Sringar : Authorities on Monday imposed a shutdown on Srinagar and some other parts of the Kashmir Valley following rumours that the Supreme Court has scrapped Article 35A, police said. Jammu and Kashmir Police issued a statement here, saying: “Some ...
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Feed SubscriptionQuota in promotion not permissible, state must strike balance, SC told
New Delhi : The Supreme Court was told on Thursday that reservation in promotion is impermissible and unconstitutional, and it is the responsibility of the state to strike a balance while giving reservation in promotion to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled ...
Read More »What if UNESCO withdraws Taj’s world heritage site title, asks SC
New Delhi : Slamming both the Central and Uttar Pradesh government for the neglect of Taj Mahal, the Supreme Court on Thursday wondered what if Unesco drops the 17th century Mughal monument from its list of world heritage sites. “It ...
Read More »New law not enough to stop mob violence
By Amulya Ganguli, Although the Supreme Court has suggested that a law be enacted specifically to deal with the “new normal” of lynchings, it will be advisable to widen the scope of the legal remedy to include all forms of ...
Read More »Deposit Rs 600 cr to refund home buyers, SC tells Jaiprakash Associates
New Delhi : With Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) failing to deposit Rs 1,000 crore, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the real estate firm to pay Rs 600 crore to pay back to the home buyers who have opted for ...
Read More »SC stays trial in Junaid lynching case in Harayana
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the trial in Junaid Khan lynching case as it sought response from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Haryana government on a plea seeking the transfer of investigation from the state ...
Read More »Complete probe in 2G cases in 6 months: SC to CBI, ED
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the CBI and the ED for not investigating all cases relating to 2G spectrum allocation and directed them to complete it within six months. A bench of Justice Arun Mishra ...
Read More »All this happened because I embraced Islam: Hadiya
Kozhikode (Kerala) : On her first visit to her home state Kerala after the Supreme Court upheld her marriage with Shafin Jahan, Hadiya on Saturday said “all this happened as I embraced Islam”. “The Constitution gives all the freedom to ...
Read More »NIA denies behaving with Hadiya with prejudice
New Delhi : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday denied before the Supreme Court the allegation of Kerala woman Hadiya, who is in the midst of a “love jihad” controversy, that the agency behaved with her with a prejudice ...
Read More »SC stays criminal action against Priya across India
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed all criminal actions by Telangana and Maharashtra against Malayalam actress Priya Prakash Varrier and restrained all other states from taking any action based on the song “Manikya Malaraya Poovi…”. Staying the ...
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