New Delhi : The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Friday its verdict on the plea challenging the practice of prohibiting women in 10 to 50 age group from entering the Sabarimla temple having the deity of Lord Ayyappa in a “naishtika brahmacharya” (perennial celibate). The hearing on the challenge to the practice by […]
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Nandan Nilekani hails SC verdict on Aadhaar
Bengaluru : Asserting that Aadhaar is a unique identity project, its pioneer and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court judgement on it as landmark. “This is a landmark judgement in favour of Aadhaar, which is a unique identity project that is critical to the development goals of the nation,” Nilekani tweeted […]
SC verdict on quota in promotion for SC/ST on Wednesday
New Delhi : The Supreme Court will pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on Centre’s plea seeking reconsideration of 2006 judgment laying down the criteria for reservation in promotion for SC/ST employees which the government has contended is coming in the way of filling lakhs of vacancies in different departments. The top court by its 2006 […]
SC verdict on constitutional validity of Aadhaar today
New Delhi : The Supreme Court will likely pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on the batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar on grounds of it being violative of the fundamental right to privacy. Besides the validity of Aadhaar, the verdict on challenge to the tabling of Aadhaar as a money bill will […]
‘SC verdict dumps 158-year-old colonial legacy’
Bengaluru : Terming the Supreme Court’s verdict on Section 377 of the IPC a milestone for personal liberty, equality and principles of social justice, Swaraj India member Manohar Elavarthi on Thursday said it (ruling) had rid the country of a 158-year-old colonial legacy. “The verdict against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has […]
SC verdict on validity of Section 377 likely on Thursday
New Delhi : The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalises homosexuality. The five-judge constitution bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Indu Malhotra […]
SC reserves verdict on Delhi gang rape convicts’ plea against death
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on the plea of two of the four death row convicts seeking a review of the top court 2017 judgment upholding their death sentence in the December 16 Delhi gang rape case which shook the nation. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice […]