NEW DELHI: The Central government has nothing to hide on the NEET-UG controversy, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday in Parliament, stating that there had been no evidence of paper leaks in the last seven years.While responding to Congress MP Manockam during the budget session, Pradhan said, “The government has nothing to hide….
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: For the first time, Supreme Court will test the constitutional validity of immunity from criminal proceedings accorded to the President and governors.On Friday, it entertained the plea of an woman ex-employee of Kolkata Raj Bhavan who said the constitutional provision (Article 361) had prevented police from probing her charge of sexual harassment against…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain petitions filed by two convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder case seeking interim bail and also challenging the apex court’s order setting aside the remission granted to them and nine other convicts in the case.Radheyshyam Bhagwandas and Rajubhai Babulal, undergoing life imprisonment, challenged…
NEW DELHI: Manipur got its first representation in Supreme Court on Thursday as CJI D Y Chandrachud administered the oath of office to 61-year-old Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh as a judge of the apex court.In Courtroom No. 1, packed with lawyers and relatives of the newly-appointed judges, the CJI also administered oath to Justice R…
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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has said that it is wasting a lot of judicial time these days as people convicted in serious offences are filing frivolous petitions long after dismissal of their appeals claiming to be juveniles at the time of committing the offence.Twin factors have given wing to such pleas – an SC ruling…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday found itself engulfed in a chaotic environ as a medley of senior advocates and lawyers appearing for various parties attempted to speak in one voice as soon as it took up a petition filed by West Bengal govt challenging a Calcutta HC order cancelling appointment of 25,000 teachers and…
NEW DELHI: Critiqued by Supreme Court on Tuesday for breaching fairness norms, Justice L Narasimha Reddy declined to continue as the one-man commission to inquire into alleged power sector irregularities caused by K Chandrashekar Rao-led BRS government. Telangana government said it will notify a new chairperson by Monday, reports .A bench of Chief Justice D…
NEW DELHI: Three working days after the Supreme Court collegium recommended two judges to be appointed to the top court, law ministry on Tuesday notified the elevation of Justice R Mahadevan, a judge of Madras high court, and Justice N Kotiswar Singh, chief justice of J&K and Ladakh HC, as judges of the apex court.In…
