New Delhi : Divisions at the top in the Supreme Court burst out in the open on Friday when four senior sitting judges took an unprecedented step of publicly accusing Chief Justice Dipak Misra of not strictly adhering to rules ...
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New Delhi : Overturning its earlier order, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that playing the national anthem before screening movies in cinema halls was no longer mandatory. The ruling by a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra followed ...
Read More »Heavy work calendar awaits Supreme Court in 2018
By Parmod Kumar, New Delhi : Taking forward the agenda set in 2017, the Supreme Court in 2018 is set to decide on a number of important issues — including the Ayodhya title dispute — that will have a bearing ...
Read More »Fundamental right to privacy, invalidating triple talaq crowning verdicts of 2017
By Parmod Kumar, New Delhi : The Supreme Court stood out in 2017 for protecting and advancing the rights of citizens in more ways than one, but primarily by empowering them against any intrusion of their privacy by the State ...
Read More »SC imposes Rs 1 lakh cost on NGO seeking prohibition
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on an NGO seeking directions for enforcement of country-wide prohibition of liquor – a provision under Article 47 of the Constitution’s Directive Principle of State ...
Read More »SC extends deadline for Aadhaar linking till Mar 31, 2018
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday extended the deadline for linking of Aadhaar to various government schemes, as also mobile phones and bank accounts from December 31 to March 31, 2018. However, the Constitution Bench headed by Chief ...
Read More »SC stalls Centre’s takeover of Unitech
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an NCLT order suspending real estate major Unitech’s directors and allowing the Centre to appoint its nominees in their place. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and ...
Read More »Frame holistic plan to protect, preserve the Taj for next 400 years: SC
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to prepare a holistic plan for the protection and preservation of Taj Mahal and the environment around it so that historic monument could be there for another ...
Read More »Nation-wide ban on firecrackers: SC sends notice to Centre
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a plea seeking a country-wide ban on the manufacture, sale and bursting of firecrackers, including burning of stubble by agriculturists. A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok ...
Read More »SC sets Hadiya free from custody of parents
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday set Hadiya, a 24-year-old Hindu woman from Kerala who converted to Islam, free from the custody of her parents and directed that she be allowed to complete her studies at a Salem ...
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