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The court halted the conviction after the Prosecutor General requested the apex court to review verdict against him last Sunday. The order requested state authorities not to take any action against Nasheed until it reviews his verdict as requested by the PG’s office. The judgement comes two days before former …

  NEW DELHI:  The Supreme Court on Friday put on hold the Uttarakhand High Court order imposing a blanket ban on the issuance of ‘fatwas’ by the religious bodies. The bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta stayed the High Court order on a petition by Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind challenging the …

NEW DELHI:  Graphite India Ltd (GIL) informed the Supreme Court on Friday that it was not using imported needle petroleum coke (petcoke) at its Bengaluru plant, which is facing complaints about pollution and emission of black dust. GIL told a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta that it …

In a battle between the top two sides of the world, the three-time world champions did not give Iran any ground to recover with captain Ajay Thakur (nine points) and youngster Monu Goyat (six) leading the raid charts.  India inflicted two all-outs on Iran, en route the massive victory. The …

U.S. President Donald Trump has hailed a Supreme Court ruling upholding his travel ban which covers people from several Muslim-majority countries. The White House issued a statement saying the ruling was “a tremendous victory for the American People and the Constitution”. The travel ban has been fully in place since …

NEW DELHI:  A PIL was filed yesterday in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored CBI probe into deaths of protesters during the anti-Sterlite rally at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. The plea, which is likely to come up for hearing during next week, was filed by lawyer G S Mani. It has …

In-camera proceedings would be held. Next date of hearing in the case is July 9. The victim’s father had moved the apex court earlier, seeking shifting of the trial to Chandigarh and handing over investigation to the CBI citing threat to the family, a friend and their lawyer. An eight-year-old …

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India had stayed the trial in the case till today. The court will hear the plea of the victim’s father for shifting the trial to Chandigarh and the plea of the accused seeking handing over the probe to CBI. The victim’s father had …

Attorney General K K Venugopal said the apex court cannot make rules or guidelines which go against the law passed by the legislature. Venugopal also pointed out that the SC/ST verdict had resulted in loss of lives and the case be referred to a larger bench. The Supreme court on …

Venugopal also pointed out that the SC/ST verdict had resulted in loss of life and the case be referred to a larger bench. The Supreme court on the other hand said that it was “100 per cent” in favour of protecting the rights of these communities and punishing those guilty …

The Supreme Court has asked Karnataka to see how much water can be released to Tamil Nadu and asked it to apprise the court by the 8th of this month. The Apex Court also asked the Centre to apprise it on May 8 about steps being taken for setting up …

New Delhi: Slamming Uttar Pradesh Sunni Wakf Board’s claim that it owns Taj Mahal, Supreme Court on Wednesday said that such matters are nothing more than a waste of time, unless Mughal Emperor’s signed will indeed proves ownership. Taking a dig at the Sunni Wakf Board while hearing a 2010 …

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has told the Supreme Court that it supports the proposal to allow one candidate to contest from only one constituency in an election. The EC expressed this view in an affidavit it filed in the petition over the matter. The Supreme Court had in December …

Indore: The Centre has decided to file a review petition in the Supreme Court over the recent ruling on SC/ST Act. Taking to Twitter, Union Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot wrote that the “Government of India is committed to the welfare of scheduled castes and tribes. In relation to the Supreme …