Health ministry, ICMR have issued guidelines for 'official document' for Covid deaths: Centre to SCAccording to the guidelines, the deaths occurring due to poisoning, suicide, homicide and deaths due to accident, among others, will not be...
11 Sep, 2021, 10.54 PM IST
Government must pay ex gratia to kin of Covid-19 victims: SCA bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and MR Shah on Wednesday also directed the government to ensure that death certificates clearly stated th...
01 Jul, 2021, 07.43 AM IST
SC rejects Centre's stand that provision on compensation under law on disaster is discretionaryThe important observation on the interpretation of the provision came in a judgement by which the top court directed National Disaster Mana...
30 Jun, 2021, 10.15 PM IST
SC reserves verdict on Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia compensation to kin of COVID-19 deceasedThe top court asked the parties to file written submissions in three days and specifically directed the Centre to simplify the process of g...
21 Jun, 2021, 01.28 PM IST
Finances under severe strain, can't pay Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia to COVID-19 victims: Centre to SCIn an affidavit filed before the top court, the Ministry of Home Affairs said the Centre submitted that it has by ways of "Minimum Standard...
20 Jun, 2021, 04.14 PM IST
Plea in SC seeks ex-gratia compensation to kin of those succumbing to COVID-19 side effectsThe plea, filed by advocate Reepak Kansal, said it is the obligation of the state to provide adequate relief to the victims of side effects...
17 Jun, 2021, 03.41 PM IST
Pleas in SC seek Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia to kin of those who died of COVID-19The apex court was hearing two separate pleas seeking directions to the Centre and states to provide Rs 4 lakh compensation to the families...
24 May, 2021, 02.16 PM IST
PIL in SC seeks scrapping of Trai's new regulation on checking pesky calls/SMSesThe petition is premised on a judgment by the nine-judge bench headed by KS Puttaswamy which declared the right to privacy as a fundamental...
10 Sep, 2020, 04.24 PM IST
PIL filed in SC to constitute an independent regulatory authority to regulate electronic mediaIn his PIL, Delhi-based advocate Reepak Kansal said, “Electronic broadcasting channels do not come under the ambit of the Press Council of ...
03 Aug, 2020, 10.31 AM IST
SC unhappy over plea alleging bias in listing of cases by apex court registryA bench comprising Arun Mishra and S A Nazeer also reserved its verdict on a plea filed by lawyer Reepak Kansal seeking a direction to conc...
19 Jun, 2020, 05.53 PM IST
SC asks Centre to consider adopting 'one nation, one ration card' scheme during lockdownA bench of Justices N V Ramana, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B R Gavai, in an order passed on Monday said: “We direct the Union of India to consi...
28 Apr, 2020, 01.48 PM IST
SC registry discriminatory in listing cases: Lawyer to CJIA lawyer has in a letter to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde alleged that its registry, the executive wing of the court, indulged in discrim...
25 Apr, 2020, 07.56 AM IST
No stay, Supreme Court to examine EWS quota law soonThe court had issued notices to the Centre in February following multiple petitions that challenged the law.
01 Jul, 2019, 11.27 PM IST
SC dismisses plea for guidelines on cesarean deliveries, fines litigant"Having perused the PIL, we are of the view that the same is an abuse of process of law," the court said.
03 Aug, 2018, 11.54 AM IST
Supreme Court dismisses pleas challenging CBSE's retest decisionThe CBSE, on March 30, had announced that it would re-conduct the examination for economics for Class 12 throughout the country on April 25.
04 Apr, 2018, 01.31 PM IST
Can betting in sports be legalised? SC agrees to examine issueJustice Lodha committee, which had filed a comprehensive report in SC on cricket reforms, had also said that the issue of legalising bettin...
29 Apr, 2017, 11.45 AM IST
Supreme Court to examine issue of availability of medicines, vaccinesThe SC today decided to examine the issue that the national health policy of the country was hit due to non-availability of cheaper medicin...
13 Aug, 2014, 03.27 PM IST