New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre and the Election Commission (EC) seeking direction to the poll panel to increase the tallying of VVPAT from the current 10 per cent to 30 per cent for this year’s general elections. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice […]
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Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) submits report on CBI Director Alok Verma to SC
New Delhi : The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on Monday submitted to the Supreme Court its report on a preliminary inquiry into allegations raised against CBI Director Alok Verma by his deputy and Special Director Rakesh Asthana. Another report was also submitted before a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shyam Kishan Kaul […]
SC sends Amrapali CMD, two Directors back to police custody
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday again sent the CMD and two Directors of real estate major Amrapali to police custody till documents of all 46 group companies seized for forensics audit were sorted and catalogued. Sending CMD Anil Kumar Sharma and Directors Shiv Priya and Ajay Kumar to police custody, a bench […]
SC bars coercive action against ‘Love Yatri’ film makers
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that no coercive action will be taken against makers of upcoming Hindi movie “Love Yatri”, produced by film start Salman Khan. Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud also asked police across the country not to register further FIRs against them film […]
SC verdict on Babri no setback, say Muslim petitioners
New Delhi : The Supreme Court ruling that rejected a plea for referring the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi dispute to a larger Constitution Bench is not a setback, a number of Muslim petitioners asserted on Thursday. By a majority 2-1 judgement, the Supreme Court rejected a plea for referring the case to a larger Constitution Bench and […]
SC’s observations in Aadhaar case
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the legality of Aadhaar restricting it to disbursement of social benefits and junking its requirement for cell phones and bank accounts. Here are the main observations of the apex court in its 1,448-page judgement: * It is better to be unique than the best. Because, being […]
Rahul claiming himself as Shiv bhakt, his party leaders challenging sanity of SC: VHP
New Delhi : The VHP on Wednesday hit out at former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over his remarks on the ‘Hindutva’ judgment of the Supreme Court, saying that Congress President Rahul Gandhi was describing himself as a ‘Shiv Bhakt’ whereas its leaders are challenging the sanity of the Supreme Court. Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) International […]
Aadhaar, Ayodhya and adultery — SC verdicts likely next week
New Delhi : The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce next week a spate of judgement including on Aadhaar, Ayodhya and adultery that would have bearings on the right to privacy, politics and social morality. The verdicts on the challenge to the constitutional validity of Aadhaar on the touchstone of it being violative of right […]
SC to hear plea for probe into Rafale deal on October 10
New Delhi : The Supreme Court will hear on October 10 a PIL petition seeking probe into the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets from French company Dassault. The bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Navin Sinha and Justice K.M. Joseph adjourned the hearing of matter on Tuesday as petitioner advocate M.L. Sharma had circulated […]
SC lifts ban on Saridon, two other drugs for now
New Delhi : The Supreme court on Monday lifted a ban on the manufacture and sale of Piramal’s painkiller Saridon and two other drugs – Piriton and Dart – for now. These drugs were part of the 328 Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) drugs whose manufacture, distribution and sale was banned by the Ministry of Health […]