The Supreme Court sharply questioned a Greater Noida Executive Magistrate’s notice requiring a student to furnish a ₹5 lakh peace bond over the CJP protests, days after it quashed the FIRs and barred coercive action. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sharply questioned a notice issued by an Executive Magistrate in Greater Noida to […]
The Supreme Court disposed of the TMC’s plea over the removal of its Camac Street office signboard, granting both sides liberty to argue before the Calcutta High Court and asking it to decide expeditiously. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a plea by the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) concerning the removal […]
The Supreme Court criticised central agencies for “dragging their feet” in the Leaps and Bounds investigation linked to Abhishek Banerjee in the Bengal SSC scam, calling for the interrogation records. New Delhi: In an unusual turn in a politically-charged investigation, the Supreme Court on Monday came down hard not on the accused but on the […]
The Centre is set to ask the Supreme Court to quash FIRs against July’s student protesters under Article 142, days before the CJP’s September 5 march, with a carve-out for grave offences. New Delhi: The Central Government is set to move the Supreme Court seeking to quash the FIRs registered against students who took part […]
The Supreme Court declined to restrain the Cockroach Janata Party’s September 5 Delhi protest, saying it can’t presume anything untoward will happen and that law and order is for the police to handle. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to pass any order restraining a protest march announced by the Cockroach Janata Party […]
CJI Surya Kant said the allegations raised by Justice Sandeep Mehta against Rajasthan HC acting CJ SP Sharma are being examined institutionally, cannot be treated as proven, and won’t be decided in the media. New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has said that the concerns raised by Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta […]
Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta has, in three letters to CJI Surya Kant, urged the immediate replacement of Rajasthan HC acting Chief Justice SP Sharma, alleging conduct that “raises doubts on his integrity.” New Delhi: In an extraordinary development within the higher judiciary, Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta has written a series of […]
Arguing the Shiv Sena disqualification case, Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Court the Maharashtra Speaker “distorted” the Tenth Schedule by treating the legislative party as the political party. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed hearing the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena’s challenge to the Maharashtra Speaker’s refusal to disqualify MLAs of the Eknath Shinde […]
The Supreme Court directed the CBI to investigate financial irregularity allegations against the promoters of Indiabulls Housing Finance (now Sammaan Capital), despite the EOW’s exonerating report. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate allegations of financial irregularities levelled against the promoters of Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited […]
The Supreme Court said it will constitute a high-powered judicial committee to probe alleged police excesses against student protesters and consider quashing FIRs against peaceful protesters. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would constitute a high-powered judicial committee, headed by a retired judge and comprising a former CBI Director and a former […]