Sambhal protest over mosque survey order NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the management committee of Shahi Idgah Masjid in Sambhal to approach the high court, regarding the trial court’s survey order of the mosque, which Hindu parties claim was originally a temple.The Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar,…
NEW DELHI: A management committee of Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal has moved to the Supreme Court against the mosque survey order given by a local court.Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna-led bench will be hearing the petition of Sambhal Jama Masjid on Friday, reported news agency ANI.On Sunday, clashes between protesters opposing…
NEW DELHI: Three judges on the seven-judge bench penned powerful dissents to the CJI D Y Chandrachud-authored majority opinion on behalf of four judges and were unanimous that the 1967 Azeez Basha judgment had correctly decided that Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was not a minority educational institution.Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and Satish C Sharma…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to take a decision either way on mercy plea of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana or it will decide his plea seeking commutation of sentence. He was convicted in the former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh assassination case and spent 29 years in jail. As…
Justice Sanjiv Khanna (File photo) NEW DELHI: Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who is currently a Supreme Court judge, will take charge as Chief Justice of India (CJI) on November 11 this year. Justice Khanna will succeed CJI DY Chandrachud, who is serving as the country’s 50th chief justice.Last week, CJI Chandrachud had formally proposed Justice Sanjiv…
Police team visited the Isha Foundation on Oct 1 for an inquiry. CHENNAI: The two women, Geetha, 42, and Latha, 39, were not illegally confined in Isha Ashram in Coimbatore, according to the written submission by the women monks, who were christened as Maa Mathi and Maayu. The police team, led by assistant Superintendent of…
Despite having three laws to protect the public against false claims and misleading ads of drugs, affidavits of various state governments in the Patanjali case in the Supreme Court showed that “in most cases penalties imposed are nil” and “action taken is poor”. The court order noted that “despite the statutes being in place, the…
