NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday allowed easing of stringent anti-pollution curbs under Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) Stage 4 in NCR, and replacing these with Grap-2 measures. However, it said Grap-3 should be imposed immediately if AQI goes above 350 and Grap-4 should kick in if it crosses 400.Grap-4 was imposed in NCR on…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine a plea seeking recall of its Sept 26 bail order to DMK‘s Senthil Balaji on the ground that witnesses may not feel free to depose against a cabinet minister. Balaji was granted bail in a money laundering case linked to a cash-for-jobs scam. In what can…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected any relaxation of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)-IV measures aimed at curbing Delhi’s air pollution and said that easing restrictions will only be considered after a clear downward trend in pollution levels is observed. The court has scheduled a hearing on December 5 to review the…
MUMBAI: Supreme Court stayed BMC’s demolition of an unauthorised construction in Vakola, a day after the municipality assured Bombay high court that the “offending” structure would be demolished within a week.Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna Varale of SC took up the hearing on Thursday 3.55pm and noted that in a contempt petition, “some order was…
Nearly 1,000 people gathered at the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal on Friday for ‘Jumma namaz’. Police and local administration ensured heavy security in the restive town. Most locals welcomed the apex court order staying proceedings in trial court NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday directed the Sambhal district administration to maintain peace and…
NEW DELHI: In a significant response to growing cases of arrests of officers of central probe agencies by state police, Supreme Court Friday pitched for balance between competing objectives of protecting the Centre’s functionaries from vengeful actions which could trigger a constitutional crisis, while not restraining state police from probing allegations of corruption.A bench of…
NEW DELHI: Security measures have been heightened around the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh‘s Sambhal ahead of the Friday prayers, following recent tensions in the area. The deployment of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) has added an additional layer of vigilance, ensuring law and order in the district. The precautionary steps come in the…
The Supreme Court (File photo) NEW DELHI: Warning the director general of UP Police to rein in his forces from routinely converting civil disputes into criminal cases to harass civilians, Supreme Court on Thursday said if the practice did not cease, it would pass orders that the DGP would “remember his whole life”.A bench of…
NEW DELHI: Flagging a worrying trend of criminalisation of a soured consensual physical relationship, the Supreme Court has said a woman in an extramarital relationship for years cannot level rape charges against the man claiming that he had sex with her on the false promise of marriage.Quashing a seven-year-old FIR lodged by one Vanita S…
Supreme Court of India and Partha Chatterjee (Picture credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the Enforcement Directorate (ED) about its low conviction rate in money laundering cases during a bail hearing for former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee. Chatterjee has been jailed for over two years awaiting trial in a teacher…
