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New Board To Take Over Unitech As Top Court Approves Centre's Proposal

Business | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Sandeep Singh (with inputs from agencies) | Monday January 20, 2020

The new board chaired by Mr Malik will file a report on the resolution framework to sort out the housing mess of Unitech within two months.

Nirbhaya Case: Convict's Claim He Was A Minor Dismissed By Supreme Court

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday January 20, 2020

The Supreme Court today rejected the claim of one of the four Nirbhaya case convicts that he was underage at the time of the incident, days before they are to be hanged on February 1. The court said an age claim rejected earlier, cannot be raised again.

"He's Much Higher Than Bharat Ratna": Supreme Court On Plea For Mahatma

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday January 17, 2020

Mahatma Gandhi is the Father of the Nation and people hold him in high esteem which is far beyond any formal recognition, the Supreme Court said on Friday, refusing to direct the government to honour him with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.

Telecom Companies To Pay Rs 92,000 Crore As Dues To Government; Top Court Rejects Plea For Review

Business | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Sandeep Singh (with inputs from agencies) | Thursday January 16, 2020

In a major setback for mobile service providers, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected telecom companies' plea seeking a review of its earlier order that allowed the government to collect dues worth Rs 92,000 crore from them. "Applications for hearing in open court/oral hearing are rejected. Having perused the review petitions and the connected pa...

PMC Scam: Accused Father-Son To Be In Jail, Top Court Holds House Arrest

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday January 16, 2020

Promoters of the real estate firm HDIL at the centre of the massive PMC Bank scam will remain in a Mumbai jail for now. The Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold a high court order that allowed them to be placed under house arrest.

What Tatas Said In Supreme Court Against Cyrus Mistry's Return: 5 Quotes

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday January 2, 2020

Tata Sons approached the Supreme Court today challenging the restoration of Cyrus Mistry as the executive chairman of the group by company law tribunal NCLAT last month. Cyrus Mistry was restored as the executive chairman of Tata Sons, one of the country's oldest and largest business houses, on December 18 by the National Company Law Appellate Trib...

Tata Sons Goes To Supreme Court Over Cyrus Mistry's Reappointment

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Purva Chitnis; Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday January 2, 2020

Tata Sons approached the Supreme Court today challenging the restoration of Cyrus Mistry as the executive chairman of the group by company law tribunal NCLAT last month.

No Supreme Court Stay On Citizenship Act, Hearing On 60 Petitions In January

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday December 18, 2019

The Supreme Court has asked the centre to respond to 59 petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the controversial new citizenship law. The court also declined to stay implementation of the law and posted the matter for January 22, 2020

Death For Nirbhaya Convict, Confirms Supreme Court, Review Dismissed

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday December 18, 2019

The four men convicted in the 2012 gang-rape, torture and killing of a young medical student in Delhi are a step closer to being hanged after the Supreme Court today dismissed the last review petition in the case, filed by one of the convicts. Confirming the death sentence of convict Akshay Kumar Singh, the court said he had the option of pleading ...

Nirbhaya Case: Chief Justice Opts Out Of Hearing Review Plea Of Convict

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday December 17, 2019

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde has opted out of hearing a petition in the Nirbhaya case, saying one of the advocates who represented the woman is a family member. A new bench will begin hearing the case tomorrow morning.

'Go To High Courts': Top Court On Petitions Against Crackdown On Students

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday December 17, 2019

The Supreme Court has declined to initiate a judicial probe into the police action during the protests by the students of Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday evening during protests against the citizenship law. A high court can appoint committees for fact-finding, the top court said today, asking th...

"Religion Must Be Viewed Pan-India": Top Court On Hindus-As-Minorities Plea

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Tuesday December 17, 2019

Religion does not have borders and must be viewed in a pan-India context, the Supreme Court said this morning while dismissing a petition asking for grant of benefits to Hindu communities that are in the minority in some states

Chief Justice SA Bobde Sets Up 2-Judge Panel To Speed Up Rape Trials Across Nation

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday December 17, 2019

Over a week after four people accused of raping and murdering a veterinarian were shot dead by the police in Telangana, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Monday constituted a panel of two Supreme Court judges to speed up sexual assault cases that remain stalled in courts across the country.

Top Court Wants Guidelines For RTI Use, Says "Cannot Be Unrivalled Right"

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday December 16, 2019

The Right To Information Act (RTI) is being abused the Supreme Court said this morning, adding that guidelines needed to be framed to stop that abuse. The court also said it gave the centre 3 months to complete appointments to CIC

"Rioting Must Stop": Top Court Hearing Tomorrow On Crackdown On Students

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday December 16, 2019

The "rioting" must stop and there should be peace, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said on Monday to a request to take note of police action on students at Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday evening during protests against the citizenship law.