Bengaluru: Karnataka is unlikely to file a review petition before the Supreme Court against the Cauvery verdict. After consulting with the State’s legal team headed by senior Supreme Court Advocate Fali S. Nariman, the government has come to a conclusion that not filing a review petition will be beneficial to the State, sources said. A…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has extended the deadline to link Aadhaar number to mobile phone numbers and bank accounts indefinitely. With this, those who haven’t linked their Aadhaar to any of the services including PAN can breathe easy. The Apex Court also ruled that the government could continue to seek beneficiaries’ Aadhaar, the 12-digit…
New Delhi: Stating that human beings have the right to die with dignity, the Supreme Court (SC) this morning allowed passive euthanasia but made sure to set out strict guidelines that will govern when it is permitted. The fundamental right to a “meaningful existence” includes a person’s choice to die without suffering, the Apex Court…
Bengaluru: The all-party meeting convened by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday to discuss the fallout of the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Cauvery issue unanimously decided to take a call on whether to seek a review of the court verdict and also finalise its stand on the nature of the dispute resolution forum, based on suggestions…
New Delhi: In a landmark verdict that casts a long shadow on Southern politics, Tamil Nadu’s share of water from River Cauvery has been reduced by the Supreme Court (SC) and Karnataka will now receive a bigger share. Citing the requirement of drinking water for Bengaluru, the SC yesterday lowered the amount of Cauvery water…
New Delhi/Mysuru: The Supreme Court yesterday expressed its strong displeasure over the Karnataka Government’s failure to furnish all records to land in a dispute involving University of Mysore. A bench of Justices N.V. Ramana and S. Abdul Nazeer directed the Secretary concerned and officers in the Revenue Department of Karnataka to appear before the Court…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has declared that daughters by birth become equally entitled to ancestral properties as sons, with the 2005 amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. “The amended provision now statutorily recognises the rights of coparceners (a person who shares equally with others in the inheritance of an undivided property) of daughters…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Friday, refused to allow a woman to take benefit of reservation just because she was married to a man who belonged to the Scheduled Castes (SC), asserting that caste is determined by birth and not by marriage. “There cannot be any dispute that the caste is determined by birth…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and the four senior Judges who took him on publicly will come together today at a weekly lunch at the Supreme Court, amid efforts at ending a rift that could impact important cases. Yesterday, the Chief Justice reached out to the Judges and, in a 15-minute meeting,…
Sir, The recent protest and the press conference by the four Judges of the Collegium against the roster system and allegation of assigning important cases of national importance to Junior Judges has stunned the nation. I am no legal expert. However, I believe it is the prerogative of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court…
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