Speaker 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,…
New 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…
New 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…
New 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…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning rejected the Central Government’s objections to the elevation of two Judges to the Top Court, stressing that merit should be considered above seniority. The Supreme Court Collegium, or panel of five senior most Judges, reiterated its April 12 decision to recommend Justices Aniruddha Bose and A.S. Bopanna for…
Gauhati High Court Chief Justice A.S. Bopanna and Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Aniruddha Bose New Delhi: The Centre has asked the Supreme Court Collegium to reconsider the names of Gauhati High Court (HC) Chief Justice A.S. Bopanna and Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Aniruddha Bose for appointment as Judges of the Supreme Court. The…
SC to give urgent hearing to Congress plea New Delhi: The Supreme Court today agreed to grant an urgent hearing to a Congress plea claiming Election Commission (EC) “inaction” against alleged violations of the model code of conduct by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah. The Court will hear the petition filed…
Exercise restraint and remove such material which is undesirable… act responsibly as is expected from them and accordingly decide what should or should not be published as wild and scandalous allegations undermine and irreparably damage the reputation and negate independence of the judiciary. — Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Arun Mishra, while passing order on…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium yesterday recommended Justice Ajjikuttira S. Bopanna of the Gauhati High Court and Justice Aniruddha Bose of the Jharkhand High Court for elevation to the Supreme Court. “While recommending the names of Justices Aniruddha Bose and A.S. Bopanna, the Collegium has taken into consideration, apart from their merit and integrity,…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) this morning refused any interim stay on the electoral bond scheme and directed all parties to submit details of political funding received so far to the Election Commission EC in “sealed covers” by May 30. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising…
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