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New Delhi: The Supreme Court today issued a notice to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh along with four others, in connection with the 2002 murder case of Ranjit Singh, a former Dera manager. The notice comes after the CBI moved a plea challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s decision to acquit…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that the right to property is a constitutional right and an individual cannot be deprived of his property without him being paid adequate compensation in accordance with the law. A bench of justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said the right to property ceased to be…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday took exception to the “scurrilous and unfounded allegations” made in a plea against the conferment of senior designations to lawyers. “How many judges can you name whose offsprings have been designated as senior counsel?” a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan asked advocate Mathews…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it has never directed to end the hunger strike of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast unto death, but is only concerned with his health. “There appears to be a deliberate attempt in the entire media where state government officers (of Punjab)…
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New Delhi: From striking down the electoral bonds scheme to ruling on quotas within quotas and criminal prosecution of lawmakers, here are the landmark verdicts delivered by the Supreme Court in 2024. Electoral bonds In February 2024, a five-judge Constitution Bench struck down the electoral bonds scheme, holding that denying voters the right to know…
New Delhi: Banks can charge over 30 per cent on credit card dues from customers after the Supreme Court set aside a sixteen-year-old National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission verdict, which held charging excessive interest rates amounted to an unfair trade practice. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma said NCDRC’s observations…
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New Delhi: Senior lawyer KK Venugopal in an exclusive interview with NDTV said judges in the past, when Independent India’s judiciary took its first steps, were “very independent” to the point that the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru “made some very strong statements” against them. Mr Venugopal, a constitutional lawyer who served as Attorney…
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has passed interim orders restraining the Enforcement Directorate from accessing and copying content from electronic devices seized during searches on ‘lottery king’ Santiago Martin, whose company donated the most to political parties through electoral bonds. The Supreme Court has clubbed four cases involving NewsClick, Amazon India and others seeking guidelines…
Justice Venkataramiah served as the 19th Chief Justice of India. (Representational) Bengaluru: India must protect the integrity of its constitutional institutions from outside interference, including those that are politically motivated, said Justice PS Narasimha, Judge, Supreme Court of India, on Sunday. Justice Narasimha was delivering the Justice ES Ventakaramiah Centennial Memorial Lecture, organised by the…
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Both husband and wife have been living separately for two decades now. (Representational) New Delhi: “Marriage is a relationship built on mutual trust, companionship and shared experiences,” the Supreme Court has said as it upheld a Madras High Court decision granting divorce to an estranged software engineer couple. A bench of justices Vikram Nath and…
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