Source:-indiatoday.intoday.in The Supreme Court today denied interim bail for controversial former judge CS Karnan. Karnan, who retired in disgrace as a Calcutta High Court judge, was arrested in Coimbatore on Tuesday evening. Karnan was sentenced to six months in jail by the Supreme Court, which ordered his arrest after finding him in contempt for defaming
Source:- indianexpress.com The Punjabi diaspora in Canada has added yet another feather to its cap with Palbinder Kaur Shergil becoming the first turbaned Sikh woman to be nominated as the judge of Supreme Court there. Already, most of the the 19 Indian-origin members of the Canadian Parliament are Punjabis. Shergill, who originally hails from a
Source:- economictimes.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India J S Khehar’s promise a month and a half ago to make filing of appeals in the Supreme Court “paperless“ from July 3, when the court reopens after the summer break, will remain a promise. On May 10, the CJI, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra
Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in The Supreme Court today refused to pass any interim order against the Centres notification making Aadhaar mandatory for availing benefits of various social welfare schemes. A vacation bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Navin Sinha said that no interim order can be passed at this stage on the “mere apprehension” of petitioners
Source:- indiawest.com NEW DELHI — Senior Supreme Court lawyer K.K. Venugopal, an eminent constitutional lawyer who has five decades of practice in the apex court, was June 30 appointed the new attorney general of India. President Pranab Mukherjee signed the order of his appointment June 30 within 20 days of the resignation of Mukul Rohatgi,
Source:- indianexpress.com The Supreme Court stayed the Madras High Court order directing the Tamil Nadu government to waive farm loans, irrespective of the farmers’ land holding. In April this year, the high court passed the order after the state farmers protested in New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding Rs 40,000 crore assistance from the Centre. In
Source:- economictimes.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Controversial high court judge C S Karnan was liable to be punished for his “grossest and gravest actions” of contempt of court through “unsavoury” acts and behaviour and his utterances had turned the judicial system into a “laughing stock”, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court, which came out with
Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear plea of former state school education minister and one of the key leaders of O Panneerselvam faction, K Pandiarajan, seeking to set aside the February 18 Tamil Nadu assembly trust vote on Palaniswami government. Contending the resolution was passed in total violation of
Source:- hindustantimes.com Farmers reeling from drought should not be coerced for recovery of loans and government should interfere if a financial institution is found to be doing so, the Supreme Court said on Friday. “The government’s approach should be preventive rather than compensatory and it should travel the last mile to reach out to the
Source:- ndtv.com NEW DELHI: Those who secure jobs and admissions in educational institutions in the reserved category on the basis of fake caste certificates would lose them and be punished, the Supreme Court said today. The top court, in a judgement delivered today, said it cannot allow anyone who has arrogated the benefits on the
