Utkarsh Anand

The bench maintained that the government does not need to wait for the law to change so that the position of Leader of Opposition in the selection committee can be substituted with the leader of the single largest party in the Opposition.

The court gives go ahead to the Official Liquidator for preparation of the auction of Aamby Valley.

In 2016, a bench led by Justice Madan B Lokur had decided to to probe 1,528 cases of alleged fake encounters by security forces and Manipur Police.

“We citizens don’t want to pay taxes. Shame on us. It is shameful. We are a kind of society where we want to evade taxes. We are not a tax-compliant society,” said a bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan.

Examining the Kerala Police Act 2011, which assures a minimum tenure of two years for DGPs, the court said there was no justification in law to displace Senkumar before the end of his term.

Representing Sundarrajan, advocate Prashant Bhushan pointed out that in its 2013 judgment the court had confined itself to clearances to units 1 and 2, and did not examine CRZ approvals to other units.

The bench posted the matter for detailed hearing on Tuesday.

Politics surrounding cow and the violence perpetrated in the name of cow protection has increased in the last few years.

Criminal conspiracy charges restored, trial moved from Rae Bareli to Lucknow

In the present case, crimes which shake the secular fabric of the Constitution of India have allegedly been committed almost 25 years ago.

The bench also issued notice to the Centre on a similar PIL filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay for making Vande Mataram mandatory in schools and other educational institutions.

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who has been defending the Army in a batch of matters relating to 1,528 cases of alleged fake encounters in Manipur in the last 20 years, was requested to adduce the names on Wednesday.

The existing legal regime under the RPA lays down that a politician convicted and sentenced to a jail term of two years or more shall be disqualified from contesting polls for six years from the date of his release from prison after conclusion of the term.

The petition has appealed for quashing Section 4(1)(iii) of the Act, which empowers CBFC to carry out cuts.

Sahara was supposed to deposit more than Rs 5,000 crore in the Sebi-Sahara investors’ refund account by Monday to enable Roy remain out on bail but the group failed to do so.

RBI advocating to keep names secret in ‘economic interest’ of the country

Sahara was supposed to deposit more than Rs 5,000 crore in the Sebi-Sahara investors’ refund account by Monday to enable Roy remain out on bail but the group failed to do so.

Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the matter before a bench led by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar and sought a hearing in open court of the curative petition filed by the government.

Raising questions on deployment of security forces in Manipur under the AFSPA since 1958, the court had urged all the stakeholders “to find a lasting and peaceful solution to the festering problem”

The bench reminded the high courts that when the top court uses the phrase “humility at our command” while requesting high courts to do something, it must connote “humility in law”.

On March 28, the bench had asked the Centre to consider using alternative means other than pellet guns in the Valley.

In its 262nd report, the bench noted, the Law Commission of India recommended abolition of the death penalty for all crimes other than terrorism-related offences and waging war.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, who appeared for the victims’ relatives, had opposed any lenient view and pressed for immediate arrest of the convict.

A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Navin Sinha made it clear that the apex court would not intervene in issues which were meant to be decided by the executive.