Tag: Supreme court
Farmer Agitation Enters 47th Day, All Eyes On SC Hearing Pleas On Protests
The farmer agitation on the borders of the national capital entered the 47th day on Monday as the farmers have taken to the streets protesting against the three central farm laws. But now all eyes are glued on the Supreme Court which would conduct a hearing on various pleas related to the farmers' agitation and the new farm laws on Monday. ....
Independence Of Election Commisson Can't Be Compromised In Democracy: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday said the Central and the state governments should not appoint persons holding government office as election commissioners. ....
Coercive Action On Social Post On Covid Will Be Treated As Contempt: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday continued its hearing on the Covid situation and said any clampdown on information will be treated as contempt. ....
CJI Lauds Justice Ashok Bhushan's Humanist Approach In Farewell Speech
Bidding farewell to Supreme Court judge Ashok Bhushan, Chief Justice N.V. Ramana on Wednesday, citing his statement in an interview, said: "Judges are only known by their judgements. Judgements are the only true criteria for testing the mettle of a judge."....
SC Upholds 10% EWS Quota In Admissions, Jobs
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 per cent reservation to economically weaker sections (EWS) in admissions and government jobs. Three out of five judges, which heard the petitions challenging the EWS reservation, upheld the EWS quota. ....
SC Stays Allahabad HC Order Allowing Appointment Of Commissioner In Krishna Janambhoomi Dispute
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed an order passed by the Allahabad High Court allowing the appointment of commissioner to inspect the Shahi Idgah premises adjoining the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura.....
Bilkis Bano Case: Convicts Seek Extension To Surrender, SC To Hear Plea Tomorrow
Days after the Supreme Court struck down the premature release of 11 gang-rape and murder convicts in Bilkis Bano case, three of them have moved applications before the apex court seeking extension of time to surrender before the concerned jail authorities.....
Plea In SC Seeks To Restrain Centre From Appointing Election Commissioner
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court to retrain the Union government to not fill the recently arisen vacancy in the Election Commission in accordance with the legislation which excludes the Chief Justice of India from the process of appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other Election Commissioners (ECs).....
SC Dismisses Pleas Seeking Mandatory EVM-VVPAT Tally
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a batch of petitions seeking mandatory cross-verification of the votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips.....
SC To Hear On Monday WB Govt Plea Against Court-monitored CBI Probe Into Sandeshkhali Cases
The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday the plea filed by the West Bengal government challenging the court-monitored CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) probe into land grabbing and extortion cases in Sandeshkhali.....
