Pegasus snooping row: SC notice to Centre, West Bengal on plea against setting up of Commission of Inquiry by stateFormer Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur and former chief justice of Calcutta High Court Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya are the mem...
18 Aug, 2021, 12.15 PM IST
Bengal sets up commission to probe ‘Phone Tapping’“We were expecting the central government to investigate the Pegasus leaks. As the monsoon session of Parliament is on, we expected the Cen...
27 Jul, 2021, 07.48 AM IST
West Bengal govt has formed inquiry panel to look into Pegasus snooping row: Mamata BanerjeeThe decision to form a panel, with retired judges as its members, was taken at a special cabinet meeting chaired by the chief minister duri...
26 Jul, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
Tell us what Commission for Air Quality Management's done so far, Supreme Court asks CentreA bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was told by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Centre, that the gove...
14 Dec, 2020, 01.11 PM IST
Justice Lokur, Prashant Bhushan speak out against arrest of students, activistsBhushan also sought a review of the order challenging his conviction. Bhushan had in two of his tweets been sharply critical of the Supreme...
15 Sep, 2020, 08.15 AM IST
SC sets end-Sept deadline for panel to report on Odisha miningIn an order on August 2, 2017, the SC’s green bench hearing allegations of widespread illegal mining in Odisha had ruled that all violation...
29 Jul, 2019, 10.59 PM IST
Supreme Court to examine removing ‘creamy layer’ from Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe quotasThe court directed that a copy of the petition demanding that the creamy layer be removed so that the benefits of reservation can reach ‘th...
20 Jan, 2018, 10.48 AM IST
National Food Security Act not implemented as it should be: Supreme CourtSC observed that almost four years have gone by since the Act was enacted, but the authorities mandated to be set up under it have not been...
21 Jul, 2017, 08.30 PM IST
No one can sit on judgement over firing on LoC, Mukul Rohatgi tells Supreme CourtNHRC can only seek a report and make recommendations for awarding compensation, he insisted. That report was not binding on the government ...
08 Sep, 2016, 08.45 AM IST
With Supreme Court prod, grant for widows hiked by 292%It asked National Commission for Women to "make a detailed inquiry and give a report to the SC about the condition of shelter homes.
12 Apr, 2016, 10.33 AM IST
Supreme Court doubts over laymen in NJACThe observations came during the final day of hearing with the bench reserving its judgement on the constitutional validity of the National...
15 Jul, 2015, 10.20 PM IST
Prashant Bhushan tells SC, he is burdenedHe said there was a need to enlarge the domain for the whistleblowers by setting up a credible body of citizens where they could provide in...
06 Jul, 2015, 10.28 PM IST
Supreme Court declines Centre's plea to refer NJAC issue to larger benchSupreme Court today refused to entertain its plea for immediate reference of the challenge to the NJAC to a larger bench and decided to go ...
12 May, 2015, 10.38 PM IST
Bribe of 2 gulab jamuns, tea got me data on judiciary in 1980s: Rajeev Dhavan"We could get data about pendency of cases in courts either through bribes or in an informal way," Dhavan said.
06 May, 2015, 11.12 AM IST
Supreme Court poses questions on the working of National Judicial Appointment CommissionSC today posed questions in regard to the working of the NJAC for appointing judges to higher judiciary, asking how it would make judicial ...
01 May, 2015, 08.40 PM IST
Cash seizure order only for political parties' agents: SCOur concern is that the common and ordinary citizen should not be harassed, says a bench of justices D K Jain and Madan B lokur.
30 Nov, 2012, 04.42 PM IST
Gujarat assembly elections 2012: EC agrees to amend rule on seizure of cash above Rs 2.5 lakhEC today agreed before the Supreme Court to amend its blanket order for seizing cash amount above Rs 2.5 lakh in transit during the Gujarat...
29 Nov, 2012, 07.01 PM IST