Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is set to hear Bilkis Bano’s petition - challenging the early release of rape convicts - on December 13. A bench of justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela Trivedi will hear the matter. The same bench is currently seized of a…
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's recent observation that it is the central government's duty to ensure that foodgrains reach the last man under the National Food Security Act. He said the…
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Barely ten days after a stern warning to the Centre over its delay in clearing judicial appointments, the Supreme Court today pulled up the government over its weekly swipes at the Collegium system of appointments to the higher judiciary.…
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Barbed-wire fencing and a board put up by the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation are the only indicators that a large mosque complex is set to come up at this spot in Dhannipur village near Ayodhya. The board bears an illustration of the…
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Nearly a month after the Supreme Court acquitted three men convicted by lower court in the gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old woman, the family has now sought review of the order. The 19-year-old was kidnapped from Delhi and later found…
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Bilkis Bano on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging the remission of the 11 convicts who walked free on August 15 this year. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said he will look into the listing of the plea after her…
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To ensure speedy release of undertrial prisoners, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all states and Union Territories (UTs) to collate data on such inmates who have got bail but cannot walk out of jail due to their inability to comply…
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The Supreme Court on Monday voiced its disapproval of remarks that the collegium system of appointing judges to the country's higher courts is 'alien' to the Constitution and requested the government's top lawyers - Attorney-General R…
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Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Centre to produce before it the files pertaining to the appointment of Arun Goel as the Election Commissioner. Goel was appointed to the position on November 19 and took charge on November 21. A five-judge…
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Successive governments have 'completely destroyed' the independence of the Election Commission of India (ECI) by ensuring no chief election commissioner (CEC) gets the full six-year term to head the poll body since 1996, a Constitution…
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