Supreme Court asks political parties to list reasons for giving tickets to tainted candidates New Delhi: Exercising its Constitutional powers, the Supreme Court (SC) this morning put political parties on a tight leash and made mandatory for all political parties to give reasons for putting up candidates with criminal antecedents in General and Assembly polls….
Apex Court orders stay on tribals’ eviction from forests
March 2, 2019New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed its Feb. 13 order directing the eviction of lakhs of the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest-dwellers, whose claims for forest land rights have been rejected under the Forest Rights Act, 2006. The earlier order had created a possibility of eviction of 11.8 lakh tribals from forests…
Apex Court directs States to remove electric fence around elephant corridors immediately
November 9, 2018New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and other States to remove electric fences and barbed wire, installed by the owners of resorts developed around the “critical” elephant corridors in the country immediately. The Court order said “Electric fences and barbed wire, wherever installed by the resort owners, should be removed immediately.”…
Apex Court refuses complete ban on firecrackers
October 23, 2018Imposes conditions on use and sale New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to impose complete ban on sale of firecrackers across the country. The apex Court said that sale can happen through only licensed traders and that only green crackers can be sold. Online sale of firecrackers has been completely banned. The Court also…
Domestic Violence Act for divorced women too: Apex Court
May 14, 2018New Delhi: The Domestic Violence Act — meant to punish men who abuse women in a relationship — extends to all man-woman relationships, and also protects divorced women from their former husbands, the Supreme Court has upheld. A three-judge Bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, R. Banumathi and Naveen Sinha confirmed a Rajasthan High Court ruling…
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