New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered all the States to ensure all elderly people, eligible for the pension, should be regularly paid the amount, along with necessary medicines, masks, sanitisers and other essential goods during the Covid-19 pandemic. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R. Subhash Reddy directed that when any…
SC Judges panel decides against physical courts for two more weeks
July 27, 2020New Delhi: A Committee of seven Judges has decided against the resumption of physical courts hearing in the Supreme Court (SC) for a period of at least two weeks, in view of current Covid-19 situation here. “In view of unanimous medical opinion that while there is a marginal dip in the reported cases of Covid-19…
Travancore Royal Family wins Padmanabha Swamy Temple case in SC
July 13, 2020Supreme Court settles 9-year battle between erstwhile royal family and Kerala Govt. New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning sided with the erstwhile Travancore Royal Family for the administration and control of the Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple in Kerala. Settling the nine-year-long dispute, the Top Court overturned the January 2011 judgment of Kerala High Court…
CBSE’s remaining 12th, 10th exams in July cancelled
June 25, 2020New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Board this morning told the Supreme Court that the Class 10 and Class 12 exams have been cancelled. The exams that were scheduled to be held from July 1 to July 15 will be conducted as and when the situation is suitable to conduct the exams,…
Supreme Court clears way for SSLC exam from June 25
June 18, 2020New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday paved way for Class 10 SSLC Board examinations to be conducted in Karnataka as scheduled, from June 25 to July 4. A Bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Krishna Murari and S. Ravindra Bhat dismissed a plea challenging a Karnataka High Court Order, which had refused to intervene in…
Social distancing is duty, not discretion during pandemic: SC
April 7, 2020New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has institutionalised video-conferencing during lockdown period and said every individual and institution must implement measures designed by Health Authorities and Governments to reduce the spread of COVID-19. While providing modalities for use of video-conferencing facilities for hearing of urgent cases and even recording of evidence, a bench of CJI…
Coronavirus: SC takes suo moto cognisance of overcrowding in Jails
March 17, 2020Apex Court seeks reply of Director-General, Prison and Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories by Mar. 20 regarding precautionary measures taken in Jails across India New Delhi: A Two-Judge Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) S.A. Bobde and L.N. Rao issued a notice to the Director-General, Prison and Chief Secretaries of all…
Nirbhaya convicts set to hang on Mar. 20
March 6, 2020Supreme Court to step in if convicts are not hanged on the set date New Delhi: A City Court, yesterday, set Mar. 20 as the date for executing the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The Court noted there was no legal bar, but rather an obligation to set the…
SC dismisses Nirbhaya convict Pawan Gupta’s curative petition
March 2, 2020New Delhi: A Five-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court has this morning rejected the curative petition filed by Delhi gang rape convict Pawan Kumar Gupta. The SC was hearing ‘in chamber’ the curative plea of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case —…
Congress protests against SC judgement on reservation
February 15, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As part of a State-wide stir, over 200 Congress workers, led by former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, staged a demonstration urging the Centre to file a review petition against the recent Supreme Court verdict which said that ‘reservation in job promotion is not a fundamental right,’ at Gandhi Square here this morning. Addressing the…
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