His answer to every question was, "I am politically victimised", the CBI said.
Opposition Congress termed the government's decision as 'unilateral' and said it was against the interest of a majority of Ayyappa devotees in and outside the state.
Kapil Sibal listed out legal questions, including the governor's power to convene the assembly session without aid and advice of the government, for adjudication by a five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice J S Khehar.
During the hearing, the SC extends exemption to several categories of disabled.
CM Siddaramaiah has called legislature session on September 23 to discuss the SC's direction.
Bhagwat presented Sangh's views on a number of contentious issue while answering wide-ranging written questions on the last day of the three-day conclave, including on matters like inter-caste marriages, education policy, crimes against women, cow vigilantism.
Chief Justice of India J S Khehar on Saturday criticised the electoral politics in the country, saying poll promises are "routinely unfulfilled", caste issues projected differently to get a majority and party manifestos do not have any linkage to socio-economic justice.
The apex court directed Supertech to pay 10 per cent per month of the invested amount from January 5, 2015 to 17 home buyers, who are before the court, within four weeks
Justice Karnan in his response, alleged discrimination and 'social boycott' by companion judges on various grounds including his caste.
The court framed several constitutional questions including whether a person, holding public office, can give a statement which may create "distrust" in the minds of the victims about a fair probe in the case
N Sathiya Moorthy goes back in time to dig up three cases that may not have any citation in legal text-books or lawyers' ready-reckoners quoted before courts but which may still have a bearing on the current case against the arrested activists.
A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, hearing a petitions challenging Aadhaar, said no system in the world was secure and the issue was not as to how data is collected, but how the information so collected are used or misused.
The court accepted the scheme formulated by the state government to provide "ex gratia assistance" of up to Rs 50,000 to all religious places, including mosques and temples.
Magistrates cannot ask the police to investigate a private criminal defamation complaint as it is the complainant who needs to prove the case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said.
The apex court said such a plea has raised unnecessary doubts over the integrity of judges.
Who is the judge next in line to be Chief Justice of India? M J Antony tells us about Justice Gogoi who has put 'discharging a debt to the nation' above the prospect of being the next CJI.
SC refuses to extend the deadline for Sahara to deposit Rs 600 crore
Opposing the verdict, several Dalit organisations called for a 'Bharat bandh' on Monday.
Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Sahara, has sought time till August 15 for realisation of the cheque and giving a road map for depositing the remaining amount.
Sending a strong message that people against whom criminal and corruption charges have been framed be not inducted as ministers, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said the prime minister and chief ministers should desist from making such appointments and act in "national interest".
The Supreme Court said that except for three issues, including land and law and order, Delhi government has the power to legislate and govern on other issues.
The verdict was reserved on August 13 last year after bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Prafulla C Pant heard the matter spread over a month.
The high court dismissed the petition of Congress MLAs challenging their disqualification and the Supreme Court refusing to give any relief to them.
Bharatiya Janata Party's Subrmanian Swamy and Congress' Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday came out in unison to assail the criminal defamation law before the Supreme Court which said that lodging of cases for political speech and debates under the controversial provisions should be avoided.
The government told the apex court that the decision whether or not to allow refugees to settle in the country was best left to the Executive.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narayanswami Srinivasan cannot represent the Board at the International Cricket Council's meeting next week as he has been held guilty of conflict of interest, the Supreme Court said.
Taking Karnataka to task for its repeated "defiance" by flouting its orders for release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court on Friday asked it to discharge 6,000 cusecs water from tomorrow till October 6, warning no one would know when the "wrath of the law" would fall on it.
The apex court said it would pronounce its order on Tuesday whether such a plea was maintenable or not.
'No judge can take up a matter on its own unless allocated by the CJI as the CJI is master of the court,' the top court said.
A roster of the work for fresh cases notified under the order of the chief justice of India will come into effect from February 5 till further orders.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party challenging imposition of President's rule in Delhi.
'The Supreme Court should not have come out with this kind of order and in my opinion, the court should correct it.'
With the Supreme Court refusing to vacate its order on lifting of a ban on the sport by the Centre.
The apex court has also issued notice to Centre, Tamil Nadu and other states where 'Jallikattu' is played.
The court held that the states were not required to 'collect quantifiable data' reflecting the backwardness among these communities.
With her various overtures and right noises at the right time, Mamata is once again trying to reshape her image from being a regional leader to one with national appeal and acceptability. After all, the charge of building a Federal Front may also bring to the fore Mamata's chances to become prime minister in 2019.
In a relief to Jallikattu supporters, the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the new legislation passed recently by the Tamil Nadu assembly but warned the state government not to allow commotion on the streets, reminding that law and order was its prime duty.
'There will be a broad coalition of non-BJP parties in at least 25 states'
106 people died on a single day on Thursday.
The inquiry by will not deal with the allegations of sexual harassment against the CJI.
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