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“Between protecting environment and protecting human life, we must lean in favour of protecting human life,” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said.

Says situation is like national emergency, seeks details on oxygen, drug supply and vaccination

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Uttar Pradesh said the state government has issued several directions and taken adequate precaution on the issue.

The ISRO spy case surfaced in 1994 when Narayanan was arrested on charges of espionage along with another senior official of ISRO, two Maldivian women and a businessman.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde asked all state governments, which have been party in the case, to submit their response.

HC panel was dealing with a batch of writ petitions against the government’s action in reducing the reservation percentages for OBCs in Local Body Elections from 34% to 22%

A bench of the Apex Court, headed by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on him for filing the frivolous petition before it and misusing the SC's precious time

According to Supreme Court sources, many staff members of the top court are believed to be infected with COVID-19. The top court premises, including courtrooms, are getting sanitised and benches will sit one hour late from the scheduled time.

Directing ASI to undertake a survey on Gyanvapi Mosque is a disquieting development

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said the victims' kin have consented for compensation of Rs 10 crore above the ex-gratia amount already paid in the case.

The top court said: "Therefore, it is not possible to grant the interim relief prayed for. However, it is made clear that the Rohingyas in Jammu, on whose behalf the present application is filed, shall not be deported unless the procedure prescribed for such deportation is followed."

Delay in allowing women to take up permanent commission shows how even a legitimate reform faces resistance

The committee comprises four members: Bhupinder Singh Mann, National President, Bharatiya Kisan Union and All India Kisan Coordination Committee; Dr. Parmod Kumar Joshi, Agricultural Economist, Director for South Asia

The government is said to be of the view that the State Legislatures should be allowed to determine the quantum of reservations depending upon the circumstances prevailing in respective States

A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said it is allowing the appeals filed by Tata Group. 

On October 6, 2020, Jagan Mohan Reddy had written to CJI alleging that AP HC was being used to destabilise and topple his democratically elected govt, and requested him to examine the matter

The comments come in the wake of recent criticism against the Supreme Court that it had asked a rape accused in another case whether he would marry the victim.

It is incongruous for a free democratic country to have a sedition law that fights its own citizens

Tandav, a nine-episode political thriller starring Bollywood A-listers Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia and Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, started streaming recently.

The order was passed on the plea filed by former Union minister and senior advocate Ashwani Kumar, who has sought directions with regard to elderly people.