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- Yamuna Expressway gets Supreme court nod
New Delhi, Sep 8: The Supreme Court today gave permission for the 160-km six-lane Yamuna Expressway project connecting Greater Noida with Agra.
The $350 million project, that would al....
- Supreme court calls for panel for retired defence staff
New Delhi, Sep 8: The Supreme Court today suggested to the central government to set up an independent commission which would hear the grievances of retired defence officers and make recommenda....
- Supreme Court rules out further punishment in Ajit Seth case
New Delhi, Sep 7: A man, who underwent 20 years of imprisonment for lynching two children, will not be sent to the gallows, the Supreme Court has said while upholding the trial court's verd....
- Supreme court seeks details from Uttar Pradesh government on construction in Lucknow park
New Delhi, Sep 7: The Supreme Court today directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file an affidavit listing the construction activities it was undertaking at a 195-acre eco-park located on Luc....
- Gujarat High Court free to probe Ishrat Jahan case, rules Supreme court
New Delhi, Sep 6: The Supreme Court today said that the Gujarat High Court is free to appoint any agency for investigation of Ishrat Jahan shootout case.
The apex court passed this or....
- Supreme Court stays death sentence of 3 Akshardham attackers
New Delhi, Sep 6: The Supreme Court today stayed the death sentence of the three men who were given death sentence for attacking Akshardham temple in Ahmedabad in 2002.
The sentence w....
- Courts cannot 'ordinarily' order reinvestigation of offence - Supreme Court
New Delhi, Sep 2: The Supreme Court of India has said that "ordinarily" the appellate courts could not order re-investigation or fresh investigation into an offence and also there could....
- Apex court directs troops to vacate northeast schools
New Delhi, Sep 1: The Supreme Court today asked the home ministry to have all schools in the northeast that have been occupied by paramilitary forces vacated in two months.
The apex c....
- Supreme Court pulls up Pawar for not implementing its orders
New Delhi, Aug 31: The Supreme Court today pulled up Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar for saying that the court had only made a suggestion and not passed an order regarding the distribut....
- Salwa Judum on its way out, Supreme Court told
New Delhi, Aug 31: The central government today told the Supreme Court that the vigilante group Salwa Judum was on its way out and the Chhattisgarh government has been told not to extend any su....
- Orissa to move Supreme Court against Polavaram project
Bhubaneswar, Aug 30: Orissa today said it will move the Supreme Court against the clearance granted by the union environment and forests ministry to the multi-purpose Polavaram irrigation proje....
- Notice to Maharashtra on Pragya Singh's bail plea
New Delhi, Aug 30: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Maharashtra government on a bail petition by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the main accused in 2008 Malegaon blast.
Thaku....
- Supreme Court upholds death for three in bus burning case
New Delhi, Aug 30: The Supreme Court today confirmed the death sentence awarded to three AIADMK activists for causing the death of three women students of an agricultural university in a bus bu....
- Supreme court asks Gujarat to shift Ishrat Jahan case to SIT
New Delhi, Aug 27: The Supreme Court today stayed the Gujarat High Court order directing the state government to transfer investigations into the Ishrat Jahan staged-shootout case from the stat....
- Cleaning legal dirt
New Delhi,Aug 22: The Supreme Court under the stewardship of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia appears set to make lawyers accountable for their actions.
The other day he took a serious view....
- Indians always 'manage' things
New Delhi, Aug 22: The Supreme Court had an interesting piece of advice for a former advocate general of Sikkim whose plea to get his office de-sealed was rejected - manage things instead of ta....
- India has no quality law journal
New Delhi, Aug 22: How come there is no quality Indian law journal like the Harvard Law Review? The reason lies in lawyers being too self-centric and contributing little towards the development....
- Exploitation, says apex court of prolonged contract job
New Delhi, Aug 19: The Supreme Court today said that uninterrupted prolonged employment on contract amounts to exploitation and government agencies are not expected to adopt such unfair practic....
- Suicide by subordinate: Court says no conviction sans proof
New Delhi, Aug 18: The Supreme Court has said that an individual can not be charged with abetting a suicide if an aggrieved member of his staff, who honestly feels wronged by him, kills himself....
- Government should deal with non-performing assets: apex court
New Delhi, Aug 18: The Supreme Court today said the recovery of mounting non-performing assets was beyond its jurisdiction and the government and the legislature should deal with it.
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- Pappu Yadav arrested by CBI
Gurgaon, Aug 16: Following a Supreme Court order, former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from a hospital in Har....
- A medal for poor translation
New Delhi, Aug 15: There is one field where India could be assured a Commonwealth Games medal - erroenous judgements, many caused by poor translation. Or so believe some honourable judges of th....
- Proletariat or bourgeoisie
New Delhi, Aug 15: Is a lawyer who has taken up the case of a land tiller part of the proletariat or the bourgeoisie? The question surfaced when a tenant - essentially a land tiller - from the ....
- Gujarat keeps them in high 'spirits'
New Delhi, Aug 15: Gujarat, the home state of Mahatma Gandhi, is the only state that officially practises prohibition. But the picture on the ground is different -- as it appeared a little befo....
- Foodgrain for thought
New Delhi, Aug 15: During the course of a hearing on the supply of foodgrain through the public distribution system to people living below the poverty line, Justice Dalveer Bhandari wondered wh....
- Fight corruption, bring back institutional integrity: Chief justice
New Delhi, Aug 15: Supreme Court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said on the occasion of India's 64th Independence Day today that "institutional morality and integrity" must be brought b....
- Apex court stays anti-Sikh riots case against Sajjan
New Delhi, Aug 13: In a major relief to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, the Supreme Court today stayed the criminal proceedings against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
While setting....
- Distribute free food to poor: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Aug 12: In an order of far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court today asked the central government to distribute free foodgrains to families below the poverty line.
It ....
- No review of court ban on forced narco-analysis test
New Delhi, Aug 11: The government has no proposal to seek a review of a Supreme Court judgment banning forced narco-analysis, polygraph and brain-mapping tests on accused or suspects, the Lok S....
- Court to Chhattisgarh: respond to plea on Salwa Judum
New Delhi, Aug 11: The Supreme Court today asked the Chhattisgarh government to respond on the plea seeking the disbanding of the Salwa Judum set up to counter Maoist violence.
The ap....
- Bofors pay-off case records sent to trial court
New Delhi, Aug 10: The Supreme Court today directed the transfer of records of the Bofors pay-off matter to a trial court hearing a plea opposing the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI)....
- Aarushi murder: Apex court cautions media
New Delhi, Aug 9: The Supreme Court today cautioned media to show "sensitivity" while reporting matters rooted in crime, as an irresponsible act could damage the reputation of people in....
- FIR cannot be encyclopaedia of incident: Supreme court
New Delhi, Aug 7: The Supreme Court has said that a first information report (FIR) was not an "encyclopaedia" that would contain the minutest details of an incident and it was not neces....
- What can we do, if our orders are not obeyed: Apex court
New Delhi, Aug 3: Hearing a plea seeking arrest of a politician's musclemen, the Supreme Court today said policing is not a part of its mandate and it could not help if its orders were not ....
- Apex court to decide if act covers Hindu marriage abroad
New Delhi, Aug 2: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the estranged wife of a petitioner who has sought the court's ruling on whether the Hindu Marriage Act applies to an American citi....
- Commercial arbitration? No thanks!
New Delhi, Aug 1: There are growing concerns over India's judicial system lagging behind in commercial jurisprudence. The legal fraternity believes a sound commercial arbitration mechanism ....
- Of what value human life
New Delhi, Aug 1: The other day Justice G.S. Singhvi lamented that human life has little value these days. He said even when a person cries for his life, everyone around remains a mute spectato....
- Praying for 'amritdhara'
New Delhi, Aug 1: Can courts answer all your prayers? Petitioners seem to expect no less from the judiciary than 'amritdhara' - a medicine used to cure common ailments, pointed out a ju....
- Are judges kings? No judicial activism please
New Delhi, Aug 1: Here's a staunch opponent of judicial activism from within the judiciary itself. Supreme Court's Justice Markandey Katju seldom misses an opportunity to slam courts fo....
- Apex court rejects Maharashtra plea on 1993 mosque firing
New Delhi, July 31: In a blow to the Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected its petition and directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to continue with its probe ....
- Plea to release Rajiv Gandhi's assassin dismissed
New Delhi, July 28: The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit seeking the release of Nalini Sriharan, her husband Murugan and five others awarded death or life sentences in the Rajiv Gandhi assass....
- Apex court stays Ghaziabad provident fund scam trial
New Delhi, July 28: The Supreme Court today stayed the trial in the Ghaziabad provident fund scam case pending before a CBI court in the Uttar Pradesh town on the capital's outskirts.
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- Apex court admits petition against Soren's acquittal
New Delhi, July 26: The Supreme Court today admitted a petition challenging the acquittal of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Shibu Soren and four others in the abduction and murder of Soren....
- Show rule that makes women ineligible for army: Apex court
New Delhi, July 26: The Supreme Court today asked the defence ministry to produce the Army Act notification that makes women ineligible for permanent commission in the regular army. When the ap....
- Apex court notice on 1993 bombing convicts
New Delhi, July 26: The Supreme Court today issued notice on appeals by the Maharashtra government seeking enhanced punishment for those convicted for their involvement in the 1993 Mumbai bomb ....
- Initiation of a new trend in Justice: Standing on its own ground!
New Delhi, July 25: It seems that Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia is all set to check the tendency of the top court to step into the domain of other wings of the state, particularly the official.
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- Judging by commonsense!
New Delhi, July 25: Supreme Court Justice Markandey Katju believes that cases cannot be decided on the basis on law alone and at times there is need to apply commonsense to extricate the truth ....
- Homemakers happy, apex court recognises their contribution
New Delhi, July 24: They feel they were always taken for granted and did not get the credit for their work in spite of doing the "toughest job". But homemakers in the capital are now ha....
- Apex court rejects women panel's plea against rapist
New Delhi, July 23: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition by the National Commission for Women (NCW) challenging the Delhi High Court order setting free a rapist on the ground that he ha....
- Supreme Court questions government on by-poll norms
New Delhi, July 22: The Supreme Court today asked the central government whether it was mandatory for the Election Commission (EC) to hold an election in a constituency where the outcome of the....
- Aarushi murder: Father seeks legal curbs on media
New Delhi, July 22: Rajesh Talwar, father of teenager Aarushi who was murdered along with the family's domestic help in 2008, on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the me....
- Babhali Barrage issue hearing in Supreme Court in August
Nanded (Maharashtra), July 21: The vexed issue of the Babhali Barrage, currently at the centre of a controversy between Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, is scheduled to come up for further heari....
- Court accepts Ahmadi's resignation from Bhopal trust
New Delhi, July 19: The Supreme Court today accepted the resignation of former chief justice A.M. Ahmadi as chairman of the Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust.
The court accepted the cent....
- Learn basics, Supreme Court to judges
New Delhi, July 18: Judges in the Supreme Court have often expressed concern over the state of affairs in the appellate judiciary, particularly the high courts. The other day Justice G.S. Singh....
- No contempt proceedings against Sibal: Supreme court
New Delhi, July 15: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal for criticising judi....
- Supreme Court warns media against sensationalization
New Delhi, July 14: The Supreme Court today cautioned the media against sensationalizing court matters and quoting out of context the observations that are made during hearings.
The m....
- Apex court okays Tamil Nadu quota law
New Delhi, July 13: The Supreme Court today granted protection to the Tamil Nadu government's quota law, which provides for 69 percent reservation in educational institutions and jobs.
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- 'Case backlog due to lack of settlement culture'
New Delhi, July 10: Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia today said that the absence of a settlement culture among litigants was the single most important factor in the flooding of courts with c....
- Supreme Court summons Shinde's daughter, estranged husband
New Delhi, July 8: The Supreme Court today asked union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's daughter Smriti Shinde and her estranged husband to appear before it in person on Aug 9 to explor....
- Court raps government for denying IAS job to blind candidate
New Delhi, July 8: The Supreme Court has pulled up the government for denying a visually handicapped man an appointment in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) despite there being vacancies ....
- Supreme court for higher penalty for false civil claims
New Delhi, July 7: The Supreme Court has favoured increasing the costs that are imposed on litigants to deter false or vexatious civil claims aimed at delaying cases.
The maximum cost....
- Supreme Court chief justice lists ways to improve judicial operation
New Delhi, July 6: The long-awaited improvement in the infrastructure of the lower courts could soon become a reality with Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia on Monday telling the apex court that a ben....
- Mafia don Arun Gawli gets bail in extortion case
Mumbai, July 2: Nearly 27 months after he was arrested and jailed, mafia don-turned-politician Arun Gawli secured bail in an extortion case, his lawyer said here today.
However, Gawli....
- Former Goa minister denied anticipatory bail
New Delhi, July 1: The Supreme Court today rejected a petition by former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the death of his alleged lover, 28-year....
- Notice issued to Karnataka on proposed military memorial
New Delhi, June 28: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Karnataka government on a petition challenging the proposed setting up of the National Military Memorial at the Indira Gandhi Mu....
- Reply to plea on contempt proceedings, Andhra told
New Delhi, June 25: The Supreme Court today asked Andhra Pradesh to file a reply on a petition seeking to initiate contempt proceedings against the state government for breaching the court'....
- 33-year-long legal battle on wages ends
New Delhi, June 24: The curtains have finally come down on a 33-year-long legal battle, with the Supreme Court ruling in favour of a group of now-extinct railway coach attendants who wanted hig....
- Court relief for British Airways
New Delhi, June 23: Providing relief to the British Airways (BA), the Supreme Court today said the airline could not be held guilty of indulging in unfair trade practices over alleged delay in ....
- Supreme Court notice to central minister on election
New Delhi, June 16: The Supreme Court today issued notice to union Rural Development Minister C.P. Joshi on a petition related to alleged bogus votes cast during the 2008 Rajasthan assembly ele....
- Apex court stays High Court order on Bellary Iron Ores
New Delhi, June 16: The Supreme Court today stayed an Andhra Pradesh High Court order permitting Bellary Iron Ores Pvt Ltd to lift 1.03 tonnes of processed iron ores after depositing Rs.1.5 cro....
- Apex court pulls up Karnataka judge for indiscipline
New Delhi, June 15: The Supreme Court today pulled up Justice D.V. Shylendra Kumar, judge of the Karnataka High Court, for breaching judicial discipline by using intemperate language and encroa....
- High court adjourns judgment in Khairlanji massacre case
Nagpur, June 15: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court today adjourned to July 14 the judgement in the 2006 Khairlanji dalit massacre case, in which a mother and her three children were sex....
- Dinakaran spat in Karnataka High Court reaches apex court
New Delhi, June 14: The spat between Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran and Justice D.V. Shailendra Kumar reached the Supreme Court today when the state high court filed a petiti....
- Implement Kerala high court's anti-encrochment order: apex court
New Delhi, June 14: The Supreme Court today declined to interfere with a Kerala High Court order asking the state police to clear the encroachment of government land by tribals within four week....
- Apex court refuses to hear Haldiram's owner's petition
New Delhi, June 14: The Supreme Court today declined to hear a petition by Prabhu Shankar Agarwal, the owner of the Haldiram Group, seeking bail after being convicted for conspiring to kill a t....
- Apex court declines to stay cancellation of golf club licence
New Delhi, June 11: The Supreme Court today declined to stay operation of the Kerala government's November 2008 notification informing the Trivandrum Golf Club (TGC) about the cancellation ....
- Forget about freedom, apex court tells married men
New Delhi, June 10: Married men should forget about their freedom after they tie the nuptial knot as restrictions on their independence are like "dividends" they have to pay for matrimo....
- Apex court notice in Congress leader's murder
New Delhi, June 9: The Supreme Court today issued notice in the 2006 murder of Maharashtra Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar on a CBI petition challenging a high court order granting bail to ....
- Apex court questions Kerala on licensing of clinic
New Delhi, June 8: The Supreme Court today issued notice to Kerala on a petition challenging a law that requires private clinics that dispense medicines to patients to obtain licences.
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- Court orders status quo on Uttar Pradesh land acquisition
New Delhi, June 7: The Supreme Court today ordered status quo on the proceedings for acquisition of land in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district on which Sahara City Homes had planned to deve....
- Give alternate plot or acquire land, apex court to government
New Delhi, June 4: The Supreme Court today asked the defence ministry to consider giving an alternate plot to a co-operative housing society in Secunderabad cantonment in lieu of land which it ....
- Apex court tells Haryana to protect Dalit victims
New Delhi, June 2: The Supreme Court today said courts cannot solve problems linked to social prejudices and conflicts, and directed Haryana to provide protection to the victims of caste violen....
- Provide protection to Dalit victims, apex court tells Haryana
New Delhi, June 2: The Supreme Court today said it was incumbent upon the Haryana government to provide protection to the victims of caste violence in Mirchpur village in Hisar district.
- Supreme Court dismisses plea on suspected staged shootout
New Delhi, May 31: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed by the parents of a paralytic man allegedly killed by Uttar Pradesh Police in a staged shootout in Mathura on May 15-16.
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- Apex court notice to Haryana over Dalit arson attack
New Delhi, May 31: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Haryana government on the plight of 150 Dalit families who were driven out of their village in Hisar district after an arson atta....
- Delay in hanging leads to reduced sentences, show rulings
New Delhi, May 30: The government may be unwittingly entitling condemned prisoners - including parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru - to a lesser life sentence by delaying decisions on....
- Apex court pulls up litigant for intemperate language
New Delhi, May 28: The Supreme Court today pulled up a litigant for using intemperate and indecorous language against judges of the Bombay High court and the apex court for allegedly denying hi....
- Plea against sugar mills' privatisation admitted
New Delhi, May 28: The Supreme Court today admitted a petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to privatise 11 state-run sugar mills of the Uttar Pradesh State Sugar Cor....
- Don't disparage lower courts, apex court tells judiciary
New Delhi, May 27: The Supreme Court has said that the appellate courts should use utmost restraint before making adverse observation against the judges of the subordinate judiciary.
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- Apex court to hear plea against sugar mills' privatisation
New Delhi, May 27: The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to privatise 11 operating sugar mills under the control of the Uttar ....
- Supreme Court raps Uttar Pradesh over 'encounter' death
New Delhi, May 26: The Supreme Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file an affidavit within three days to describe the status of the body of the victim of an alleged fake gun batt....
- Court stresses law for surrogacy, twins headed for Germany
New Delhi, May 26: The central government should enact a legislation to take care of surrogacy and related issues, the Supreme Court said today as the last hurdle was cleared in the travel of s....
- Apex court notice to Uttar Pradesh over shootout victim
New Delhi, May 25: The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and asked it to explain why the body of a man allegedly killed in a shootout with police was not being....
- Apex court stays Madras High Court order on bar poll
New Delhi, May 24: The Supreme Court today stayed the Madras High Court's directions related to elections to the high court's Advocate Association (MHAA) and wondered how could there be....
- Plea seeking restraint on airfield modernisation dismissed
New Delhi, May 24: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking to restrain the central government from awarding a contract for the modernisation of 30 airfields of the Indian Air Force....
- Don't deny bail for co-accused's lapses: Apex court
New Delhi, May 22: The Supreme Court has said that an accused can not be jailed and denied bail if a trail court fails to ensure the presence of co-accused who, after getting bail, obstructs th....
- Apex court moved against Soren as chief minister
New Delhi, May 21: A petition was moved in the Supreme Court today seeking directions to the Jharkhand governor to stop the "misuse of the constitution" by repeatedly administering the ....
- Caste-based census controversy reaches apex court
New Delhi, May 20: The controversy over the caste-based census today reached the Supreme Court after a Chennai-based advocate filed a pre-emptive caveat, praying that if the Madras High Court v....
- Supreme Court grieves over corruption
New Delhi, May 20: The Supreme Court today regretted not acting firmly earlier in cases of corruption in judicial appointments because of which the problem has assumed cancerous dimensions.
- Bureaucrats to blame for exam delays, litigation: Apex court
New Delhi, May 19: The Supreme Court today slammed bureaucrats for not sticking to schedules and delaying competitive exams for judicial and other services in states, saying this was generating....
- Stop reading newspapers early in the day, advises apex court
New Delhi, May 18: The Supreme Court today suggested that one should avoid reading newspapers early in the morning to get through the day.
"If you want to keep your day fresh, don....
- Apex court restrains Patna court order against airport agency
New Delhi, May 17: The Supreme Court today stayed a Patna High Court order upholding the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security's (BCAS) decision to withdraw security clearance licence granted t....
- Supreme Court to go on 49-day recess
New Delhi, May 16: The Supreme Court will go on a 49-day summer recess starting on Monday. The court re-opens on July 5.
During the vacation, two benches will function to hear urgent ....
- Supreme Court: Examine US Vietnam war veteran's asylum plea
New Delhi, May 15: The Supreme Court has asked Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati to examine a plea by US Vietnam war veteran Jeff Knaebel seeking political asylum in India. Knaebel describes hi....
- Supreme Court disposes plea on Prabhakaran's mother
New Delhi, May 14: The Supreme Court today disposed a petition seeking a direction to the central government to fly the ailing mother of the slain Tamil Tigers chief to Chennai for medical trea....
- Apex court denies bail to former MP jailed for murder
New Delhi, May 14: The Supreme Court today dismissed the bail plea of criminal-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, a former Lok Sabha MP serving life sentence for the murder of a Bihar distric....
- Supreme Court refuses to help legislator who holds court
New Delhi, May 13: The Supreme Court today declined to interfere with the Allahabad High Court's proceedings looking into allegations that a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator from Uttar ....
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