New Delhi: Pursuant to a ruling by a UN tribunal, India and Italy will soon approach the Supreme Court for relaxation of bail conditions of Italian marine Salvatore Girone, held in India on murder charges. “As you know the tribunal has said both India and Italy should now approach theContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the stay of marine Massimiliano Latorre, who along with his colleague Salvatore Girone is accused of killing two fishermen off Kerala coast in 2012, in Italy till 30 September. The court was informed by the Centre that international arbitration proceedings in theContinue Reading
New Delhi: Allowing unauthorised places of worship on roads and pavements of the country was an insult to God, the Supreme Court on Tuesday as it criticised state governments and union territories for taking no action to bring them down. “You have to demolish such structures. We know you areContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is situated in the “far North” in Delhi, and litigants from the southern States find it unduly long and expensive to come here in search of justice. This was one of the 11 reasons the Supreme Court’s amicus curiae and senior advocate K.K. Venugopal citedContinue Reading
New Delhi: The NDA government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it would withdraw the appeal filed by the erstwhile UPA government challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict holding the Aligarh Muslim University as non-minority institution. “I changed my mind two months ago,” Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told aContinue Reading
New Delhi): The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the Union government’s guidelines to shield from police harassment bystanders or good Samaritans who help road accident victims. A bench of justices V. Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra asked the central government to give wide publicity to these guidelines so that peopleContinue Reading
It said the Chief Justice will set up a regular bench for hearing them as the present combination of judges are not sitting together on a day-to-day basis.Continue Reading
Backing net neutrality, telecom regulation had suspended Free Basics a few weeks ago.Continue Reading
New Delhi: A day before the Supreme Court hears a clutch of petitions filed by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) and NGOs, including Peta, challenging the government’s decision to lift the ban on Jallikattu, a number of non-official members of AWBI, including its chairman Major General (retired) DrContinue Reading
Women in menstruating age are considered impureContinue Reading
