New Delhi, March 20 The Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it had constituted an expert committee comprising two former apex court judges and a former Attorney General to review the Class 8 NCERT textbook, which includes a chapter on corruption in the judiciary.Solicitor General...
New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking recognition of hate speech targeting the Brahmin community as an offense, describing the tendency as "Brahmophobia".A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, initially inclined to dismiss the plea...
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New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition alleging that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had orchestrated threats to seize a property.The lawyer representing the petitioner informed a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that the petitioner was unable...
Mumbai, March 20 – Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh, who has been accused of copyright infringement in 'Kahaani 2', has been granted a major reprieve by the Supreme Court.The Supreme Court has dismissed the case against the filmmaker in the copyright infringement case related to his film 'Kahaani 2'.It...
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New Delhi, March 20 A plea seeking protection for a couple who had run away from home was mentioned before the Supreme Court on Friday, which asked the lawyer to approach the Delhi High Court for relief.In a peculiar turn of events, a lawyer, who had mentioned the plea for protection of the...
New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea seeking a CBI or SIT investigation into the rape of a 4-year-old girl in Gurugram.A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi took note of an urgent mention by...
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Important cases listed in the Supreme Court on Friday, March 20:* The Supreme Court will hear a petition filed by the NGO 'Vanashakti' against the Mumbai municipal corporation.* The Supreme Court will hear a petition filed by the All India Trade Union Congress challenging the provisions of...
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New Delhi, March 19 The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it is "definitely not anti-labour" and will take all necessary steps to protect the interests of workers. This statement came after a nine-judge Constitution Bench reserved its verdict on the correctness of the 1978 ruling...
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New Delhi/Lucknow, March 19 The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed an FIR against Elvish Yadav, who was arrested for allegedly using snake venom at a rave party in Noida, prompting the YouTuber to say he always had faith in the judicial system.However, he asked who would compensate for the...
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New Delhi, March 19 The Supreme Court has dismissed another plea alleging violation of international wildlife norms in the import of endangered species by Vantara, a zoological rescue and rehabilitation center in Jamnagar, Gujarat.The top court last year dismissed a similar public interest...
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Kolkata, March 19 Hours after attacking the Election Commission for overnight transfers of top bureaucrats and IPS officers in poll-bound West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday, expressing "deep shock" over the functioning of...
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New Delhi, March 19 The Supreme Court on Thursday said that a banker holds a position of trust as he deals with public funds and loans, and that sanctions beyond his authority, or failing to ensure their proper use, can lead to financial irregularities, which exposes the bank to financial risk...
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New Delhi, March 19 The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea by the Gujarat government challenging the high court's order granting bail to a 23-year-old man involved in the 2025 Vadodara car crash case, in which one woman was killed and nine others were injured.A bench of Justices Vikram...
New Delhi, March 19 – The Delhi High Court on Thursday deferred a hearing on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking to remove certain adverse observations made against it by a trial court while discharging all accused, including AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia...
Lucknow, March 19 YouTuber Elvish Yadav expressed happiness on Thursday over the Supreme Court's verdict in the alleged case of using snake venom at a rave party, saying he always had faith in the judiciary.However, he asked who would compensate for the harassment he and his family faced.The...
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Agartala, March 19 Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha expressed confidence on Thursday about the BJP's victory in the by-election to the Dharmanagar Assembly seat, asserting that it would be a one-sided affair since the opposition was "unsettled".The by-election is scheduled for April 9, with...
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New Delhi, March 19 Observing that filmmaking is a high-risk business, the Supreme Court on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings against a producer for fraud after he failed to return money to a financier.A bench of justices PS Narasimha and Manoj Misra said that to constitute an offense of...
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New Delhi/Bhopal, March 19 – The Madhya Pradesh Congress unit has praised the Supreme Court's decision to stay the Madhya Pradesh High Court's order and maintain Congress leader Mukesh Malhotra's status as a legislator until the next hearing.The Congress described the interim relief by the...
New Delhi, March 19 A nine-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the contentious issue of defining the term "industry" under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.The bench, headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, heard the submissions of various lawyers...
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New Delhi, March 19 – The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings against YouTuber and reality show winner Elvish Yadav in a case involving the procurement and use of snake venom at rave parties in Noida and the National Capital Region (NCR), holding that the invocation of...