Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging Places of Worship Act-1991 todayThe Supreme Court is hearing PILs challenging the Places of Worship Act, 1991. Petitioners argue it infringes on their right to reclaim rel...
12 Dec, 2024, 09.43 AM IST
SC junks plea seeking details of candidates with criminal background on websites of political partiesThe Supreme Court on Monday junked a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission to ensure that all political parties publish detai...
10 Oct, 2022, 03.52 PM IST
Identification of minorities: Supreme Court permits Centre six weeks to consult with stakeholdersThe Centre asked for extra time to consult with more stakeholders on the subject of identifying minorities, including Hindus, at the state ...
30 Aug, 2022, 07.14 PM IST
SC refuses to hear PIL on making laws to confiscate 'benami' properties, black moneyThe plea, alternatively, urged the top court to direct the Law Commission of India and/or the Lokpal to examine and publish the best Anti-C...
11 Dec, 2020, 01.44 PM IST
AG refuses to reconsider decision declining consent to initiate contempt against CM ReddyThe topmost law officer, in his reply to Upadhyay's letter seeking reconsideration of the decision, reiterated his stand saying that the is...
08 Nov, 2020, 02.08 PM IST
Lawyer urges AG to reconsider decision declining consent to initiate contempt against JaganThe top law officer, on November 2, had termed as "prima facie contumacious" the conduct of Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy and his princi...
05 Nov, 2020, 01.59 PM IST
Attorney General declines consent to initiate contempt case against Andhra Chief MinisterThe top law officer was of the view that the "prima facie" conduct of the Chief Minister and his principal advisor was 'contumacious', but ...
02 Nov, 2020, 05.26 PM IST
Supreme Court notice to Centre on PIL to frame guidelines for identifying minorities at state levelThe PIL, filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, says it has also challenged the validity of Section 2(f) of the National ...
28 Aug, 2020, 12.21 PM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre to consider publicising info about CAA to curb circulation of fake newsA bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, which decided to examine the constitutional validity of the CAA, took note of BJP leader and law...
18 Dec, 2019, 06.34 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear plea seeking deportation of illegal Bangladesh nationals, RohingyasThe plea has sought a direction to the Centre and the state governments to identify, detain and deport all illegal migrants and infiltrator...
04 Jul, 2019, 05.46 PM IST
Supreme Court directs NCM to decided on representation seeking definition of term 'minority'The plea said that Hindus are a minority in several north-eastern states and in Jammu and Kashmir.
11 Feb, 2019, 03.02 PM IST
Supreme Court tags plea challenging Article 370 with another pending petitionThe plea says the special provision was "temporary" at the time of framing of the Constitution and Article 370(3) had lapsed with the disso...
14 Jan, 2019, 06.28 PM IST
Criminal cases against MPs, MLAs: SC asks for special courts in each district of Bihar, KeralaThe apex court directed the high courts to send back cases from special courts, which were already constituted, to jurisdictional district ...
04 Dec, 2018, 01.15 PM IST
Supreme Court focus on life ban for criminal politiciansOn Thursday, a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Uday U Lalit and K M Joseph took the PIL petitioner by surprise by asking w...
02 Nov, 2018, 11.38 AM IST
How can convicts barred from electoral politics decide candidates, asks SCThe apex court was hearing a PIL filed by lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini K Upadhyay. Matter slated for hearing on May 3.
26 Mar, 2018, 09.39 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear plea on implementation of verdict on police reformsA bench comprising CJI Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud said it would take a decision on constituting a bench to h...
08 Sep, 2017, 08.07 PM IST
Nobody listens to our orders, says Supreme CourtEarlier, the apex court had allowed Upadhyay to intervene as a party in a pending PIL on the issue of police reforms.
01 Mar, 2017, 11.26 PM IST