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SC allows 10 rebel K’taka MLAs to meet Speaker, asks him to take decision during the day

New Delhi, Jul 11: The Supreme Court Thursday allowed 10 rebel MLAs of the Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka to meet the assembly Speaker at 6 pm to convey to him their decision to resign. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the Karnataka Assembly Speaker to decide […]

10 rebel K’taka MLAs of Cong and JD(S) move SC

New Delhi, Jul 10: Ten rebel Karnataka MLAs of Congress and JD(S) Wednesday moved the Supreme Court, alleging that the Assembly Speaker has been deliberately not accepting their resignations. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took note of the submission of senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for […]

SC convicts 12 persons for killing ex-Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya in 2003

New Delhi, Jul 5: The Supreme Court convicted 12 persons on Friday for killing former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya in 2003. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra allowed the appeals of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Gujarat government challenging the high court order by […]

SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea to regulate Netflix, Amazon Prime Video content

New Delhi, May 10: The Supreme Court Friday asked for the Centre’s response on a plea seeking guidelines to regulate the functioning of online media streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video which display “uncertified and sexually explicit” content. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice […]

SC allows Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad in May

New Delhi, May 7: The Supreme Court Tuesday allowed Karti Chidambaram, who is facing criminal cases being probed by the ED and CBI, to travel to the US, Germany and Spain this month.  A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna said […]

SC to hear plea to bar candidates from contesting from more than one seat

New Delhi, Mar 27: The Supreme Court Wednesday said it would hear after two weeks a plea which has sought to restrict a candidate from contesting from more than one constituency in a general election. The matter was mentioned for early listing of the plea before a bench of […]

SC not in favour of passing order at this stage to refer 10 pc quota issue to Constitution bench

New Delhi, Mar 11: The Supreme Court on Monday said it is not in favour of passing an order at this stage to refer the issue of 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections across all classes to a Constitution bench. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan […]

SC refers Ayodhya land dispute for mediation, gives panel 8 weeks to complete process

New Delhi, Mar 8: The Supreme Court on Friday referred the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case for mediation by a panel headed by former apex court judge F M I Kallifulla and gave it eight weeks to complete the process. The other members of the […]

Responsibility of bar to maintain dignity of judiciary: SC

New Delhi, Mar 7:  It is the responsibility of the Bar to ensure that “dignity of judiciary” is maintained, the Supreme Court said Thursday while hearing activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan’s application seeking recusal of Justice Arun Mishra from adjudicating contempt plea filed against him by the Attorney General. […]

SC raps Centre on NRC, says hell bent on not allowing process to go on

New Delhi, Feb 5: The Supreme Court Tuesday came down heavily on the Centre over the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) process and said it is hell bent on not allowing the work to continue. The top court rapped Ministry of Home Affairs for its plea seeking to […]

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