New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning said it could not pass an order right away on the plea by former finance minister P. Chidambaram seeking protection from arrest in the INX Media Case, a day after the Delhi High Court refused to grant him anticipatory bail. A team of officers from the CBI arrived…
Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid land dispute case: Mediation fails, Apex Court to hear case from Aug.6
August 3, 2019New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday decided to proceed on a day-to-day basis hearing from Aug. 6 in Ayodhya Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid land dispute case. A Five-Judge Constitution Bench of the Apex Court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, said, the three-member mediation panel effort has not resulted in “any final settlement.”…
Disqualified MLAs move SC
August 2, 2019New Delhi: Maintaining that the then Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar’s order disqualifying them was wrong, arbitrary and malafide, 15 disqualified MLAs from Congress and JD(S) moved Supreme Court yesterday challenging the Speaker’s decision. In a joint petition, disqualified Congress MLAs Pratap Gouda Patil, B.C. Patil, Shivaram Hebbar, S.T. Somashekar, Byrathi Basavaraj and Munirathna …
Wadiyar assets’ auction: Apex Court restrains action on ‘dummy bidder’ in Mysuru
July 26, 2019New Delhi: The Supreme Court, in a case related to fraudulent auctioning of a 10 acre property worth Rs.8.5 crore belonging to the former ‘Maharaja of Mysore’ for a meagre amount of Rs. 21 lakh in 1995, has restrained the CBI and other authorities from taking any coercive action against one Narayanmurthy. He has been…
Theatre of the Absurd, Karnataka: Arabian Nights of a Sort!
July 19, 2019The confidence motion moved in the Karnataka Assembly yesterday by the Congress-JD(S) coalition’s Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy was expected to have a smooth passage, either way, because its procedures were vetted by the Supreme Court, as we know. Sadly, the proceedings took a turn towards an unprecedented pandemonium with the leading coalition partner Congress raising…
Disqualification, resignation of rebel MLAs: Speaker to decide by tomorrow
July 16, 2019MLA Roshan Baig detained at Bengaluru Airport New Delhi: It is a crucial day for Karnataka Government as a Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi this morning began hearing the petition by 15 rebel MLAs of ruling Congress-JD(S), seeking action against Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar for deliberating delaying acceptance of their resignations….
Karnataka Political Drama: Meet Speaker by 6 pm: Apex Court tells rebel MLAs
July 11, 2019Speaker moves SC on 6 pm order; Court rejects early hearing Governor shoots off letter to Speaker on resignations CM Kumaraswamy cites 2009 BJP case; refuses to quit Rebel MLAs fly from Mumbai to meet SC deadline Bengaluru: The ‘Nataka’ in Karnataka politics that began on July 6 continued today providing wholesome entertainment to people,…
Supreme Court dismisses PIL on 100% matching of VVPAT slips
May 21, 2019New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning dismissed a PIL seeking 100 percent matching of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during counting. A Vacation Bench, headed by Justice Arun Mishra, refused to entertain the plea filed by a Chennai-based organisation ‘Tech for All,’ saying that a larger Bench…
SC extends Ayodhya mediation process till Aug. 15
May 10, 2019New Delhi: A five-Judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi this morning gave the Supreme Court-appointed Mediation Committee time till Aug. 15 to continue with its efforts to resolve the prolonged and strife-ridden Ayodhya title dispute. “We do not want to short-circuit the mediation process. We will extend the time in…
SC/ST promotion: Top Court upholds validity of Karnataka law
May 10, 2019New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning upheld the validity of a 2018 Karnataka law, granting reservation in promotion to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) employees in the State. A Bench of Justices U.U. Lalit and D.Y. Chandrachud pointed out that the Karnataka government collected necessary data and cured the deficiencies noted in…
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