W hen Shreegauri Sawant petitioned the Supreme Court to recognise the rights of transgender people a decade ago, she did not have much hope. To her surprise, the Nalsa (National Legal Services Authority) judgment became the bedrock of her community’s civil liberties in India — recognising the sex-gender distinction, creating a legal third gender category…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has asked Centre to furnish details of issuance of notices and arrests done under the provisions of the Goods and Services Tax, saying it may interpret the law and lay down appro-priate guidelines to avoid any har-assment of citizens by depriving their liberty.A special bench of justices Sanjeev Khanna, MM…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has temporarily halted the experimental opening of a road near the residence of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh. Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta observed that the road, which has been closed since the 1980s due to security concerns, has been opposed by both the central and Punjab…
NEW DELHI: Stating that it has no administrative and supervisory control over CBI, which is an independent agency, Centre told Supreme Court that West Bengal’s original suit under Article 131 of the Constitution against it to not allow probe by the agency in the state was not maintainable and is an abuse of legal process.Arguing…
NEW DELHI: SC’s registrar has refused to accept the application filed by the Union govt seeking clarification of the 2012 judgment in the 2G spectrum case for allowing administrative allocation of spectrum in some special cases.Registrar of judicial listing Pavanesh D refused to accept Centre’s miscellaneous application and said, “From a perusal of the prayer…
Complying with a Supreme Court order, Election Commission has directed all state chief electoral officers (CEOs) to follow the new protocols on handling and storing ‘symbol loading units’ (SLUs). The Supreme Court had mandated the sealing of the machines, securing them in containers, and storing them in strongrooms alongside electronic voting machines (EVMs) for a…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court criticised the Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority on Tuesday for not taking action in the case of misleading advertisements related to Patanjali Ayurved Limited. Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah’s bench expressed dissatisfaction with the explanation provided by the body, noting that it seemed the licensing authority only acted in…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday did not stay Calcutta HC decision to junk appointment of over 25,000 teachers in West Bengal but stopped further probe by CBI into the recruitment scam as a spooked state apprehended that the central agency would destabilise the TMC govt by arresting the entire cabinet during electioneering.A bench of…
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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Enforcement Directorate to file its response on former Jharkhand CM and JMM chairperson Hemant Soren’s interim bail plea in money laundering case.Listing the matter for the second week of May, the apex court also said that the Jharkhand high court may pronounce its order in Soren’s plea…
