SC sends notice to Salman Khan regarding acquittal in hit-and-run case
Feb 19, 2016, at 09:17 pm
Mumbai, Feb 19 (IBNS) The Supreme Court (SC) sent a notice to actor Salman Khan on Friday asking why his acquittal by the Bombay High Court in the 2002 hit-and-run case should not be overturned, according to media reports.
Kejriwal blasts BJP over OP Sharma treatment
Feb 19, 2016, at 08:46 pm
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS) Taking a jibe at the soft treatment meted out by police to BJP legislator OP Sharma, who was seen beating up a Leftist supporter of arrested JNU student union leader Kanhaiya Kumar during his production in a court, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said under the union government anyone can get away with murder, rape and assault with the excuse of acting against those shouting anti-India slogan.
JNU: SC denies to hear Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea
Feb 19, 2016, at 05:29 pm
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IBNS) The Supreme Court, where arrested Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Kanhaiya Kumar a day ago filed a bail plea fearing for his life as violent protests by lawyers marked his production in a lower court, on Friday refused to hear the petition and asked him to file for the same in an appropriate court (read high court).
Congress mock BJP, says PM Modi failed nation
Feb 19, 2016, at 02:04 am
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IBNS) The Indian National Congress on Thursday took a shot at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP government, stating that they have failed the nation.
JNU: 14 cops transferred over varsity ruckus
Feb 17, 2016, at 04:48 pm
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IBNS) As the protests thicken at the JNU campus due to the arrest of their student leader on sedition charges, 14 senior Delhi cops have been transferred, according to reports.
National Herald: SC exempts Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi from personally appearing before trial court
Feb 12, 2016, at 09:01 pm
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IBNS) Giving relief to Congres supremo Sonia Gandhi and party vice president in the National Herald case, the Supreme Court exempted the two leaders from personally appearing in the hearing scheduled to occur in a Patiala House court from Feb 20.
IPC 377: Supreme Court refers to 5-judge bench petition on gay sex
Feb 02, 2016, at 09:05 pm
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to a five-judge bench on whether to admit a curative petition which is seeking to reconsider the validity of controversial section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) concerning homosexuality as activists demanding scrapping of the controversial law called the court move a progressive step.
Arunachal crisis : SC gives governor 15 minute time to produce report
Jan 27, 2016, at 08:27 pm
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Arunchal Pradesh governor submit the report he gave to the central government making the recommendation for President's rule in the state.
Arunachal Pradesh: SC to hear challenge today
Jan 27, 2016, at 01:55 pm
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear the Congress party's plea which challenged the Cabinet's decision to impose Central Rule in Arunachal Pradesh.
Kerala: IAS officer facing action for supporting Modi gets court relief
Jan 19, 2016, at 08:47 pm
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IBNS) The Supreme Court has put on hold the disciplinary proceedings initiated by the Kerala government against a bureaucrat who had praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a newspaper article in 2013.
Threat calls to lawyer who fights for entry of women in Sabrimala temple
Jan 15, 2016, at 06:21 pm
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IBNS) A lawyer who is among those leading the campaign for allowing women in the famous Sabarimala temple in Kerala, has received 500 threatening phone calls, the Supreme Court was informed today.
Jan 12, 2016, at 07:06 pm
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the order allowing jallikattu, the traditional bull-fighting sport in Tamil Nadu, reports said.
SC to hear petitions against Centere's decision to allow Jallikattu today
Jan 12, 2016, at 02:50 pm
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday is all set to hear a batch of petitions that have been filed against the recent notification by the Centre on lifting a ban on Tamil Nadu's bull-taming sport Jallikattu.
Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee to seek ban on Sikh jokes
Jan 05, 2016, at 05:01 am
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IBNS): Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee President Manjit Singh G.K on Monday said Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee will fight case on 'Sikh Jokes' in Supreme Court and will hire battery of top lawyers of the country to seek complete ban on such jokes in the country.
2012 gang rape: Supreme Court to hear plea against release of young convict today
Dec 21, 2015, at 02:58 pm
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IBNS): Plea over the release of the juvenile convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case will be heard by the Supreme Court on Monday.
Youngest Delhi gang-rape convict to be set free from reform home today
Dec 20, 2015, at 03:47 pm
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IBNS): The juvenile offender in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case is set to be released from a special home on Sunday after the Delhi high court on Friday refused to stay his release stating that there is lack of any legal provision to intervene.
2014 judgment on gay sex should be reconsidered: Jaitley
Nov 29, 2015, at 05:00 pm
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the Supreme Court should "reconsider" 2014 judgement on gay sex.
Nitish Katara's killers won't hang, Supreme Court rules
Nov 16, 2015, at 06:07 pm
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IBNS) Rejecting the Delhi Government's peition, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Nitish Katara's killers will not hang, reports said.
It is a setback to Parliamentary sovereignty: Prasad on SC ruling
Oct 16, 2015, at 10:44 pm
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IBNS): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said the landmark verdict in which the Supreme Court rejected a new law that gives the government more say in appointing judges and reinstated the age-old collegium system of judges as a move which was a setback to parliamentary sovereignty.
SC dismisses former Gujarat cop Sanjiv Bhatt's probe plea against Amit Shah
Oct 13, 2015, at 07:06 pm
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS) The Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt’s plea to probe Amit Shah’s role in the post-Godhra riots.
Supreme Court suspends J & K beef ban
Oct 05, 2015, at 07:42 pm
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Monday suspended for two months the beef ban in Jammu and Kashmir that triggered widespread protests in the state.
Rajnath Singh supports acts of self-defence by security forces
Sep 19, 2015, at 03:17 am
New Delhi, Sept 18 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has come out strongly in support of the acts of self-defence by security forces maintaining law and order in hostile environment.
SC stays all proceedings against Italian marines
Aug 26, 2015, at 11:36 pm
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): In a significant order, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed all proceedings against the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012 till Jan 13.
Uphaar tragedy: Ansals fined 60 crores
Aug 20, 2015, at 12:18 am
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS): In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Wednesday fined real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal Rs. 60 crore in connection with the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case.
Nitish Katara: SC upholds conviction of Vikas Yadav, Vishal Yadav , Sukhdev Pehalwan
Aug 17, 2015, at 10:24 pm
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): In a crucial verdict in the Nitish Katara murder case, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld conviction of Vikas Yadav, Vishal Yadav and Sukhdev Pehalwan.
WB: CBI raids in chit fund offices
Aug 15, 2015, at 04:01 am
Kolkata, Aug 14 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) conducted raids at the offices of Suraha Sunmarg Micro Finance Pvt Ltd and its directors' houses in several locations across West Bengal on Friday, sources said.
SC Deputy Registrar resigns over judgement on Yakub Memon
Aug 02, 2015, at 08:05 pm
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS): Professor Anup Surendranath, who was appointed as the Deputy Registrar (Research) of the Supreme Court more than a year ago on contract, has resigned from the post after 1993 Mumbai Blasts convict Yakub Memon was hanged to death.
Judges who rejected Yakub's last minute plea given additional security
Jul 31, 2015, at 04:15 am
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): The three judges, who rejected 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon's last-minute appeal in an unprecedented hearing that took place in the Supreme Court at 3 AM on Thursday, has been been provided with additional security, reports said.
Execution of Yakub Memon cruel and inhuman: Amnesty International
Jul 31, 2015, at 03:24 am
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS) The execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon marks another disheartening use of the death penalty in India, said Amnesty International India on Thursday.
1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon buried in Mumbai amid high security
Jul 31, 2015, at 02:11 am
Mumbai, July 30 (IBNS): The body of Yakub Memon, who was hanged on Thursday morning in Nagpur Central Jail, was buried in a graveyard in Mahim in Mumbai amid heavy security.