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Supreme Court asks Centre to review Wangchuk’s detention NEW DELHI: Observing that the medical condition of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been in detention for more than four months, is not very good, Supreme Court asked the Centre Wednesday to rethink/relook its decision to continue to keep him in custody, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.SC…
FROM ASSEMBLY TO COURTROOM: Mamata Banerjee, a law graduate, A is perhaps the first CM to argue in-person before the SC NEW DELHI: In a dramatic twist to her agitation against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday argued in Supreme Court against the exercise, which she…
Piyush Goyal in Rajya Sabha (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Commerce & industry minister Piyush Goyal said in Parliament Wednesday that ensuring energy security of 1.4 billion Indians will be govt’s “supreme priority”, hinting that any change in crude suppliers will not lead to rise in pump price.Goyal said India had secured its “core sensitivities” in…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday morning reached the Supreme Court to argue her legal battle against the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, an exercise, being conducted by the Election Commission.A Supreme Court bench comprising CJI Surya Kant, Justices Joymala Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi…
NEW DELHI: A Jharkhand HC judge kept his verdict reserved in a writ petition for two years and orally pronounced it on Dec 4 after SC found the delay “shocking”, but even after two months, there is no sign of a written judgment, which has been neither uploaded to HC website nor made available to…
“Unless and until the marriage is performed with appropriate ceremonies and in due form, it cannot be said to be ‘solemnized’.” In an important ruling clarifying what legally constitutes a Hindu marriage, the Supreme Court on 19.04.2024 held that a marriage certificate by itself cannot create the status of husband and wife unless the essential…
Sonam Wangchuk (File photo) NEW DELHI: Environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk attempted to “instigate” Ladakh’s youth for protests inspired by regime-toppling movements in neighoburing Nepal and Bangladesh, the Centre and the Union territory administration said in the Supreme Court on Monday.Wangchuk was detained in September last year two days after deadly violence during pro-statehood protests in…
PUNE: The Supreme Court of India on Monday granted bail to 3 men accused of allegedly tampering with blood samples following the May 2024 Pune Porsche crash that killed 2 young software engineers.A Bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, observing that A Sood and 2 others, Ashish Mittal and Santosh Gaikwad, already spent…
In a major ruling on how High Courts should deal with chronic delays in delivering judgments, the Supreme Court has repeated and intensified its previous instructions on how such delays should be timely eliminated to bring about timely delivery of the reserved judgment. The Court placed special emphasis on the importance of ensuring that the…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state, PTI reported on Sunday. Banerjee filed the petition on January 28, naming the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the chief electoral officer…
