Project Of Public Importance Ought Not To Be Stalled: SC Rejects Slum Dwellers' Plea Against Eviction [Read Order]

"There can be no equality to a wrong. A project of public importance, it is reiterated ought not to be stalled."

EWS Quota:SC Rejects Pleas To Modify Directions On PG Medical Courses Admission in Maharashtra

The Supreme Court on Monday did not deem necessary to alter its June 4 order by which students were restrained from changing their original options in the fresh round of counselling for the PG Medical seats in Maharashtra. However, the vacation bench headed by Justice Indira Bannerjee allowed for the seats lying unfilled by reason of the EWS quota being scrapped to be allotted in...

Kathua Case : Three Sentenced To Life Term For Rape & Murder Of Minor Girl

Three police man have been given 5 year imprisonment for destruction of evidence in the case

CRZ Violation : SC Stays Demolition Of Kochi Flats For Six Weeks [Read Order]

The families residing in nearly 400 flats in five apartments in Maradu, Kochi, can heave a sigh of relief for now, as a vacation bench of the Supreme Court stayed the demolition order passed by the Court on May 8 for six weeks.The bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi passed the order while considering a writ petition filed by a group of residents stating that they were not heard...

Breaking- Kathua Rape Case : Six Accused Persons Found Guilty By Pathankot Court; One Acquitted

(Story updated)The District and Sessions Judge Pathankot has convicted six out of seven accused in the Kathua case of rape and murder of a minor girl. One person has been acquitted. Three out of the convicted persons are police men, who have been found guilty for destruction of evidence. The Court will hear on sentencing today afternoon.The in-camera trial in the case that shook the nation...

Wife Of Prashant Kanojia, Journalist Arrested For Online Comments Against Yogi Adityanath, Moves SC Seeking His Release

Jagisha Arora, wife of Prashant Kanojia, journalist arrested by UP Police on Saturday for allegedly making defamatory comments against UP CM Yogi Adityanath online, has moved a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court seeking his release. The matter was mentioned by Advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan before the Vacation Bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi.The Court has agreed to...

Prof. Madhava Menon Urged For A Change In The Mindset From A Judge-Centric Approach To A Litigant-Oriented Approach:Justice Indira Banerjee

Speaking at the memorial meet in New Delhi in the honour of late Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad recounted his first interaction with the veteran academician- "It was in 2001, when I was a law minister in the Vajpayee government, that I had met him for the first time. I had wanted to understand the great movement of the National Law Schools that he...

Writ Petition Challenging Dismissal Of Teacher Maintainable Against Private Unaided School : SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has held that a writ petition challenging the termination of services of a teacher is maintainable against a private unaided educational institution.The bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Navin Sinha held so while dismissing an appeal by Marwari Balika Vidyalaya, a private school, against a Calcutta High Court judgment, which had directed the reinstatement of a dismissed...

BJP MP Pragya Singh Denies Knowledge Of Malegaon Blasts At NIA Court Hearing

Malegaon 2008 blast accused and BJP's Member of Parliament from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur appeared before the Special NIA Court in Mumbai today at around 12:45 pm. She was absent in the previous court hearings citing health reasons. Special NIA Court is currently recording the testimony of all the witnesses in the case. Judge VS Padalkar called Thakur to the witness stand exercising...

Mining Scam: SC Permits Ex-Karnataka Minister Reddy To Visit Ailing Father-In-Law

The Supreme Court Friday allowed former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, accused in a multi-crore illegal mining case, to visit his home town Ballari to see his ailing father-in-law. A vacation bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi also expressed concern over the delay in trial in the Rs 35,000 crore mining scam as charges have not been...

'KCZMA Misled Court'; Another Builder Approaches SC For Review Of Demolition Order Against Kochi Flats [Read Petition]

As the one month deadline set by the Supreme Court for demolition of three apartments in Maradu, Kochi for CRZ violations is nearing, another builder - Alfa Ventures Pvt Ltd - has approached the Supreme Court seeking review of the May 8 judgment.The petition filed through Advocate Mohammed Sadique contends that the Court was misled by the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority (KCZMA)...

Gauhati HC Orders Release Of Ex-Army Man Who Was Detained After Being Declared 'Foreigner'

The Gauhati High Court today directed the interim release of ex-army man Mohammad Sanaullah, who was arrested and sent to detention centre on May 28, after a Foreigners Tribunal in Assam adjudged him a 'foreigner'.Mohammad Sanaullah, a 52 year old man who retired from the Army in 2017 as Honorary Lieutenant, had approached the Court against the order of Foreigners Tribunal, Boko, which had...