Supreme Court

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday moved the Supreme Court as an urgent matter for hearing against the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government’s alleged order banning the live telecast of Lord Ram Lalla’s ‘pran-pratishtha’ (consecration…
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The Supreme Court has directed all courts to ensure that any litigant who approaches for bail should not mislead the court by suppressing facts and directed that every bail application would henceforth disclose details of earlier bail pleas…
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“Today is truly the New Year for me. I have wept tears of relief. I have smiled for the first time in over a year and half. I have hugged my children. It feels like a stone the size of a mountain has been lifted from my chest, and I can…
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Bilkis Bano’s petition challenging the early release of 11 convicts who raped her and killed her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots is valid, the Supreme Court said today, asserting that the hearings will continue. The convicts were…
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The Supreme Court on Monday will deliver judgment on petitions challenging the Gujarat government’s decision to prematurely release 11 convicts serving life in prison for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and various other heinous crimes…
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The Supreme Court and its judges are not the “fund collectors” for the Government, justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said on Friday, adding principles of law are more important than the stakes a case may carry. Addressing from a ceremonial bench…
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India’s Ministry of External Affairs, in strongly worded remarks, slammed the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), an international grouping of Muslim nations, for criticising the Supreme Court’s recent verdict upholding the Central…
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Putting Lalu Prasad Yadav back in jail will be difficult, the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday while deferring the hearing on a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the bail granted to the Rashtriya…
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The Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on a clutch of petitions demanding legal recognition for same-sex marriages on Tuesday, a ruling that would map out India’s jurisprudential acknowledgment of marriage equality and the…
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The Union government on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it is ready for elections at any time in Jammu and Kashmir. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the government, said that the process of updating the voter list is…
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