New Delhi: A day before the scheduled hearing on quantum of sentence, activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan who has been held guilty of criminal contempt for his two derogatory tweets, moved the Supreme Court seeking deferment of the proceedings till a review petition is filed and considered. The top court on August 14 held Bhushan guilty of … Read more
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea questioning setting up of a three-member judicial commission led by former apex court judge Justice B S Chauhan to inquire into the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said that there were enough safeguards to ensure fair inquiry by … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea to transfer the PM CARES Funds to the National Disaster Relief Fund. The court also rejected a plea for a fresh national plan to control Covid-19. A bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan though said the government would be free to transfer the funds to … Read more
MUMBAI: State Bank of India, representing creditors of Reliance Communications (RCom), has told the Supreme Court that spectrum is an “essential and integral” part of the telco’s assets and the insolvency process would fall apart if the right to use airwaves isn’t allowed to be transferred. Without any spectrum to use, the telco would cease … Read more
NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Saturday said a robust online dispute resolution (ODR) ecosystem has the potential to ensure justice delivery in a cheaper, quicker and credible manner, which in turn can help in ease of doing business. Kant further said ODR is a fast-evolving dispute resolution mechanism that uses technology not … Read more
Ayodhya: Iqbal Ansari, one of the oldest Muslim litigants in the Ayodhya title dispute case, said he attended the groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday to honour the invitation sent by the Ram temple trust. “The Supreme Court had delivered its verdict on November 9. It’s been nine months and I am no longer fighting a case. … Read more
The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed the pleas seeking removal of former high court judge, Justice (retd) Shashi Kant Agarwal and retired Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) K L Gupta, from the three-member inquiry commission set up to probe into the encounter killing of gangster Vikas Dubey. A bench headed by Chief Justice S … Read more
NEW DELHI: As preparations intensify for the ground-breaking ceremony for the Ram temple in Ayodhya on August 5, a trust could be announced around the same time for the construction of a mosque in the Dhannipur village of the city. The Supreme Court judgement of November 9 last year had directed that five acres of … Read more
New Delhi: The issue of dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey not being apparently handcuffed has kicked up dust after his alleged encounter killing on Friday since the Supreme Court has provided for exceptions while disapproving of the “inhuman” practice. Dubey was shot dead by police, who claimed he was trying to flee after the car carrying … Read more