NEW DELHI: Ending a 20-year-ego battle between a judicial officer and an IPS officer, Supreme Court Friday quashed summons and bailable warrants issued by a trial judge to then Kurukshetra SP Bharti Arora to show cause why ‘her role in letting off an accused in a narcotic drug case be not investigated’.A bench of Justices…
(From left) Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackery, NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar and Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat / PTI photo NEW DELHI: The opposition INDIA bloc in Maharashtra will move the Supreme Court over the alleged manipulation of EVMs in the recent assembly elections. The decision to approach the Supreme…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday granted permanent commission to a woman Army officer, pointing out that the authorities had wrongly excluded her from the consideration extended to similarly placed officers.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan, delivering the verdict, highlighted the principle of fairness, stating that all soldiers, irrespective of litigation…
EX-SC judge RF Nariman (File photo from SC website) NEW DELHI: Former Supreme Court judge and noted jurist Justice R F Nariman has expressed disappointment over the top court’s verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case and said it did not do justice to the principle of secularism. He also said the Places of Worship…
NEW DELHI: Deploring Enforcement Directorate‘s high-handedness for interrogating ex-IAS officer Anil Tuteja for the whole night and showing his arrest at 4am in the Chhattisgarh liquor scam, Supreme Court Friday termed conduct of the investigators “terrible”.Though a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih said improper conduct of agency officials would not…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday allowed easing of stringent anti-pollution curbs under Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) Stage 4 in NCR, and replacing these with Grap-2 measures. However, it said Grap-3 should be imposed immediately if AQI goes above 350 and Grap-4 should kick in if it crosses 400.Grap-4 was imposed in NCR on…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine a plea seeking recall of its Sept 26 bail order to DMK‘s Senthil Balaji on the ground that witnesses may not feel free to depose against a cabinet minister. Balaji was granted bail in a money laundering case linked to a cash-for-jobs scam. In what can…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected any relaxation of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)-IV measures aimed at curbing Delhi’s air pollution and said that easing restrictions will only be considered after a clear downward trend in pollution levels is observed. The court has scheduled a hearing on December 5 to review the…
MUMBAI: Supreme Court stayed BMC’s demolition of an unauthorised construction in Vakola, a day after the municipality assured Bombay high court that the “offending” structure would be demolished within a week.Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna Varale of SC took up the hearing on Thursday 3.55pm and noted that in a contempt petition, “some order was…
Nearly 1,000 people gathered at the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal on Friday for ‘Jumma namaz’. Police and local administration ensured heavy security in the restive town. Most locals welcomed the apex court order staying proceedings in trial court NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday directed the Sambhal district administration to maintain peace and…
