CBI casting aspersions that entire judiciary is hostile: SC NEW DELHI: CBI‘s complaint that it is having to contend with hostlity in the courts in West Bengal drew sharp reaction from Supreme Court which pulled it up for casting aspersions on the judiciary by branding all courts in the state as hostile, reports Amit Anand…
NEW DELHI: The official YouTube channel of the Supreme Court of India was hacked on Friday. The channel, which is typically used to live stream hearings of Constitution Bench cases and matters of public interest, is now showing videos promoting XRP, a cryptocurrency developed by the US-based company Ripple Labs.The incident came to light when…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking transfer of West Bengal post-poll violence cases on the ground that there is a “hostile environment” in the state courts.The top court rapped the central investigation agency’s remark, saying not liking a particular state “does not allow them to…
Uttar Pradesh government has told Supreme Court the madrassa education system, focusing on religious studies, is out of sync with mainstream education and that students studying in the theological establishments could be employed only in jobs requiring class 10 or 12 pass qualifications, reported. UP government’s affidavit was filed in a clutch of appeals by…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday put the brakes on ‘bulldozer justice’ by directing all state governments and their authorities not to carry out any demolition work till Oct 1 without taking its approval. It added that people holding public office must stop glorifying the practice or engage in grandstanding on it.Raising serious concern over…
NEW DELHI: Agitating resident doctors on Tuesday expressed willingness to resume duty once their agreement with CM Mamata Banerjee is implemented even as the Supreme Court asked the state to step up security in every govt hospital within two weeks and create within three days elaborate safety audit mechanism, grievance redressal system and internal committees…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday took exception to the gender-discriminatory circular of the West Bengal health department, issued 10 days after a woman doctor’s rape-murder on Aug 9 night at the RG Kar Hospital, advising hospitals to limit women doctors‘ duty to 12 hours and avoid assigning them night duties.A bench of CJI D…
NEW DELHI: Senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Tuesday made an impassioned plea to stop live streaming of Supreme Court‘s suo motu proceedings on the rape-murder incident at R G Kar Hospital saying judges’ comments on the highly emotive issue results in besmirching reputations of lawyers appearing for West Bengal government.Sibal told a bench of Chief…
NEW DELHI: Finding merit in the “sensitive information” provided by the Union government, the Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday reconsidered its July 11 recommendation for appointment of chief justices to seven high courts and routed three of them to different HCs.The collegium led by CJI D Y Chandrachud and comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that glorification and grandstanding of bulldozer justice cannot be allowed in the country and directed that no bulldozer demolition of property of those accused of crime will be carried out across the country without its permission till October 1, the next date of hearing in the case.“Even…
