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"A Well-Functioning Judiciary Needs...": Outgoing Chief Justice SA Bobde
- Friday April 23, 2021
- India News | Written by A Vaidyanthan, Edited by Harish Pullanoor
Underlining the troubled relationship between the bar and the bench (judges and advocates), outgoing Chief Justice of India, Justice SA Bobde, today said there has to be mutual respect between the two for the excellent functioning of the judiciary.
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Supreme Court Asks All States To Submit Views On 50% Reservation
- Monday March 8, 2021
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin
All states have been asked to submit views to the Supreme Court on 50 per cent cap on reservation for backward communities - enacted after 1992 Indra Sawhney case verdict - as the top court prepares to examine if the reservation celling needs to be reconsidered.
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Tigress Avni Killed Per Court Order: Supreme Court Refuses Contempt Action
- Friday February 26, 2021
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin
A contempt petition against Maharashtra forest officials for killing a tigress in 2018 was withdrawn today by the petitioner - an animal rights activist - after the Supreme Court refused to take action against them, stressing that the "man-eater" was killed as per the top court's orders.
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"Only Solution": Centre To Waive Compound Interest On Loans Up To 2 Crore
- Saturday October 3, 2020
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
In a huge reprieve for borrowers, the government has told the Supreme Court that it is ready to waive interest on the repayment of loans of up to Rs 2 crore, frozen by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a six-month moratorium granted because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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"Removal Of Delhi Slums Near Tracks On Hold For Now": Centre To Top Court
- Monday September 14, 2020
- India News | Reported by Swati Bhasin, Edited by Swati Bhasin
The eviction of nearly 2.5 lakh people - living in 48,000 slum dwellings in Delhi near the railway tracks - has been put on hold till a final decision is taken, the central government today told the Supreme Court. The top court had last month ordered the removal of the slum dwellings in a phased manner within three months, while also cautioning aga...
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JEE, NEET To Go Ahead, Supreme Court Rejects 6 Opposition-Ruled States' Plea
- Friday September 4, 2020
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
JEE, NEET to go ahead, Supreme Court dismisses 6 opposition-ruled states' plea to review order to conduct exams
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Tamil Nadu Moves Top Court After High Court Allows Only Online Liquor Sale
- Saturday May 9, 2020
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin
Tamil Nadu Moves Supreme Court After High Court Allows Only Online Liquor Sale
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"Have Some Human Approach": Top Court On Plea Linked To Nirbhaya Convicts
- Monday March 2, 2020
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin
The Supreme Court today rejected a petition seeking donation of organs by four convicts in the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi dubbed "Nirbhaya" by the media, urging the petitioner to "have human approach".
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This Letter Enraged Supreme Court, Judges Talked Of "Leaving Country"
- Friday February 14, 2020
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
A "desk officer's" letter asking that no coercive action be taken against telecom companies for not paying dues was the trigger for the Supreme Court's furious tongue-lashing for the government and a notice to telecom companies for contempt.
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Maharashtra Floor Test Tomorrow, Top Court Agrees With Anti-BJP Combine
- Tuesday November 26, 2019
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has to prove his majority "within 24 hours" or by tomorrow, the Supreme Court ruled today on a petition challenging the surprise government formation by the BJP on Saturday. The trust vote will be telecast live and will be presided over by a pro-tem or interim Speaker. The court also ordered that voting ...
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TikTok Ban Goes If You Don't Decide: Supreme Court To Madras High Court
- Monday April 22, 2019
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin
The Supreme Court today asked the Madras High Court to decide on its interim ban on Chinese-owned TikTok video app by April 24.
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Mayawati Has To Reimburse Money Spent On Elephant Statues, Says Top Court
- Friday February 8, 2019
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Alok Pandey, Edited by Shylaja Varma
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has to reimburse the public money spent on installing hundreds of elephant statues in parks in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow and Noida, the Supreme Court said today.The elephant is the symbol of the Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP.
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Karnataka Date Leak: Only Congress, Not BJP's Amit Malviya, To Be Questioned
- Wednesday March 28, 2018
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Amit Malviya of the BJP will not be questioned or investigated over the alleged leak of Karnataka election dates yesterday, an Election Commission document reveals. Mr Malviya, who heads the BJP's IT cell, and a Congress activist in Karnataka, both had tweeted the May 12 polling date before the Election Commission announced it.
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Pollution Watchdog Says No Big Impact Of Firecrackers on Diwali
- Friday January 5, 2018
- Delhi News | Written by A Vaidyanthan
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) told the Supreme Court that there was no major impact of firecrackers on air quality in the National Capital Region during Diwali on October 19, 2017. The CPCB's affidavit in the top court has an assessment of the impact of firecrackers during Diwali and Dusshera. According to the CPCB, Particulate Matter...
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No Transparency, Alleges Supreme Court Judge Skipping Meet On Appointments
- Friday September 2, 2016
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
In a singular act of dissent, a senior Supreme Court judge on Thursday alleged lack of transparency as he boycotted a meeting of the collegium or the group of seniormost judges that decides on judicial appointments.
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"A Well-Functioning Judiciary Needs...": Outgoing Chief Justice SA Bobde
- Friday April 23, 2021
- India News | Written by A Vaidyanthan, Edited by Harish Pullanoor
Underlining the troubled relationship between the bar and the bench (judges and advocates), outgoing Chief Justice of India, Justice SA Bobde, today said there has to be mutual respect between the two for the excellent functioning of the judiciary.
- www.ndtv.com
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Supreme Court Asks All States To Submit Views On 50% Reservation
- Monday March 8, 2021
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin
All states have been asked to submit views to the Supreme Court on 50 per cent cap on reservation for backward communities - enacted after 1992 Indra Sawhney case verdict - as the top court prepares to examine if the reservation celling needs to be reconsidered.
- www.ndtv.com
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Tigress Avni Killed Per Court Order: Supreme Court Refuses Contempt Action
- Friday February 26, 2021
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin
A contempt petition against Maharashtra forest officials for killing a tigress in 2018 was withdrawn today by the petitioner - an animal rights activist - after the Supreme Court refused to take action against them, stressing that the "man-eater" was killed as per the top court's orders.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Only Solution": Centre To Waive Compound Interest On Loans Up To 2 Crore
- Saturday October 3, 2020
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
In a huge reprieve for borrowers, the government has told the Supreme Court that it is ready to waive interest on the repayment of loans of up to Rs 2 crore, frozen by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a six-month moratorium granted because of the coronavirus pandemic.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Removal Of Delhi Slums Near Tracks On Hold For Now": Centre To Top Court
- Monday September 14, 2020
- India News | Reported by Swati Bhasin, Edited by Swati Bhasin
The eviction of nearly 2.5 lakh people - living in 48,000 slum dwellings in Delhi near the railway tracks - has been put on hold till a final decision is taken, the central government today told the Supreme Court. The top court had last month ordered the removal of the slum dwellings in a phased manner within three months, while also cautioning aga...
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JEE, NEET To Go Ahead, Supreme Court Rejects 6 Opposition-Ruled States' Plea
- Friday September 4, 2020
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
JEE, NEET to go ahead, Supreme Court dismisses 6 opposition-ruled states' plea to review order to conduct exams
- www.ndtv.com
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Tamil Nadu Moves Top Court After High Court Allows Only Online Liquor Sale
- Saturday May 9, 2020
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin
Tamil Nadu Moves Supreme Court After High Court Allows Only Online Liquor Sale
- www.ndtv.com
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"Have Some Human Approach": Top Court On Plea Linked To Nirbhaya Convicts
- Monday March 2, 2020
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin
The Supreme Court today rejected a petition seeking donation of organs by four convicts in the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi dubbed "Nirbhaya" by the media, urging the petitioner to "have human approach".
- www.ndtv.com
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This Letter Enraged Supreme Court, Judges Talked Of "Leaving Country"
- Friday February 14, 2020
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
A "desk officer's" letter asking that no coercive action be taken against telecom companies for not paying dues was the trigger for the Supreme Court's furious tongue-lashing for the government and a notice to telecom companies for contempt.
- www.ndtv.com
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Maharashtra Floor Test Tomorrow, Top Court Agrees With Anti-BJP Combine
- Tuesday November 26, 2019
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has to prove his majority "within 24 hours" or by tomorrow, the Supreme Court ruled today on a petition challenging the surprise government formation by the BJP on Saturday. The trust vote will be telecast live and will be presided over by a pro-tem or interim Speaker. The court also ordered that voting ...
- www.ndtv.com
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TikTok Ban Goes If You Don't Decide: Supreme Court To Madras High Court
- Monday April 22, 2019
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin
The Supreme Court today asked the Madras High Court to decide on its interim ban on Chinese-owned TikTok video app by April 24.
- www.ndtv.com
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Mayawati Has To Reimburse Money Spent On Elephant Statues, Says Top Court
- Friday February 8, 2019
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Alok Pandey, Edited by Shylaja Varma
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has to reimburse the public money spent on installing hundreds of elephant statues in parks in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow and Noida, the Supreme Court said today.The elephant is the symbol of the Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP.
- www.ndtv.com
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Karnataka Date Leak: Only Congress, Not BJP's Amit Malviya, To Be Questioned
- Wednesday March 28, 2018
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Amit Malviya of the BJP will not be questioned or investigated over the alleged leak of Karnataka election dates yesterday, an Election Commission document reveals. Mr Malviya, who heads the BJP's IT cell, and a Congress activist in Karnataka, both had tweeted the May 12 polling date before the Election Commission announced it.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pollution Watchdog Says No Big Impact Of Firecrackers on Diwali
- Friday January 5, 2018
- Delhi News | Written by A Vaidyanthan
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) told the Supreme Court that there was no major impact of firecrackers on air quality in the National Capital Region during Diwali on October 19, 2017. The CPCB's affidavit in the top court has an assessment of the impact of firecrackers during Diwali and Dusshera. According to the CPCB, Particulate Matter...
- www.ndtv.com
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No Transparency, Alleges Supreme Court Judge Skipping Meet On Appointments
- Friday September 2, 2016
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
In a singular act of dissent, a senior Supreme Court judge on Thursday alleged lack of transparency as he boycotted a meeting of the collegium or the group of seniormost judges that decides on judicial appointments.
- www.ndtv.com