NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of various provisions of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), including Section 95, which allows creditors to initiate insolvency proceedings against personal guarantors.A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra rejected a plea against the provisions of…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed bail pleas of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in corruption and money-laundering cases related to the now-scrapped excise policy for the national capital.Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has moved the Supreme Court for bail in CBI and ED cases related to alleged irregularities…
NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the Supreme Court collegium’s nudges for notifying appointment of judges it has twice recommended for the apex court, the government seems to be in no hurry and has, instead, stressed that the apex court needs to first finalise the long-pending memorandum of procedure (MoP) that provides for conditions and timeline for appointments…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, which has traditionally been pro-life, was split Wednesday over choosing between stopping the heart of an over 26-week-old healthy fetus and the choice of its carrier, a married woman, to terminate the pregnancy which is impermissible under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act.A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said that National Conference leader Mohammad Akbar Lone, who had chanted pro-Pakistan slogan in the Jammu & Kashmir assembly in 2018, should file an affidavit within a day stating that he will “abide by the Constitution of India, accept the sovereignty of India and undertake that J&K is…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a plea filed against demolition drive near Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura to remove alleged encroachment on government land and refused to grant any protection to those removed from the land and asked them to raise their grievances before lower court where the suit is pending. Petitioner…
