New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ordered Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct probe in the remaining 17 children shelter homes of Bihar. SC also said that the officers probing the Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case should not be transferred without prior permission. Expressing its dissatisfaction over the state government[Read More…]
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SC’s oral statement can’t be taken as judgement: Kerala Speaker
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Assembly Speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan on Friday said that an oral statement of the Supreme Court cannot be taken as a judgement. He was responding to queries here about his statement that was carried by the media that he would not allow entry to Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)[Read More…]
SC slams Centre, states for ‘pathetic condition’ in jails
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday lashed out at the Centre and states over “pathetic condition” in jails and observation homes for children across the country, saying everything has been reduced to a “joke”. “Please visit jails and observation homes for children to see the condition. Ask your officials[Read More…]
NEET 2018: SC scraps decision to award 196 grace marks to candidates who took the exam in Tamil
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of Madras High Court over awarding the 196 grace mark for students, writing exams in Tamil under National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). 24,000 students were earlier given the grace mark for writing the exam in their native language. A[Read More…]
SC drops contempt case against Manoj Tiwari
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Thursday dropped contempt proceedings against Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari for breaking the seal of a commercial establishment while observing that his actions were “painful and shocking”. A bench headed by the Justice Madan B. Lokur said it was “pained by his conduct” during[Read More…]
SC adjourns CBI hearing post ‘leak’ of Verma’s response
New Delhi, Taking exception to a leak of CBI Director Alok Verma’s response to the CVC’s report submitted in sealed cover before it a day ago, the Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing of the case till November 29. A visibly unhappy Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, in a brief order, said[Read More…]
Top CBI official seeks court-monitored probe in Asthana bribery case
New Delhi: A top CBI official, Manish Kumar Sinha, on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into the allegation of bribe against Special CBI Director Rakesh Asthana in the meat exporter Moin Qureshi case. The petition refers to charges of bribe being made to a Union[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Manju Verma asset seizure completed
Begusarai: In the infamous Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case, Bihar Police finished the seizure of properties of Manju Verma who’s evading arrest in an Arms Act case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while probing the Shelter Home scandal. The raid was conducted by Manjhol Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) at Manju[Read More…]
Manipur: Supreme Court dismisses former VC Yugindro’s SLP
Imphal: The Supreme Court has dismissed the special leave petition (SLP) filed by former Manipur University (MU) Vice-Chancellor professor K Yugindro Singh challenging the order passed by High Court (HC) of Manipur of his suspension from the post of pro-vice-chancellor of the MU on Tuesday. The order was passed by[Read More…]
Supreme Court adjourns Zakia Jafri’s plea till November 26 against PM Modi in Gujarat Riots case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today adjourned the Zakia Jafri plea hearing till November 26 against Prime Minister Narendra Modi a victim of Gujarat riot in 2002, who challenged the clean chit to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the Gujarat High Court last year. The petition in the apex court[Read More…]
2017 Assembly elections: SC refuses Bhupendra Chudasama’s plea to reject petition challenging his victory
In a major blow to state education minister Bhupendra Chudasama, Supreme Court rejected his plea seeking rejection of an election petition against him pending before the Gujarat High Court. The minister had been seeking quashing of a petition moved by a Congress leader challenging his election in the 2017 Gujarat Assembly[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Court orders to seize the property of Brajesh Thakur’s wife
Muzaffarpur: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court has ordered to seize the property of the main accused Brajesh Thakur’s wife, in the Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case. The continuous hearing is going on in this case and the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday has summoned Bihar Chief Secretary and Director General[Read More…]
SC ban on crackers on Diwali in Delhi-NCR not very effective
New Delhi: Despite the Supreme Courts directives, people in Delhi-NCR on Wednesday continued to burst crackers on Diwali well past the 10 p.m. deadline though the air quality index (AQI) showed a slight improvement over last year. The Supreme Court had limited the time for bursting crackers between 8-10 p.m.[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: SC slams Bihar govt for not arresting former minister
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over why the former Social Welfare Minister of Bihar in Nitish Kumar cabinet, Manju Verma is not arrested in Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case. SC said “all is not well in Bihar. The former minister goes in hiding and the government is unable to[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Supreme Court orders transfer of Brajesh Thakur to Punjab’s Patiala jail
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Supreme Court on Tuesday orders transfer of shelter home rape case prime accused Brajesh Thakur to be transferred to a high-security jail in Punjab’s Patiala. Expressing shock over the details of the crime, the Supreme Court has sought the list of CBI officers involved in the investigation[Read More…]
Ayodhya Dispute: Supreme Court adjourns Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case for January 2019; will fix a date
Ayodhya Verdict: Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute for January 2019 and would decide on dates for hearing later. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph proceeded to order today that the case will be listed in January 2019 for[Read More…]
Ayodhya Verdict: SC to hear plea against 2010 HC judgement on Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute
Supreme Court to have a very active day with the cases it is hearing today including an appeal by Maharashtra against relief to Gautam Navlakha, Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute and a slew of other PILs. The top court is likely to hear the plea challenging the Allahabad High Court’s 2010[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur shelter home case: Supreme Court calls it scary, terrible; says may be not right to keep Brajesh Thakur in Bihar jail
The Supreme Court in its hearing on Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case on Thursday termed the whole episode scary, horrible, and terrible. After the findings of the CBI team probing the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual abuse case, the court said that the use of sedatives to molest girls residing in[Read More…]
Ex-SC judge to supervise CVC probe against Alok Verma
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday appointed one of its former judges, Justice A.K. Patnaik, to supervise the inquiry into the allegations against CBI Director Alok Verma while giving two weeks time to the CVC to complete the probe. Making it clear that prolonging the inquiry was not in[Read More…]
CBI vs CBI Live Updates: Interim CBI chief Nageshwar shall not take any policy decision, orders SC
Live Updates SC had announced that the interim CBI Director N Nageshwar Rao will not take any decision in any major or policy matter but will only look after the functioning of the agency. Decisions taken by him will be submitted in court in a sealed cover. The court has refused[Read More…]
Alok Verma to move Supreme Court against his removal
Amid a row of controversies between the Central Bureau of Investigation top boss Alok Verma and special director Rakesh Asthana, in an early morning developement, Alok Verma was sent on leave and the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet appointed joint director M Nageshwar Rao as Interim Director of the investigative agency with immediate[Read More…]
SC permits bursting of only green firecrackers
New Delhi: Refusing to impose a blanket ban on the bursting of firecrackers, the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the use of only green firecrackers with reduced emission and decibel levels during all religious festivals. In its verdict on a petition filed on behalf of three infants, a bench of[Read More…]
No definition of green-firecrackers, too late to check: Environmentalists
New Delhi: While welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict on imposing certain restriction on the timing of bursting firecrackers, environmentalists say there is no definition of green firecrackers, while raising scepticism if this will work this Diwali which is merely two weeks away. The SC on Tuesday refused to impose a[Read More…]
No complete ban, SC allows sale of green firecrackers
In the latest verdict, Supreme Court on Tuesday, refused direct blanket ban on sale of firecrackers in the country, however, allowed the sale of only green firecrackers (eco-friendly). The bench further added saying that there will be no online sale of crackers and the sale will only be allowed for sellers[Read More…]
Shut industries in Delhi residential areas in 15 days: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a monitoring committee to ensure that 5,000-odd illegal industrial units still operating from residential areas in Delhi are shut within 15 days. The apex court order came after the committee, headed by the Delhi Chief Secretary, informed a bench of Justice Madan[Read More…]