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UP Gets Supreme Court Notice Over Yogi Adityanath's Alleged Hate Speech

India News | Written by A Vaidyanathan | Monday August 20, 2018

The Supreme Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to respond within four weeks in the alleged hate speech by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in 2007. The bench served a notice while hearing a plea challenging an Allahabad High Court order which said that Yogi Adityanath can't be prosecuted in the case.

Consider Lowering Water Level, Supreme Court Says On Mullaperiyar Dam

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday August 17, 2018

The Centre must decide whether water should be released from the Mullaperiyar dam -- over which Kerala and Tamil Nadu are at loggerheads - the Supreme Court said today. The court, however, asked the Tamil Nadu government to obey the order of the panel appointed by the Centre to take a call on the dam's water level.

On Mullaperiyar Dam, Top Court Raps "Adversarial" Tamil Nadu, Kerala

Kerala News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan and J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday August 17, 2018

The flood situation in Kerala is "grave" and it is not the time to be "adversarial", the Supreme Court has told the government of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, which are battling over discharge of water from Mullaperiyar Dam. Both states "must work together in harmony" the top court said.

"Very Kind Of Him": Justice Indu Malhotra On PM's Remark On Women Judges

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday August 15, 2018

The presence of three women judges in the Supreme Court -- a first since Independence -- found mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address from the ramparts of the Red Fort today. Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Indu Malhotra have responded with their thanks.

"Easy To Destroy System": Chief Justice Dipak Misra's Comeback to Critics

India News | Written by A Vaidyanathan | Wednesday August 15, 2018

Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra today cautioned those criticising the judiciary from outside and within by saying it is easy to destroy a system than to build it.

"Baby At 60": Justice KM Joseph On Being Junior-Most Supreme Court Judge

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Tuesday August 14, 2018

A week after he was sworn in amid a row over attempts to tamper with his seniority, Justice KM Joseph said that "at 60 plus, I have become a baby again". Justice Joseph was referring to his 25th position in the hierarchy that makes him the "junior-most" judge in the Supreme Court.

Court Orders CBI Probe Into Police Firing At Anti-Sterlite Protest

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday August 14, 2018

The CBI has been told by the Madras High Court to probe the police firing that killed 13 people while they were protesting against the Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin in May last week. The court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to complete its probe in four months.

Blue For Petrol, Orange For Diesel: Delhi's New Colour Codes For Vehicles

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Monday August 13, 2018

The Supreme Court today accepted the suggestions of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to have hologram-based coloured stickers on vehicles which would indicate the nature of fuel being used.

UP Lynching Survivor's Petition In Supreme Court Today After NDTV Expose

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Monday August 13, 2018

After taking note of an NDTV investigation in which men accused of lynching bragged on hidden camera about the killings, the Supreme Court will hear the petition of the man who survived the attack in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur in June. The top court will today take a decision on the victim's demand for a court-monitored Special Investigation Team probe ...

"This Must Stop," Says Supreme Court On Kanwariya Violence

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday August 10, 2018

The Supreme Court on Friday made strong observations about violent protests, saying public property cannot be allowed to be damaged for demonstrations, as the centre's lawyer cited, among other instances, the recent spike in destruction of property of Kanwar pilgrims.

Top Court Admits CBI Appeal Against Aarushi Talwar's Parents' Acquittal

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday August 10, 2018

The Supreme Court has admitted the CBI's appeal against the acquittal of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the murder of their daughter Aarushi Talwar and help Hemraj in 2008.

"Most Brutal": Can't Free Rajiv Gandhi's Killers, Centre Tells Top Court

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, J Sam Daniel Stalin; Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday August 10, 2018

The seven Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts jailed in Tamil Nadu cannot be released, the government told the Supreme Court today, asserting that the case involves the assassination of a former Prime Minister.

"Should've Sent You To Jail": Top Court Slams Officials On Assam List

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday August 7, 2018

The officials in charge of the Assam citizens' list was pulled up by the Supreme Court today for speaking out of turn to the media, holding out hope for the 40 lakh people left out of the list. Questioning "on whose authority" coordinator Prateek Hajela made the statements, the upset court said they should be "sent to jail" and were only being spar...

Rapes "Left, Right And Centre": Top Court Raps Bihar Over Shelter Homes

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday August 7, 2018

Bihar shelter home rapes: The Bihar government of Nitish Kumar, caught in a shelter home rape horror, was shredded by the Supreme Court which questioned why there was no inspection of these homes. "Girls are raped left, right and centre," a furious court said.

Supreme Court To Take Up Hapur Lynching On Petition Over NDTV Expose

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday August 7, 2018

After an NDTV investigation in which men accused of lynching are caught on hidden camera bragging about the killings, the Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Hapur lynching case. Lawyers for the Hapur lynching victims went to the Supreme Court for an "urgent hearing" after NDTV aired the sting operation on Monday. Chief Justice of India Dipak M...