Washington, March 31 – The US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a closely watched case on birthright citizenship, which challenges President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict automatic citizenship for children born to certain non-citizens and could reshape the meaning of the 14th Amendment...
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New Delhi, March 23 The Supreme Court on Monday transferred a copyright lawsuit filed by music composer Ilaiyaraaja from the Madras High Court to the Bombay High Court.A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Vinod K Chandran allowed a petition by Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt Ltd for the...
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New Delhi, March 18 – The Supreme Court has dissolved the marriage between an NRI couple, invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to ensure "complete justice" after holding that the relationship had irretrievably broken down with no possibility of reconciliation...
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Kolkata, February 27 – A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court granted conditional bail to Santi Prasad Sinha, a former advisor to the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC), in connection with his alleged involvement in the multi-crore "cash-for-jobs" scandal in the state.Sinha...
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Ranchi, February 26 The Jharkhand government has filed a petition with the Supreme Court, seeking clarification on certain aspects of its earlier order directing the declaration of the Saranda Forest Division as a wildlife sanctuary, according to Jamshedpur MLA Saryu Roy, who made the...
New Delhi, February 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a decision by the NCLAT that said that attachment under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 (Benami Act) can only be challenged before the authorities specified in that act.A bench of justices PS Narasimha and...
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New Delhi, February 19 – The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the Enforcement Directorate's plea challenging a trial court order that had refused to take cognizance of its prosecution complaint against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of...
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London, February 17 Jaysukh Ranpariya, who is wanted in India to stand trial for four related murder conspiracies, on Tuesday sought permission to appeal against the extradition order issued by a UK court nearly three years ago.The 45-year-old, also known as Jayesh Patel, appeared via video...
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New Delhi, February 16 – Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has offered to appear before the Delhi Assembly’s Privileges Committee regarding the authenticity of the "Faansi Ghar" (alleged execution chamber within the Assembly premises) during the first week of March, an official source...
New Delhi, February 14 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has said that judicial leadership is not impaired because judges are imperfect, but it is adversely affected when judges pretend that they are not imperfect.The CJI also called for a radical shift in how judicial leadership is perceived...