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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday reprimanded Congress MP Jairam Ramesh for challenging an Office Memorandum issued by the Centre to implement the apex court’s judgment on retrospective environmental clearance.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that since the Office Memorandum was meant to implement an SC judgment, the challenge…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party challenging the 2025 Bihar assembly elections. A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi declined to issue any direction on the request to annul the election results and order fresh polls. “How many votes…
NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Thursday came down sharply on the Maharashtra government, questioning whether the rule of law prevails in the state and asking if the chief minister was too “helpless” to act against a cabinet minister whose son has been evading arrest for weeks.The remarks were made by Justice Madhav Jamdar…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) for “failling to do its duty” as the AQI in the national capital remained in ‘poor’ category.“Have you been able to identify the causes of pollution? During all these days, a lot of material is coming in public domain,…
MUMBAI: Producing an undertrial prisoner in court was a fundamental safeguard to enable them to air grievances, said Supreme Court as it censured state prison authorities for their failure to produce an inmate on 65% of the court dates.“We are shocked at the conduct of the state authorities,” said the bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has pulled up the West Bengal government for not releasing the increased honorarium for booth level officers (BLOs) and the additional payment approved for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.In a statement, the poll body said it had informed an All India Trinamool Congress…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday gave a third-year law student the lesson of his life – to draw a bold line to separate public from publicity-which he is unlikely to forget in his legal innings ahead.Even before Harry Joseph could argue his PIL, a bench led by CJI-designate Surya Kant asked when was…
Lucknow: Allahabad high court’s Lucknow bench has pulled up Uttar Pradesh govt over what it called a “flood” of false cases under the law against cow slaughter, stressing that transporting cattle within the state does not amount to a crime.Citing earlier rulings, court said even preparing to slaughter cattle is not punishable under the UP…
DEHRADUN: Supreme Court has acquitted three minors – who are now adults – sentenced to life for the 2007 strangulation murder of a 10-year-old, holding that the prosecution failed to prove their guilt beyond doubt and relied solely on circumstantial evidence and speculative claims. A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma…
File photo of Kejriwal at his residence (ANI) Delhi High Court on Thursday said that allotment of residential accommodation cannot be left to the whims of authorities while hearing Aam Aadmi Party’s plea seeking a government bungalow for its national convener and former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.Justice Sachin Datta asked the Union housing ministry and…
