New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday set Oct.18 as deadline for all parties to finish their arguments in the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid title suit land dispute case. The Top Court asked the respective parties to make all the necessary efforts to conclude their arguments and submissions before the deadline. Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who…
SC adjourns rebel MLAs plea to Sept. 23
September 17, 2019New Delhi: After Supreme Court (SC) Justice M.M. Shantanagoudar recused the hearing of rebel Karnataka MLAs plea challenging their disqualification from the State Assembly, the top Court today adjourned the matter. When the matter came up for hearing before a three bench of Justices Shantanagoudar, N.V. Ramana and Ajay Rastogi, Justice Shantanagoudar recused to hear…
Abrogation of Article 370: SC issues notice to Centre
August 28, 2019Constitution Bench to hear the petitions in October New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) Bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, issued notice to the Central Government on the plea filed by a batch of petitioners on abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35 (A) in Jammu and Kashmir and said that…
Apex Court dismisses Chidambaram’s plea
August 26, 2019New Delhi: In a setback for former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, the Supreme Court this morning said it cannot convert their petition against rejection of anticipatory bail by the Delhi High Court into a petition for regular bail and refused to entertain the plea against the CBI. The Top Court said Chidambaram may move regular…
Chidambaram’s lawyers told to remove defects from plea
August 21, 2019New 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….
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