New Delhi: After nearly 41 lakh people in Assam were left out of the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC), about 25 lakh people have sent a petition to the Centre for re-verification and it is under the consideration of the Union Home Ministry. Many genuine names have been left out and many bogus names are […]
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Karantaka Congress moves SC to reconsider July 17 order
New Delhi: Karnataka Congress President Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging its July 17 order which permitted 15 dissident MLAs of the Congress and JD-S to opt out of Assembly session. The Congress claims that the apex court order has whittled down its power to issue a whip, which is guaranteed […]
SC queries Centre, Assam on re-verification of NRC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the Centre and the Assam government’s request seeking extension on the publication of the final NRC citing 20 per cent re-verification of the draft NRC data to rule out discrepancies. The NRC is scheduled for publication on July 31. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre and […]
SC refuses urgent hearing on contempt plea over mob lynching
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused urgent hearing on a plea seeking to initiate contempt of court proceedings against some states for violating court directives in mob lynching cases. The ruling by an SC bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi came after a lawyer sought urgent hearing on contempt proceedings against some states […]
Court-monitored mediation in Ayodhya issue till July 31: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Ayodhya mediation panel to continue negotiations to develop a consensus between Hindu and Muslim parties on the temple dispute issue. The apex court also urged the mediators to continue the court-monitiored process confidentially till July 31, as it would apparently enable the top court to pass further […]
Rebel MLAs can’t be compelled to participate in trust vote, says Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that 15 Congress MLAs, who have tendered their resignations, cannot be compelled to participate in the proceedings of the House. The top court also said the Speaker is free to decide on the resignation of the MLAs as per the Constitution. According to the order, MLAs are free […]
Karnataka crisis: SC reserves order on rebel MLAs’ plea till tomorrow
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reserved till Wednesday its order on petitions filed by 15 rebel MLAs of the Congress and JD-S in Karnataka seeking directions to the Assembly Speaker to accept their resignations. During the day-long arguments on Tuesday, the parties involved pointed out to a bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, […]
SC asks Karnataka Speaker what stopped him from accepting MLAs’ resignations
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Karnataka Speaker what stopped him from deciding whether to accept or reject the resignations tendered by the MLAs of the JD-S-Congress coalition on July 6. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi sought a clear response from senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi representing Speaker K.R. Ramesh […]
Delhi’s child rape case disposal rate zero per cent in 6 months
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed deep concern at the poor disposal rate of child rape cases. Only 4 per cent of the 24,212 cases registered since January 2019 have been disposed off. In case of Delhi, merely two of the 729 cases have been disposed off. Many states, which have documented registration […]
Supreme Court rejects Asaram’s bail plea in Surat rape case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the bail plea of self-styled godman Asaram in a rape case in Gujarat. A bench headed by Justice N.V. Ramana dismissed Asaram’s plea after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the court that the trial in the case was on in a Surat court and examination of 210 witnesses was […]