect acts of instigation by the accused to attract the abetment of suicide offence. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said in order to sustain Section 306 of IPC, dealing with abetment of…
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday granted interim bail to actor Allu Arjun, who was arrested earlier in the day by the city police in connection with the death of a woman during the screening of his movie ‘Pushpa 2’ here last week. The HC order came shortly after the actor was remanded to…
