NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from ministries of health, agriculture, and the food safety standards authority of India (FSSAI) on a PIL that alleged that govt have failed to stop overuse of pesticides in cultivation of food crops and that it posed a serious health hazard for people.Arguing for petitioner Akash Vashistha,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday said no writ petition can be filed against Air India as it has ceased to be a public body after Tata group owned Talace India purchased 100% equity in the airline in Jan 2022.A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta gave this ruling while answering a…
NEW DELHI: In a landmark verdict to protect the interests of landowners against acquisition of their property by govt, Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that all acquisitions would have to pass the test of Article 300A which grants people constitutional right to property and said acquisition can be done only for public purpose, under authority…
NEW DELHI: As Enforcement Directorate contended that Arvind Kejriwal should not be given special treatment by entertaining his plea challenging his arrest, Supreme Court on Thursday said no exception was made for the Delhi chief minister in hearing his petition and granting him interim bail and added that it had refused to hear him when…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court issued a directive on Thursday for the Centre to deport 17 foreigners currently held in a detention center in Assam, highlighting that no criminal charges have been registered against them.A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan made the decision after reviewing a report submitted by the State…
NEW DELHI: Putting a premium on a 28-week-old fetus‘s right to life, Supreme Court Wednesday declined a 20-year-old unmarried woman’s plea to let her terminate her pregnancy, even though it had allowed rape survivors or minors to abort much beyond the 24-week outer limit prescribed under Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act. SC said, “The child…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed social activist Gautam Navlakha to come out on bail in Elgar Parishad case by lifting the stay on operation of Bombay high court order which had granted bail to him. He has been under house arrest on SC order.SC also directed Navlakha to pay Rs 20 lakh…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday walked out of Tihar after spending 50 days in jail following the Supreme Court‘s order granting him interim bail in the excise policy case.“I have a request, we have to save the country from dictatorship. I am fighting against it with all might,” CM Kejriwal said…
Supreme Court, while hearing a plea filed by Dehradun-based advocate Rituparn Uniyal, seeking immediate action to safeguard the region’s forests, wildlife, and birds from the devastating impact of wildfires, told the state govt on Wednesday that “cloud seeding or depending on rain god is not the answer” to the raging forest fires and the authorities…
NEW DELHI: In a relief to over 25,000 teachers and non-teaching staff recruited in West Bengal in 2019, Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Calcutta high court order annulling their appointments but warned that those recruited illegally would have to refund salaries to the state.A bench, after daylong proceedings, agreed to examine modalities by which…
