NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed declaration of results of Bihar legislative council byelection, which was conducted to fill the vacancy arising in the wake of the expulsion of RJD MLC Sunil Kumar Singh, till it decides the plea of the politician challenging his removal.A bench of justices Surya Kant and N K Singh…
NEW DELHI: After accusing BJP govt of “brazenly violating” the Places of Worship Act, 1991, Congress is set to join the case in Supreme Court by demanding that the 1991 law be adhered to strictly.Supreme Court on December 12 ordered a stay on surveys ordered by various courts on pleas claiming that there were temples…
NEW DELHI: Top lawyer and Congress functionary Abhishek Manu Singhvi has backed the proposal, under consideration of SC collegium, to pause for some time appointment of high court judges from among lawyers or judicial officers whose parents or close relatives were/are judges of SC or HCs to give first-generation lawyers a chance to become constitutional…
Abhishek Singhvi (File photo) NEW DELHI: A controversy erupted in Rajya Sabha on Friday after chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar announced that a “wad of cash” was found on the seat allotted to Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi.Dhankhar said the wad was found on seat number 222 during a routine “anti-sabotage” check on Thursday afternoon. With BJP…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Friday responded to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar’s charge of “wad of currency notes” being found at his seat, and clarified that he only carries a single Rs 500 note to the Upper House.“Heard of it first time now. Never heard of it till now! I carry…
NEW DELHI: In a setback to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira, Supreme Court dismissed their pleas to quash ED summonses in a case of alleged illegal mining in Eastern Coalfields Ltd and held that an accused cannot claim protection under Article 20(3) of the Constitution at the stage of summoning by…
NEW DELHI: CBI on Monday submitted a comprehensive 200-page chargesheet against chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and five others after completing its probe into the alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22. The development took place 712 days after the agency had registered an FIR in the case and commenced its…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed Uttar Pradesh government’s directive ordering all shopkeepers and eatery owners to display their names and other details in areas where the Kanwar Yatra is organized.In an interim order, the top court has ruled that Uttar Pradesh police cannot compel shopkeepers to display their names. Instead, they can…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday rejected chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against arrest in Delhi excise policy and said the material collected by Enforcement Directorate reveals that he conspired with others and was involved in his personal capacity as well as convenor of Aam Aadmi Party. The court maintained that ED was…
SHIMLA: Congress politician Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who lost the Rajya Sabha election in Himachal Pradesh on Feb 27 due to cross-voting by six Congress MLAs, on Saturday filed a petition in Himachal HC challenging the rule of declaring result through draw of lots in case of a tie between both candidates. He said there is…
