New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Centre and the governments of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir over the recent flood devastation caused by heavy rains and landslides. Expressing grave concern, a bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran observed...
Hyderabad: INDIA bloc Vice-Presidential candidate and former Supreme Court judge, Justice B. Sudershan Reddy (retd), on Monday responded to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s allegation that he supported Naxalism, urging the public and political leaders to first read the Supreme Court judgment in question. The allegation referred to the 2011 Salwa Judum case, which Justice...
The Supreme Court on Monday, September 1, declined to extend the deadline for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, even as it flagged a widening trust deficit between the Election Commission of India (ECI) and political parties. A bench headed by Justice Surya Kant noted that voters could still submit claims...
New Delhi: The Central Government on Wednesday announced the appointment of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Patna High Court Chief Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi as judges of the Supreme Court of India. The announcement was made by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on X, stating that the President, in consultation with...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted a major relief to psephologist and Co-Director of the Centre for the Lokniti Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Sanjay Kumar, by staying FIR proceedings registered against him by Maharashtra police. The FIRs were filed following a now-deleted post by Kumar on X, which contained an erroneous analysis of...
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered comedian Samay Raina and four other comedians to issue public apologies on YouTube and other platforms for making insensitive remarks against persons with disabilities. The Bench, comprising Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, also asked the comedians to respond to the suggestion of using their platforms to create awareness...
In a shocking incident in Ghaziabad, a woman was slapped eight times in just 38 seconds by a man after she fed stray dogs near his residential complex in the National Capital Region. The victim, a Ghaziabad resident, said she had been feeding the dogs late Friday night, hours after the Supreme Court modified its...
The Supreme Court on Friday modified its earlier order on stray dogs in the Delhi-NCR region, calling the previous directions “too harsh”. The court had previously ruled that all stray dogs be rounded up and permanently housed in shelters, a decision that sparked criticism from animal activists and dog lovers. A three-judge bench comprising Justice...
The Supreme Court of India has directed the Election Commission (EC) to allow voters, whose names were deleted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar, to submit their claims online. The court has instructed that Aadhaar cards or any other acceptable documents should be recognized for this purpose. The directive...
The Supreme Court of India will announce its verdict on Friday regarding the relocation of stray dogs in the National Capital Region (NCR). The decision follows widespread criticism and protests from animal lovers and organizations over an earlier order mandating the permanent relocation of all strays to shelter homes. A three-judge bench comprising Justices Vikram...