Source:- indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Taking a tough stand against convicted terrorists, the Supreme Court on Monday said those lodged in prison for long years for slaughtering people could not be given parole or interim bail because of family exigencies. “If you are involved in such [a] heinous offence of [the] indiscriminate killing of innocents, you
Source:- indiatimes.com CHANDIGARH: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stuck to its earlier verdict that the construction of the Sutlej- Yamuna link (SYL) canal has to be executed and asked Haryana and Punjab to maintain law and order “at any cost” in view of a proposed protest by a political outfit tomorrow over the inter-state water
Source:- india.com New Delhi [India], Feb. 22: In a bid to put an end to the bull-taming sport of Tamil Nadu, Jallikattu, and the buffalo race of Karnataka, Kambala, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Wednesday said it will move the Supreme Court challenging the legislation passed by the assemblies of
Source:- indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Judges of the Supreme Court and 24 high courts may soon get a fatter pay packet as the government is likely to bring a bill in this regard in the next session of Parliament. Chief Justice of India T S Thakur had recently written to the government seeking a hike in
Source:- zeenews.india.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear the plea filed by the Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) seeking inclusion of the Urdu language in the National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET). “Urdu should be added as a language or as a medium in the NEET,” SIO lawyer Ravindra S.
Source:- livemint.com New Delhi: State-owned Air India Ltd on 24 January moved the Supreme Court seeking reduction in charges at Delhi airport, court documents showed. In its petition, Air India said Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), run by GMR Infrastructure Ltd, is recovering Rs300 crore every month through these charges, and at this rate, by
Source:- indianexpress.com The Supreme Court has upheld the government’s decision to sack two naval officers facing criminal trial in the 2005 Navy war room leak case. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra refused to intervene with the 2013 order of Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) rejecting the contention of senior naval officers, Commanders Vijendra Rana
Source:- financialexpress.com Given courts have frequently responded to criticism with the threat of contempt proceedings against the critic, India has long lacked a healthy discussion of its judicial system. Against this backdrop, the Supreme Court observing that data that exposes any lacunae of the judicial system is not tantamount to contempt is a welcome step
Source:- indiatimes.com PUNE: The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a city-based real estate firm against the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission’s (NCDRC) order directing it to refund Rs 1.34 crore, with 18% per annum as interest, as well as pay Rs 4 lakh as damages to 132 home buyers. The commission had issued
Source:- indianexpress.com A minor girl’s unequivocal desire to be with her father and not go to the United Kingdom with her mother weighed on the Supreme Court which granted the custody of the child to the man. The apex court said the 15-year-old girl has “achieved sufficient level of maturity” and as she does not
