Judiciary

Prayagraj: Mafia-turned-politician and former MP Atique Ahmed, who along with two others, was convicted to life imprisonment in a kidnapping case, has been sent back to Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad in Gujarat amid tight security arrangement…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will hear on March 27 a batch of pleas challenging the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case that also involves the killing of seven members of her family during the 2002 Gujarat…

Surat: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname by a court in Gujarat's Surat. He was…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium has voiced concern over the Center withholding or overlooking the names recommended for appointment as judges, saying this disturbs the seniority of the candidates, and asked the government to take…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it is essential for courts to be "extremely cautious" while passing adverse remarks against the parties involved and remarks passed in courts now have far-reaching ramifications and can cause…

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has granted the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) the last opportunity to file its response by April 5 clarifying whether the process of carbon dating will damage an object, claimed to be a…

The supreme court on Monday refused to accept the central government's sealed cover note about its views on the payment of One Rank One Pension (OROP) arrears to ex-service personnel. why "We need to put an end to this sealed cover…

Today the model as per which we work is a near perfect model," ex-CJI UU Lalit said. New Delhi:  Former Chief Justice of India Justice UU Lalit said on Saturday the collegium system of appointment of judges is a near perfect model…

As per section 8 of the RTI Act, a university can refuse to divulge information regarding its students. Ahmedabad: The Gujarat University on Thursday told the High Court that the Right to Information Act cannot be used for satisfying…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will soon have its full strength of 34 judges with the stage having been set for the elevation of two high court judges, top government sources have confirmed to NDTV. The notices for appointments are…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday observed that there is a growing consensus around hate speech and stressed there is no scope for hate crimes on the basis of religion in a secular country such as India. "There cannot be any…

New Delhi: In a significant development, the Supreme Court today advanced to February 7 the hearing on a plea challenging the appointment of lawyer Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri as a judge of the Madras High Court, soon after the…

New Delhi: Maintaining that the Supreme Court has made a constant endeavor to ensure access to justice for everyone, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud on Saturday said there are no big or small cases for the court and that every matter is…

चंडीगढ़: शिरोमणि गुरुद्वारा प्रबंधक कमेटी (एसजीपीसी) के सदस्य बीएस सियालका ने हरियाणा सरकार द्वारा डेरामुखी राम रहीम को पैरोल देने के आदेश को रद्द करने की मांग की है। याचिका में हरियाणा के मुख्य सचिव, गृह सचिव, रोहतक आयुक्त, पुलिस…

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday granted14 days interim bail to businessman Amit Arora arrested by Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi Excise Liquor scam case. Special Judge for…

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Monday said, it will hear on February 06, 2023 the petition filed by journalist, N Ram and advocate Prashant Bhushan, and others, on taking down their tweets with links of the BBC Documentary. Senior advocate,…

Bengaluru: In order to fight the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute in Supreme Court, the state government will be spending Rs 59.9 lakh a day as fee on a team of senior lawyers, including Mukul Rohatgi. The order was issued on January…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dr Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chadrachud's statement that the Supreme Court will be trying to make its judgments available in all Indian regional languages. "At…

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) challenging caste-census in Bihar and asked the petitioner to approach the Patna High Court first. "The plea is dismissed as withdrawn. Liberty to…

New Delhi: Chief Justice DY Chandrachud has agreed to hear the petition against Bihar government's order for cast-based census in the Supreme court on January 13 (Friday). Besides flagging several issues, the plea says that such a census…