Let us know if any prosecution carried out under death penalty provision of SC/ST Act: SC to AGA bench of Justices Surya Kant and K V Viswanathan was hearing a PIL filed by advocate Rishi Malhotra, who has sought striking down of the ...
13 Feb, 2024, 07.59 PM IST
SC agrees to hear plea that sought to know whether life sentence would mean entire lifeA bench of justices Hrishikesh Roy and Prashant Kumar Mishra issued notice to the Delhi government seeking its response on the plea filed b...
09 Feb, 2024, 04.38 PM IST
Bilkis Bano case: SC to resume hearing on Aug 31 on batch of pleas challenging remission to convictsThe Supreme Court is scheduled to resume hearing on Thursday a clutch of petitions challenging the remission granted to all 11 convicts in ...
30 Aug, 2023, 05.34 PM IST
SC defers to May 9 hearing on pleas challenging remission of 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano caseA bench of justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna was told by Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre and the Gujarat g...
02 May, 2023, 05.45 PM IST
SC notice to Centre, Gujarat govt on Bilkis Bano's plea against remission to convictsThe Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre, Gujarat government and others on a plea filed by Bilkis Bano, who was gang-r...
27 Mar, 2023, 07.53 PM IST
Supreme Court to consider setting up panel to examine if execution of death row convicts by hanging proportionate"We cannot tell the legislature that you adopt this method. But you (PIL petitioner) can certainly argue that something may be more humane....
21 Mar, 2023, 09.54 PM IST
Bilkis Bano case: SC to hear pleas against release of 11 convicts after three weeksThe plea referred to the sequence of events of the case recorded in judicial files and said, "It is submitted that on such facts, no right ...
09 Sep, 2022, 06.41 PM IST
Clarify stand on assurance given by then Dy PM LK Advani on Abu Salem's sentence: SC to CentreThe top court said that it is not satisfied with the affidavit filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which said that the assur...
08 Mar, 2022, 05.02 PM IST
Imprisonment can't extend beyond 25 years: Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on plea by Abu SalemAdvocate Rishi Malhotra, appearing for Abu Salem, submitted that life imprisonment awarded to Salem is against the assurance given by the I...
02 Feb, 2022, 08.29 PM IST
Decision on scrapping remaining Class XII exams likely on Wednesday, CBSE tells SCSolicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court that a decision on scrapping the exams was at an advanced stage and would be taken shortly. T...
23 Jun, 2020, 11.43 PM IST
SC seeks Centre's reply on plea challenging mandatory death penalty under SC/ST ActThe plea said the legislature cannot compel courts and inflict upon them the "dubious" and "unconscionable" duty of imposing a "preordained...
10 May, 2019, 11.26 PM IST
Change records after car sale or pay for mishaps: SCIf you sold your car and did not bother to change the ownership in registration records, you would be liable for compensation claims arisin...
07 Feb, 2018, 10.59 AM IST
Supreme Court asks government about modes of execution in other countriesThe court, however, made it clear that the apex court would not decide as to what should be the mode of executing a condemned prisoner in I...
09 Jan, 2018, 06.12 PM IST
Death convict should die in peace, not in pain, says Supreme CourtThe apex court agreed to examine whether execution of death sentence by hanging could be replaced by other less painful procedures like by ...
07 Oct, 2017, 10.56 AM IST
Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on plea against mode of executionThe plea said that Article 21 (Right to Life) of the Constitution also includes the right of a condemned prisoner to have a dignified mode ...
07 Oct, 2017, 12.49 AM IST
Reliance Jio case: Trai defends fine on Vodafone“They have an oblique motive,” advocate Meet Malhotra, representing the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in the matter with the Delhi ...
23 Dec, 2016, 08.28 AM IST
Registered owner or user of a vehicle: Who'll pay compensation in road accident?A bench of Justices stayed the order which held the person who had purchased the car would be liable to pay compensation in even if the veh...
17 Jul, 2016, 10.40 AM IST