Category: Judiciary

HC directs e-commerce site to ensure products for sale on portal are not counterfeits

New Delhi, Nov 4: In a step towards ensuring counterfeits of popular branded products are not sold on online marketplaces, the Delhi High Court has directed an e-commerce platform to make sure that each item put up for sale on its site is genuine. Justice Pratibha M Singh issued […]

4 sworn-in as Punjab and Haryana High Court judges

Chandigarh, Oct 29: Chief Justice Krishna Murari on Monday administered oath of office to four new judges as additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The swearing-in-ceremony for Manjari Nehru Kaul, Harsimran Singh Sethi, Arun Monga and Manoj Bajaj was organised at the high court auditorium, an […]

Ayodhya dispute: SC likely to hear pleas against HC verdict on Monday

New Delhi, Oct 28:  The Supreme Court is likely to hear Monday a batch of pleas challenging the Allahabad High Court’s 2010 verdict by which the disputed land on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid area in Ayodhya was divided into three parts. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and […]

SC rejects Romila Thapar’s review plea for release of activists

New Delhi, Oct 27:  The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by historian Romila Thapar seeking a review of the September 28 majority verdict by which the apex court had refused immediate release of five rights activists held in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case. A bench of […]

Highlights of SC hearing on Verma’s plea

New Delhi, Oct 26: The following are the highlights of the Supreme Court hearing in CBI Director Alok Verma’s petition challenging the Centre’s decision to divest him of all his powers: – Enquiry into the allegations made in the August 24 note/ letter of the Cabinet Secretary on Verma […]

Koregaon Bhima case: Maharashtra govt moves SC challenging Bombay HC order

New Delhi, Oct 25: The Maharashtra government Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order by which the extension of time granted to state police to conclude probe in the Koregaon Bhima violence case was set aside. The Bombay High Court Wednesday had quashed the lower […]

No insurance cover to persons suffering from congenital anomalies: HC seeks IRDAI explanation

New Delhi, Oct 19:  The Delhi High Court has asked the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) to “explain the reasonableness” of not granting insurance cover to people suffering from congenital anomalies. “What is the objection to giving insurance cover to them (people suffering from congenital anomalies),” a bench […]

No policeman should enter Puri’s Jagannath temple with weapons and shoes: SC

New Delhi, Oct 10: The Supreme Court Wednesday took note of the October 3 violence at Puri’s Jagannath temple during a protest against the introduction of a queue system for devotees and said no policeman should enter the temple with weapons and shoes. Nine policemen were injured as violence […]

Plea in SC seeks review of Sabarimala judgement

open view web desk New Delhi, Oct 8: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of the Constitution bench judgement which lifted the ban on entry of women into the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala. The plea, filed by Shylaja Vijayan, president of National Ayyappa Devotees […]

Bar demands lifting ban on lawyers’ strike, but CJI unimpressed

open view web desk New Delhi, Oct 6: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Saturday disagreed with a suggestion by the apex bar body to lift a 16-year-old ban on strikes by lawyers, wondering why there should be a strike at all. Justice Gogoi’s response came after Bar […]

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