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New Delhi: Observing that mushrooming of illegal colonies across the country is a menace to urban development, the Supreme Court Monday said there is a need for a comprehensive action plan by state governments to prevent these illegal colonies from coming up. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai appointed senior […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the registry to communicate the status quo order to North Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor, North DMC Commissioner and Delhi Police commissioner. The court’s decision came after senior Advocate Dushyant Dave’s submission in the Supreme Court that demolition continued in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri despite the apex court’s status quo […]
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Hyderabad: Tempers ran high and heated arguments took place between former TRS MP Sitaram Naik and BJP leader Ravindra Naik over the Tribal reservation issue with both the leaders holding Centre and State Governments responsible for the delay. The arguments took place in the presence of former Minister Etala Rajender at the Sevalal Sena’s “10 […]
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New Delhi: Vyapam scam whistleblower Anand Rai’s lawyer on Monday told the Supreme Court that Anand Rai has got bail from a local court in Madhya Pradesh. A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud observed that Anand Rai has been released on bail on April 7, 2022, by a local court in Madhya Pradesh. The […]
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New Delhi: Future Retail Limited (FRL) counsel on Friday told the Supreme Court that nobody wants to do business with it today as Section 7 of the IBC may come any day, and the company owes landlords thousands of crores in rentals, as Amazon could not get Future Retail, it destroyed the company. Senior advocate […]
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New Delhi: The Central government has told the Supreme Court that state governments, where Hindus or other communities are less in number, can declare them a minority community within their territory. The Ministry of Minority Affairs, in an affidavit, said: “It is submitted that the state governments can also declare a religious or linguistic community […]
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New Delhi: Amazon counsel on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the dialogue to settle the dispute with Future Retail did not work, and complained against Reliance taking over Future stores, despite no asset transfer order. Senior advocate Gopal Subramanium, representing Amazon, submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, “the efforts did […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday expressed concern over fake claims for getting ex-gratia compensation of Rs 50,000, meant for family members of those who have lost their lives due to COVID-19, saying it had never visualized that this can be “misused” and had thought that the “morality” has not gone so down. The apex […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by Malayalam news channel Media One challenging the Kerala High Court order, which upheld Centre’s decision to not renew its telecast licence. The Centre had cited national security grounds to justify the ban. A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising […]
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Hyderabad: For settlement of all kinds of civil cases and compoundable criminal cases (both pre-litigation and pending litigation cases), the National Legal Services Authority has proposed to hold a National Lok Adalat on March 12 across the country, at all levels — from Supreme Court to Taluq court. Accordingly, Telangana State Legal Services Authority, in […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to make its stand clear on Bitcoins. Currently, there is no regulation or any ban on the use of cryptocurrencies in the country. A bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Surya Kant told the additional solicitor general (ASG) Aishwarya Bhati, “You have to make your […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the Pegasus snooping case on February 25 after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Centre, sought adjournment citing his preoccupation in another matter on Wednesday. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana adjourned the case for Friday on Mehta’s request. The case […]
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New Delhi: In a setback to the Uttar Pradesh government, the Supreme Court Friday directed it to refund the fine and restore the attached properties of the alleged anti-CAA protestors for causing damage to public and private assets in December 2019. The apex court said it is a case of “unjust enrichment”, and the state […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear bail plea of Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, and sought a response from the CBI. A bench headed by Justice L. Nageswara Rao issued the notice to the CBI on an application filed by Mukerjea. The top court said […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday held that an insurance company cannot reject a claim on the basis that there was a delay in communicating the theft of a vehicle to it. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M. Trivedi said: “When the complainant had lodged the FIR immediately after the theft […]
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In view of the impugned order, Muslim women students have been asked to not wear the 'religious garments, including head-scarf, and not insist on wearing religious attire, stated the appeal while seeking stay on the High court order.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Trinamool Congress leader SK Supiyan, who was the election agent of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram. The Court allowed his plea seeking anticipatory bail with various conditions. The apex court was hearing the appeal filed by Supiyan, challenging an order of the Calcutta […]
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A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli issued notices to the Future group firms and listed the plea for hearing on February 23.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government on a plea against the latter’s decision allocating 50 per cent of seats in super-specialty courses in government medical colleges for the in-service doctors of the state. A bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai sought response […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to consider a plea by gangster Abu Salem that his imprisonment cannot extend beyond 25 years, according to the terms of his extradition from Portugal by the Indian government. Advocate Rishi Malhotra, representing Salem, submitted before a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul that […]
