Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The ugly battle for the control of Shiv Sena – the ruling party of Maharashtra – has now reached the Supreme Court, with rebel MLA Eknath Shine now disputing CM Uddhav Thackeray’s move to disqualify him and 15 of his rebel companions inside the rooms of the apex court. The matter has been […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court decided to free former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination of convict AG Perarivalan after a 31-year legal battle, the Congress on Wednesday expressed disappointment and said that it was deeply saddened by the decision of the top court. Congress also questioned the upholding of the ‘integrity of the […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court of India put the contentious Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, popularly known as ‘Sedition Law’, in abeyance and urged the state governments not to register fresh FIRs under this law till a government-formed committee re-evaluates its framework, a war of words erupted between the ruling Bharatiya […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court put a stay on the sedition law, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that speaking the truth is patriotism, not treason. Echoing the sentiments, the party said that speaking truth to power cannot be sedition but true nationalism. In a historic decision, the three-judge apex court bench of […]

  NEW DELHI: In a significant development, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been given go-ahead by Supreme Court for its ambitious Sewage Treat Plants (STPs) project on Wednesday. The BMC has been trying to set up the Sewerage Treatment Plants at seven locations namely, Worli, Bandra, Malad, Ghatkopar, Dharavi, Bhandup and Versova at a […]

  New Delhi: More troubles brewing for former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filing three preliminary enquiry (PE) against him and several others to probe allegations of extortion and criminal misconduct. “The agency has registered three PEs against Singh, Jitendra Navlani, another Mumbai Police officer Pradeep Sharma, who […]

As the fault lines in the Punjab socio- religious inclusiveness deepen with every passing day, there is a rise in the number of episodes of people taking the law in their hands, while state acts as a mute spectator. The acceptance of any gruesome lynching is a portent departure from a tolerant civilisation to barbarianism. […]

NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday tore into the Central government over the alleged mismanagement of Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya Ram temple donation worth Rs 30 crore and demanded a Supreme Court monitored probe. Addressing a press conference here, Priyanka Gandhi said, “Ram temple trust bought land for the temple. And as all of […]

NEW DELHI: Jawahar Lal Nehru university administration and its student union are bracing up for a big showdown after the officials have put their foot down on stalling the screening of Ram Ke Naam, a 1992 documentary that portrays the razing of Babri mosque in Ayodhya by right-wing organizations. ALSO READ & WATCH: 10 Interesting […]

NEW DELHI: Delhi is breathing poisonous air. Even as the air quality continues to dip even further in the severe category in the national capital, the Supreme Court on Saturday said the Central government should consider a two-day lockdown in Delhi if necessary, in order to bring down the pollution level in Delhi-NCR. The remarks […]