President Donald Trump said he expects to nominate a replacement for the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court next week and that he’ll likely select a woman. “I’ll be making my choice soon,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House on Saturday for a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina. “We’ll … Read more
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), on Friday, informed the Supreme Court that compartment examinations for students of class X and XII would be held by the end of September. The Apex Court has directed CBSE to file an affidavit, by September 10, detailing the schedule of the compartment exams. Also, on … Read more
Activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan, convicted and fined by the Supreme Court for contempt of court, said this power is sometimes misused or abused in an attempt to stifle free speech or discussion about the judiciary. He called the contempt of court jurisdiction “very dangerous” and said it should be abolished. “Every citizen in a democracy, … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday issued a notice on Andhra Pradesh government’s plea seeking to make English the medium of education from class one to six in its schools. A bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and K M Joseph sought response of Srinivas Guntipalli on whose plea the Andhra Pradesh High … Read more
If the economy is on a decline and the cost of capital is very high and the returns are low, naturally the telecom sector or any other sector would go under, says the counsel of Bharti Airtel. When it comes to Bharti Airtel and your client, the markets are giving a massive thumbs up. What … Read more
Ten years is definitely reasonable. We will look at it, says Voda-idea counsel Mukul Rohatagi. Voda-Idea had asked for a 15-year timeline for payment of AGR dues, the government had said 20 years and the Supreme Court has said 10 years. What are your initial reactions to this verdict?We had told the court that Vodafone … Read more
Opposing the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal at a meeting with his Haryana counterpart, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday warned that it is an emotive issue in his state and “Punjab will burn” if asked to share water. Meeting Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat through a video link, … Read more
For the second time in less than eight months, the Karnataka government has said that it would make rioters pay for damages caused to public and private properties during the violence. But unlike the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, which passed an ordinance to recover damages, the BS Yediyurappa government is banking on a Supreme … Read more
High-speed mobile Internet services were restored on a trial basis in one district each in Kashmir and Jammu regions over a year after the facility was suspended, according to an official order on Sunday. The resumption of 4G Internet services on mobile devices came days after the Centre had informed the Supreme Court that a … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has asked for speeding up the process of filling up vacancies in the National Green Tribunal to address the “piquant situation” created due to reduced working strength of the green panel. A bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna requested the Selection Committee to expedite the … Read more