NEW DELHI: Observing that trial in cash-for-job scam, in which former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji is being prosecuted, could be the most mammoth trial in the country with over 2,000 accused, Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the state to place before it a prosecutorial plan on how to go about the case and…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its decision regarding Justice Yashwant Varma’s challenge to an in-house inquiry panel’s report that found him culpable in the cash discovery matter.The bench, comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and A G Masih, said that the Chief Justice of India has the authority to inform the president and prime…
NEW DELHI: At a time when it is seized of the Presidential Reference for the Supreme Court’s opinion SC’s power to fix timelines for the constitutional heads on Bills passed by Assemblies, the apex court on Tuesday sought the Centre’s response to a petition by Punjab govt alleging presidential inaction on its two Bills relating…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah for failing to issue a proper public apology over his controversial remarks against Indian Army officer Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, calling into question his sincerity and intentions.“This man has been testing our patience… This was the statement he made on the first…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court once again asked the Election Commission to consider the Aadhaar card and the electoral photo identity card as admissible documents to prove the identity of voters during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral polls, which is under way in Bihar. The Election Commission launched the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)…
The Supreme Court initiated suo motu proceedings on Monday after reviewing a Times of India report about rabies cases resulting from dog attacks.Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, while examining the TOI’s Delhi edition, described the published report as “very disturbing and alarming”.“The news item contains some alarming and disturbing figures and facts,” the…
NEW DELHI: Congress hailed Supreme Court hearing on EC’s revision of Bihar electoral rolls as a significant step, and expressed hope that the poll watchdog will accept additional documents like Aadhaar for voter’s verification.Congress general secretary and MP K C Venugopal said, “It is a relief for the democracy. The matter will now be heard…
Tejashwi Yadav (File photo) PATNA: Bihar’s opposition bloc and NDA claimed victory and attacked each other after SC didn’t stop special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state but advised EC to consider Aadhaar, voter ID, and ration cards for verification.Leader of opposition in the assembly, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, accused EC of acting…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to consider accepting Aadhaar, voter ID card and ration card as valid documents for its special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and allowed the process to go on. Though the court flagged the practical difficulty in completing the task within the short…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday launched the ‘School Bachao Abhiyan’ (Save Schools Campaign) in Jaunpur, slamming the Uttar Pradesh government for shutting down thousands of government schools. With the slogan “Not Liquor Shops, We Need Schools,” Singh marched with local residents to a primary school in Meerganj Khas that…
