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"Terrible Judicial Precedent": Congress On Top Court Verdict On Karnataka

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 17, 2019

The Congress on Wednesday said the Supreme Court order on the Karnataka political crisis nullifying the whip and providing "blanket protection" to lawmakers who have "betrayed" public mandate sets a "terrible judicial precedent".

Supreme Court Verdict Moral Victory For Rebel Lawmakers: BS Yeddyurappa

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 17, 2019

Karnataka Bhartiya Janata Party chief BS Yeddyurappa today welcomed the Supreme court order on the political crisis, asserting that it was a "moral victory" for the rebel lawmakers, whose resignations have pushed the ruling Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition to the brink of collapse.

Top Court Begins Exercise To Collect Nation-Wide Data On Child Rape

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 15, 2019

The Supreme Court on Monday commenced a 10-day nation-wide exercise to collect data on sexual assault on children for effective and expeditious prosecution of offenders.

Top Court To Examine Abortion Laws After Plea Alleges Violation Of Rights

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 15, 2019

The Supreme Court Monday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of certain legal provisions that allow abortion only to save the woman's life or in case of abnormal foetus and allegedly violate women's right to health, "free reproductive choice" and "privacy".

Top Court Rejects Plea Against Decision To Install CCTV In Delhi Schools

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 12, 2019

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation, or PIL, challenging the Aam Aadmi Party government's decision to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras in classrooms in Delhi schools and live stream the feed to parents of students.

Top Court Expresses Displeasure Over Obtaining Order From Vacation Bench

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 12, 2019

The Supreme Court on Friday termed as "very serious" the matter where an order, relating to registration of diesel vehicles for civic body in Delhi, was secured from a vacation bench by suppressing the facts.

Top Court To Hear Plea On Deportation Of Illegal Immigrants, Rohingyas

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 4, 2019

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking identification and deportation of all illegal immigrants and infiltrators including Bangladesh nationals and Rohingyas.

Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Demolition Of 369 Houses In Nagpur

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday July 2, 2019

The Supreme Court on Monday directed maintenance of status quo in connection with demolition of 'encroachments', mainly houses, on 369 plots reserved for public utilities in Bezanbagh area of Maharashtra's Nagpur.

Top Court Wants Ex-Bureaucrats With Law Experience For Foreign Tribunals

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 30, 2019

The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Assam government to include retired bureaucrats, not below the rank of secretary and additional secretary and having judicial experience, for appointment as members of 200 additional foreigners tribunals which will be set up in the state.

Supreme Court Gives Mamata Banerjee's Critic 7-Day Protection From Arrest

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 30, 2019

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted a seven-day interim protection to Anirban Das, a social activist who is apprehending arrest in a criminal case filed in Bengal's Alipurduar for publishing a Facebook post critical of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Hapur Victim Asked To Move Trial Court For Supplementary Charge Sheet

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 28, 2019

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the 2018 Hapur lynching victim to bring to the notice of the trial court the statements of two crucial witnesses recorded by a judicial magistrate.

Bihar Shelter Home Case: CBI To File Status Report In Top Court By June 3

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 6, 2019

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file by June 3 its status report on the ongoing probe into the alleged murder of 11 girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur in Bihar.

Top Court Intervenes As Only 9 Of 14,000 Make It To Civil Judge Interview

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 3, 2019

With only nine candidates making it to the interview level out of the 14,000 aspirants who gave the preliminary examination for post of Civil Judge in Haryana, the Supreme Court on Friday appointed its former judge Justice A K Sikri to assess the evaluation of the main written exam.

UP Government Files Hapur Lynching Case Status Report In Top Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 2, 2019

The Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that it has filed a fresh status report on investigation in the Hapur lynching case last yearin which one person had died.

Top Court Asks Poll Body To Pass Order On Plea To Prepone Polling Timing

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 2, 2019

The Supreme Court asked the Election Commission on Thursday to pass "necessary orders" on a representation seeking advancing of the voting time to 5 AM from 7 AM for the remaining phases of the Lok Sabha polls due to heat wave conditions and onset of the holy month of Ramzan.