Source – telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to forthwith take over the management of real estate giant Unitech by appointing independent directors after a forensic audit revealed that home buyers’ money worth over Rs 5,000 crore had been diverted to tax havens such as Cyprus, thereby affecting the completion of at least
Source – hindustantimes.com There were demands of showing no mercy to Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the four convicts awaiting death penalty in connection with the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case, during the hearing on his review petition. The Solicitor General, opposing any leniency to Akshay, said, “There are crimes when humanity is put
Source – indianexpress.com Taking note of the widespread disenchantment over delay in deciding rape cases and other sexual offences, the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to take stock of effectiveness of the criminal justice system in responding to the situation and called for status reports from the Centre, state governments, Union Territories and various High
Source – hindustantimes.com Expressing his disapproval of “rioting and destruction of public property” , Chief Justice of India refuse to hear a case on the run-in between the police and students of Delhi’s Jamia Milia Islamia university and Aligarh’s Aligarh Muslim University till the “rioting” stopped. Students at both universities were at the receiving end
Source – thehindu.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, which fast-tracks citizenship by naturalisation process for “illegal” migrants from six religious communities, other than Muslims, who have fled persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad A. Bobde instead orally suggested
Source – ndtv.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the centre asking it to respond to 60 petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the controversial new citizenship law. In a brief hearing this morning a three-judge top court bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde also declined to stay implementation
Source – telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court appointed on Thursday a three-member inquiry commission headed by former apex court judge V. S. Sirpurkar to probe into the circumstances that led to the alleged encounter of the four accused in the gang-rape and murder of a veterinarian in Telangana. The commission, which also includes former Bombay High
Source – indiatoday.in The Supreme Court set up a three-member inquiry commission today to investigate the recent killing of four Telangana rape and murder suspects in what the police said was an encounter. The commission will be headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, Justice VS Sirpurkar. The two others on the panel are former
Source – indiatoday.in A nine-hour long debate in the Rajya Sabha culminated in the passing of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill or CAB on Wednesday in which the House cast 125 votes in favour and 99 against. As the mercurial debate on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill progressed, there were many flashpoints with a blackout of
Source – indiatoday.in The Supreme Court lifted its earlier interim order imposing a complete ban on construction, industrial activities and felling of trees in the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ). The Supreme Court bench allowed the industrial units, which do not spread pollution but are in compliance in rules, to function. They should also have a
