CBI moves vacation court in Anil Deshmukh corruption case

27 Dec 2022

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) moves vacation court seeking extension of stay on the effect of the order granting bail to NCP leader Anil Deshmukh in a corruption case. The effect of the order had stayed till Tuesday for CBI to seek urgent relief from SC.

SC Denies Bilkis Bano’s Review Plea Against The Release Of 11 Convicts

17 Dec 2022

The Supreme Court denied the review petition filed by Bilkis Bano who was gang-raped in 2002. Bilkis Bano filed the case last month challenging the release of the sentence of 11 convicts, saying the premature release has "shaken the conscience of society." The gang rape survivor also filed a separate...

Bihar hooch tragedy: PIL in SC seeks SIT probe

16 Dec 2022

In the Supreme Court, a petition has been filed on Friday seeking an independent SIT probe in the Bihar hooch tragedy. Earlier on Friday, the plea was mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and was refused to hear. "If it's so important, you should have listed...

SC rejects plea seeking information of collegiums’ meet on Judges’ appointment

09 Dec 2022

The Supreme Court dismissed a petition on Friday asking for information about the Supreme Court collegium's meeting on December 12, 2018, in accordance with the Right to Information Act (RTI). The petitioner demanded information about a meeting where alleged decisions regarding the elevation of some judges to the top court...

Top court orders transfer of trial in murder of AP CM’s uncle to Hyderabad

29 Nov 2022

In the weeks leading up to the assembly elections, Y S Vivekananda Reddy, the uncle of Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, was assassinated at his home on March 15, 2019. The case was initially looked into by a special team of the state Crime Investigation Department...

SC order for remuneration to Imams, CIC calls it ‘violation of Constitution’

26 Nov 2022

The 1993 Supreme Court order allowing remuneration to imams in mosques was in "violation of the Constitution" and besides setting a "wrong precedent", has become a point of unnecessary political slugfest and social disharmony, the Central Information Commission has said. Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar noted that the order violated constitutional...

SC asks Centre, Delhi police to respond on shifting Sukesh from Mandoli jail

22 Nov 2022

In response to conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar's petition, which detailed two incidents of physical assault and threat-making at Mandoli jail, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Center and Delhi Police to respond to the appeal. A bench of justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar said, “We have gone through the...

Chhattisgarh plans law for quotas based on communities’ population

22 Nov 2022

The Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (SCs), among other communities, will receive a proportional amount of reservation in jobs and educational settings under a measure that the Chhattisgarh government intends to propose in the assembly (OBC). The draft will be examined at the state Cabinet meeting on...

SC denies hearing on Delhi cracker ban; Says, ‘Let people breathe’

20 Oct 2022

The Supreme Court on Thursday denied a petition by BJP MP Manoj Tiwari that asked for an expedited hearing on a case that challenged the Delhi government's complete ban on firecrackers. "Let people breathe clean air... spend your money on sweets," the apex court said. The Delhi High Court declined...

Quota for SC/STs to be hiked, after all party meet; says CM Bommai

08 Oct 2022

Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai hiked reservations for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) by 17% and 7% respectively on Friday. Bommai released a statement on Friday stating, "It has been unanimously decided to hike reservation for the Scheduled Castes from 15 percent to 17 percent and the Scheduled Tribes...