Today Supreme Court has issued notices to Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha,Telangana, West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka along with the Central Government to submit their status report within four weeks on non filing up of vacancies in CIC and SICs. Apex court has taken state governments over long-pending vacancies in the Central Information Commission and State […]
In an update in Ayodhya Ram Temple-Babri Masjid land case hearing in Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi has denied to take any intervention application in the case. This matter is going to be over by 5 pm today. Five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi begins […]
Today the Supreme Court has directed government of to give compensatio of Rs 50 lakhs within two weeks, a job and accommodation of choice to Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped when she was five months pregnant during the 2002 riots in the state. A bench was headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the Gujarat […]
In a setback to former Union minister P Chidambaram, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant him pre-arrest bail in the INX Media money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate. The top court dismissed Chidambaram’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court verdict denying him anticipatory bail in the case, saying economic offence has […]
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who is facing threat of arrest, failed twice Wednesday to get immediate relief from the Supreme Court which refused to grant him urgent hearing on his plea seeking protection from arrest in the INX media scam cases. Chidambaram, who was home minister and finance minister in the UPA government from […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said senior Congress leader P Chidambaram’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court order dismissing his petition for pre-arrest bail in the INX media case will be put before the CJI to consider for urgent listing. Justice N V Ramana told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, that the case […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed two Independent MLAs from Karnataka to withdraw their plea seeking a direction to state assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar to conduct “forthwith” floor test on a trust motion moved by the H D Kumaraswamy government. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took note of the submissions […]
Today Congress party received a setback as they moved supreme court challenging decision of Election Commission of India to hold election for two Rajya Sabha seats from Gujarat separately. Two seats of RS have fallen vacant as Amit Shah, who has won Lok Sabha election from Gandhinagar and Smriti Irani, who also had won Lok Sabha […]
Today Gujarat Congress President Amit Chavda tweeted on his official tweeter handle the following: In the blatant disregard of constitution, under the immense pressure from BJP, Election Commission has issued notification to hold polls for 2 Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat separately. This is unprecedented, unconstitutional and blatant attempt by EC to benefit BJP. If election […]
In Gujarat Encounters Case, today Supreme Court gives a copy of Justice H S Bedi committee report on the inquiry into 22 encounter killings in Gujarat from 2002-2007 to the petitioners. SC bench steered by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said it would later decide on whether to accept or reject the final report. […]
