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Not right to say Delhi govt has no control over bureaucrats: Centre to SC

Fiction being created through public perception that Delhi govt has no control over officers, the Centre told the apex court

Rapido moves SC against Bombay HC order to stop operation in Maharashtra

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on January 23 plea of Rapido, the bike taxi and auto aggregator, challenging the Bombay High Court order which directed it to stop operation in Maharashtra immediately

Tough to accept that federalism not relevant to UT: SC on Delhi-Centre row

SC observed orally it was difficult to accept the Centre's submission that federalism does not apply to a union territory as even panchayats' are an example for decentralisation of power

Give specifics of notices to exporters seeking GST relief, says SC

Apex court seeks details from revenue department as it reserves final order

SC agrees to hear plea of journalist Rana Ayyub in money laundering case

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the petition of journalist Rana Ayyub challenging the summons issued to her by a special PMLA court in Ghaziabad in a money laundering case lodged against her by ED

Govt delaying judges' appointment till its own people in place: Congress

The government is deliberately delaying the appointment of judges to create a "designed schism and a consequent logjam" till people favourable to its "ideological masters" are appointed, the Congress alleged on Tuesday. The party's fresh attack comes a day after it said the government was intimidating the judiciary in a bid to totally capture it and alleged that Law Minister Kiren Rijiju's suggestion to restructure the Collegium system is a "poison pill" for the judiciary. The Narendra Modi government is following a policy of "deliberately withholding Collegium recommendations for months and years" to keep the fate of named judges in limbo, Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala alleged. He said this is a "designed attack to avoid accountability by the government and with malintent to capture the judiciary". "The prime minister, law minister and other Constitutional authorities are deliberately attacking the integrity and independence of the judiciary by a design. The underly

We don't keep people behind bars unnecessarily: SC on 2020 Delhi riots

"We don't believe in unnecessarily keeping people behind the bars," the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday while hearing the pleas filed by the Delhi Police against the bail granted to three student activists in a case of the 2020 North East Delhi riots. A bench headed by Justice S K Kaul said spending hours hearing the bail petitions in the case was a "complete wastage" of time of the Delhi High Court. The bench, also comprising Justices A S Oka and J B Pardiwala, was hearing the pleas filed by the police challenging the Delhi High Court's June 15, 2021 verdicts granting bail to activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha in the case related to communal violence during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). At the outset, advocate Rajat Nair, appearing for police, requested the bench to post the petitions for hearing after two weeks, saying Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who is leading him, is arguing before a Constitution bench in a separate

SC unhappy with 6 states, UTs for not giving comments to govt on minorities

The Supreme Court expressed displeasure over six states and Union Territories, including Jammu and Kashmir, not yet giving their comments to the Centre on the issue of identification of minorities

Services row: Centre raises issue of protest by AAP MLAs against Delhi Gov

The Centre on Tuesday raised in the Supreme Court the protest held by AAP MLAs against alleged interferences by the lieutenant governor's office in the Delhi government's works and termed the demonstration as "undesirable". The moment a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud assembled to hear the vexatious Centre-Delhi government row over control of services, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the central government, raised the issue of the protest. On Monday, led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs marched to the Lieutenant Governor (LG) office to protest against its alleged interferences in the elected government's functioning. "There is one caveat. I would confine myself to the legal submissions only. While I say this, certain events are happening in the national capital while your Lordships are in midst of the matter. Some protests are being held," the law officer said at the outset of the proceedings. He termed

TMS Ep348: PAN ID, space parks, IT stocks, basic structure doctrine

How will PAN as a single ID help businesses? Are space parks finally ready for take-off in India? Will better-than-expected Q3 results revive IT stocks? What is basic structure doctrine? Answers here

Why have different standards for India and Europe: SC to Google

Court asks US technology giant to explain if it will put up the same regime for Android devices in India as it had abroad

SC dismisses plea to bring UP CM's office under the ambit of Lokayukta

Dismissing the petition, it said the writ of mandamus (direction to government) cannot be issued to the legislature to enact a law

It's precise follow-up action on SC direction in NJAC ruling, says Rijiju

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said the government's demand for inclusion of its representatives and that of states in collegiums of the Supreme Court and high courts was the "precise follow-up action" suggested by the apex court while striking down the National Judicial Appointment Commission Act. Rijiju made the remarks while responding to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who dubbed as "extremely dangerous" the government's move to ask the Supreme Court to include its nominees in collegium. "I hope you honour Court's direction! This is precise follow-up action of the direction of the Supreme Court Constitution Bench while striking down the National Judicial Appointment Commission Act. The SC Constitution Bench had directed to restructure the MoP (Memorandum of Procedure) of the collegium system," the minister said on Twitter. The Union law minister had written to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud suggesting the inclusion of representatives of the Union and state ...

'Will practice same regime as in Europe?', SC on Google plea on CCI penalty

The Chief Justice added, "Please reflect on this and come back"

Supreme Court to hear plea of Google against NCLAT order on January 18

The Supreme Court said it will hear on January 18 a plea of US tech giant Google against an order of the NCLAT refusing an interim stay on the competition regulator imposing a Rs 1,337 crore penalty

SC seeks response of govt on pleas seeking criminalisation of marital rape

One of pleas has been filed in relation to the Delhi High Court's split verdict on the issue.This appeal has been filed by Khushboo Saifi, one of the petitioners before the Delhi High Court

Default bail can be cancelled on merits after showing chargesheet: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday held that default bail granted to an accused can be cancelled if a special and strong case is made out on filing of a charge sheet. A bench of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar said mere filing of charge sheet will not result in cancellation unless the court is satisfied that a strong case is made out that the accused has committed a non bailable offence. "The bail granted to an accused can be cancelled on merits if a special and strong ground is made out on filing of a charge sheet and the courts are not precluded from considering plea for cancellation of bail," the bench said The observation came while directing the Telangana High Court to consider on merits the CBI's plea for cancellation of bail to Erra Gangi Reddy in connection with the murder of former Andhra Pradesh Minister Y S Vivekananda Reddy Vivekananda Reddy, younger brother of late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and uncle of incumbent Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan ..

Supreme Court to hear plea on subsidence in Uttarakhand's Joshimath today

Joshimath, the gateway to famous pilgrimage sites like Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib and international skiing destination Auli, is facing a major challenge due to land subsidence

Law minister Rijiju suggests inclusion of govt representatives in collegium

Kiren Rijiju has suggested the inclusion of the Centre's representatives in the SC collegium and of the state government in the HC collegiums

Siva group companies look to settle dues with State Bank of India, others

Siva group offers Rs 81 cr to lenders