No timelines on President, governors to give assent to bills, rules SCThe Supreme Court’s five-judge Constitution bench has set aside an earlier two-judge ruling that imposed timelines on the President and gov...
20 Nov, 2025, 11.49 PM IST
Can states move Supreme Court under Article 32? Court to decide on presidential referencePresident Murmu seeks the Supreme Court's opinion on whether a state government can invoke Article 32 against the Centre. The core issue re...
29 Aug, 2025, 12.29 AM IST
Sexual harassment case: SC agrees to examine Raj Bhavan employee's plea challenging immunity to WB GovernorThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea by a woman staff member of the West Bengal Raj Bhawan alleging sexual harassment by Governor CV...
19 Jul, 2024, 01.38 PM IST
Sexual harassment case: Raj Bhavan employee moves SC challenging immunity to WB GovernorA woman staff member of West Bengal Raj Bhawan has challenged the immunity granted to Governor CV Ananda Bose under Article 361 of the Cons...
04 Jul, 2024, 12.39 PM IST
Bengal Guv asks staff to ignore any summons by police in sexual harassment probeWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has directed all staffers of Raj Bhavan to ignore any communication from the Kolkata Police in connect...
05 May, 2024, 11.01 PM IST
West Bengal Governor expresses concern over attack on JP Nadda's convoyIn a tweet, the governor wrote that he had alerted the chief secretary and the director general of police of the possibility of the collaps...
10 Dec, 2020, 05.12 PM IST
Congress demands FIR against former Meghalaya governorVadakkan said though Shanmugunathan has resigned it was only after his party raised the demand for his sacking.
27 Jan, 2017, 10.26 PM IST
How can President be dragged into legal proceedings: CourtTo this, the plaintiffs' advocates said a civil suit can be filed against the President during his tenure in respect of any act done by him...
09 Nov, 2016, 08.54 PM IST
Governors are political appointees, can’t have unbridled powers: SCThe SC said that the governors, who are political appointees, can’t have unbridled powers as it may play havoc with democracy in the countr...
04 Feb, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Vyapam scam: Why should Madhya Pradesh Governor not be sacked, SC asks CentreA bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu and Justices Shiva Kirti Singh and Amitava Roy also agreed to hear a plea on formulating guidelines.
21 Nov, 2015, 12.02 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav removal imminentThe sacking of Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav is imminent as CBI is said to be taking over investigation of the FIR in the Vyapam...
14 Jul, 2015, 10.35 PM IST
Vyapam scam: Rajnath Singh meets President Pranab MukherjeeAs the sword of Damocles hung over Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav in the wake of Vyapam scam.
09 Jul, 2015, 10.31 PM IST
Recruitment scam: Madhya Pradesh HC stays FIR against MP Governor Ram Naresh YadavA division bench of MP High Court comprising Chief Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice Rohit Arya in an interim order stayed the FIR.
17 Apr, 2015, 04.42 PM IST
Petition seeking prosecution of Obama for defaming India 'dismissed as withdrawn'The order was passed by Justice Pankaj Naqvi following a submission by petitioner Sushil Kumar Mishra, a city-based advocate.
03 Apr, 2015, 10.49 PM IST
HC seeks AG's opinion on Guv's plea to quash FIR against himBesides the Governor, the STF had also filed an FIR against his son Shailesh Yadav in the contractual teachers' recruitment scam.
09 Mar, 2015, 04.26 PM IST
AgustaWestland chopper scam: CBI determined to question sitting governors MK Narayanan, BV WanchooA confrontation seems in store as CBI is determined to question sitting governors M.K. Narayanan and B.V. Wanchoo in the AgustaWestland cho...
22 May, 2014, 10.24 PM IST
VVIP helicopter deal: CBI says it wants to question Governors M K Narayanan, B V Wanchoo as witnessesThe Law Ministry, after initially denying permission to the CBI, recently asked the agency about its motive to question the two governors a...
18 May, 2014, 02.15 PM IST