Supreme Court

Being Punished For Treason Case Against Pervez Musharraf: Nawaz Sharif

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 24, 2018

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that the references against him by the country's anti-corruption body, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), are "byproducts" of him filing a high treason case against former President Pervez Musharraf.

Supreme Court Asks Rajasthan Government To Pay Fees Due To Lawyer

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 23, 2018

A lawyer had to knock the doors of the Supreme Court to seek a direction to his client, the Rajasthan government, to clear his bills totalling Rs 48 lakh pending since 1994. A bench of Justices N V Ramana and S Abdul Nazeer came to his aid and directed the state government to pay Rs 48.01 lakh to lawyer Aruneshwar Gupta within four weeks.

Pramod Muthalik Can't Enter Goa Yet, Supreme Court Asks For Latest Ban Order

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 21, 2018

The Supreme Court on Monday asked Rashtriya Hindu Sena chief Pramod Muthalik to amend his plea and place before it the latest notification issued by the Goa government allegedly prohibiting his entry into the state.

Supreme Court Seeks Centre, Kerala Reply On Plea Against Nativity Criterion

Education | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday May 21, 2018

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response from the Centre, Kerala and the MCI on a medical college plea seeking direction to provide for the option of filling up seats through central counselling.

Sex Abuse Videos: Supreme Court Slaps Rupees 1 Lakh Cost Each On Google, Facebook

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 21, 2018

The Supreme Court has slapped a cost of Rupees one lakh each on internet giants like Google and Facebook for failing to file their replies on the steps taken by them to block videos of sexual offences on social sites.

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Review Of Verdict In Judge Loya Death Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 21, 2018

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict rejecting the demand for an independent probe into the death of special CBI judge BH Loya, who dealt with the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

No Home, Says Akhilesh Yadav, Buying Time To Vacate Government Bungalow

Lucknow News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday May 21, 2018

Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati are not ready to move out of their palatial government-allotted homes in Lucknow just yet. The two former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh have their own reasons.

Collegium System Black Spot On Indian Democracy: Upendra Kushwaha

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 21, 2018

Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha today said the collegium system for selection of judges of high courts and the Supreme Court lacked transparency and was a "black spot" on Indian democracy, and called for more representation of people belonging to SC, ST, Dalit communities in the high

Former UP Chief Ministers Busy House-Hunting After Supreme Court Order

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 20, 2018

Former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, who have been occupying government accommodations in the high-security VVIP zone in Lucknow, are now looking for alternate residences.

Supreme Court Sets Conditions To Cut Trees For Ganga Jal Project

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday May 20, 2018

The Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam to plant 2,500 saplings, maintain and look after them for 10 years in a secure fenced area in Firozabad district to compensate the felling of 234 trees that come in the way of the Ganga Jal pipeline that will bring water to the Taj City.

Karnataka Loss Hits BJP's Bid To Expand Base Ahead Of 2019: Foreign Media

India News | Bibhudatta Pradhan and Iain Marlow | Sunday May 20, 2018

The three-day-old government of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party failed to prove its majority in Karnataka on Saturday, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to expand his party's influence outside its strongholds ahead of the 2019 national polls.

Stood Up For Certain Values; Nothing Personal: Justice Jasti Chelameswar

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday May 20, 2018

Supreme Court judge Justice Jasti Chelameswar, who retired on Friday, has said that he stood up for certain "issues and values" wherever he perceived things were going wrong and had nothing personal against anyone in the system.

"I'm A Fighter": What BS Yeddyurappa Said In His Resignation Speech

Karnataka News | Edited by Revathi Hariharan | Saturday May 19, 2018

A 20-minute emotional speech by BJP's BS Yeddyurappa at the Karnataka assembly ended with him quitting as the chief minister, just two days after he was sworn in. The BJP, which won 104 of the 222 seats for which polling was held, were eight seats short of majority. The Congress and JDS combine claimed the support of 117 lawmakers. The Supreme Cour...

Manipur "Fake" Encounters: Top Court Voices Displeasure At Defence Ministry

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 19, 2018

The Supreme Court has expressed its displeasure that the Ministry of Defence has "not even bothered" to respond to the letters addressed to it by the CBI's Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing the alleged extra-judicial killings and fake encounters by the Army, Assam Rifles and police in Manipur.

"Democracy Won, Operation Lotus Failed": Siddaramaiah After Karnataka's "Big Victory"

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Saturday May 19, 2018

Two days after he took oath as Karnataka's chief minister with a promise to form a BJP government in the state, BS Yeddyurappa resigned from the post, moments before the much-awaited trust vote as directed by the Supreme Court on Friday