New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to rope in community leaders of various faiths to conduct ‘bhajan-kirtan’ and ‘namaz’ to check panic among migrant workers in shelter homes amid the coronavirus outbreak. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, cited the Home Secretary and told the court: “As of 11 a.m. […]
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Covid-19 scare: SC shifts to virtual hearing on urgent matters
New Delhi: Amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country, the Supreme Court said on Monday that it favours conducting virtual hearing on urgent matters as it considers shutting down its services. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices L.N. Rao and Surya Kant said the apex court administration would temporarily consider […]
Delay in deciding MP rebel legislators’ resignation will be ‘gold mine’ opportunity for horse trading: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it is not inclined to create a situation by giving two weeks time to Speaker N.P. Prajapati to decide on the resignations of 16 rebel Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh, as this gap period could become a ‘gold mine’ for horse-trading. A bench headed by Justice D.Y. […]
SC asks BJP if MP rebel MLAs exercised choice freely?
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the BJP how could the court be sure that the 16 rebel Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh, staying at a resort in Bengaluru, had exercised their choice to tender their resignations from the state Assembly freely? A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justice Hemant […]
SC threatens to jail MDs of telcos over AGR fiasco
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on Telcos, the government and even the media as it said no further objection to its adjusted gross revenue (AGR) order will be allowed against the payable dues. “All the newspapers are trying to influence courts. All the companies are trying to influence us through […]
SC grants Permanent Commission to women officers in Navy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed permanent commission to serving women officers in Indian Navy in all eligible branches and directed the Centre to comply with its order within three months. The top court said that there can’t be any discrimination citing physiological conditions, etc. The order will enable women officers for eligible […]
BJP urges SC to direct floor test in MP within 12 hours
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh BJP filed a plea in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking an order to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly to hold a floor test within 12 hours, as per the direction issued by Governor Lalji Tondon. The petiton contended that despite the clear-cut directions issued by the Governor to Chief […]
SC says no law to back name and shame posters in Lucknow
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday told the Uttar Pradesh government that there is no law currently in place to back its action of naming and shaming the people accused of vandalism during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in Lucknow. A vacation bench of Justices U. U. Lalit and Aniruddha Bose told Solicitor General Tushar […]
UP Government moves SC against HC order to remove ‘name-and-shame’ hoardings
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court, challenging the Allahabad High Court order directing the administration to pull down posters of people allegedly accused in vandalism during the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December. A vacation bench of Justices U.U. Lalit and Aniruddha Bose is scheduled to hear […]
In a first, SC Vacation Bench to hear cases during Holi break
New Delhi: For the first time, the Supreme Court will have a vacation bench during seven-day Holi break to hear urgent matters. Till date, the apex court only had vacation bench during summer break of nearly two months. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde said it will not sit on the day of […]