"The affidavit (of the UP Government) is not satisfactory," a bench comprising Justices B N Agrawal and Aftab Alam observed.
The Supreme Court has said that the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, including the rules related to pictorial warning on cigarette and tobacco products, will be implemented from May 31 and there will be no further extensions. The court further stated that in view of this promise, no court in the country shall pass any order inconsistent with this order.
The Supreme Court stayed the National Consumer Commission's order, which had capped the interest rate chargeable on credit card holders at 30 per cent. The verdict will allow banks to levy any interest rate they consider applicable to card holders. In their appeal, the banks said they were following the guidelines of the RBI, which was the only authority to regulate the fixing of the interest. The commission had no jurisdiction to pass an order directly to the banks.
The Supreme Court on Mondaycame down heavily on the Mayawati government of Uttar Pradesh for constructing memorials despite its order and warned the state that it cannot play politics as it does with other parties.
Telling the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh that "you are playing with fire", the Supreme Court today directed stoppage of all further construction activities at the Kanshi Ram Memorial Sthal in Lucknow, saying its orders cannot be violated.
The Supreme Court today issued a fresh notice to a convent school in Madhya Pradesh on a Muslim student's right to sport a beard.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the expulsion of former chief minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh from the state assembly.A bench headed by Justice B N Agrawal, however, stayed the state assembly's decision asking Election Commission to declare Singh's assembly seat as vacant.The former chief minister was expelled from the House after a resolution was passed on the basis of the report of a special committee, which was appointed by the Punjab assembly.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of advocate R K Anand for contempt of court by attempting to influence controversial witness Sunil Kulkarni in the infamous BMW hit-and-run case. In its judgment, the apex court also indicated the possibility of enhancing Anand's sentence. Referring to the criticism about the sting operation carried out by a news channel, the apex court noted that it was not a typical case of trial by the media.
The Supreme Court on Monday admitted the appeals of Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC and Citibank challenging the order of the National Consumer Commission imposing restriction on charging credit card holders an interest rate in excess of 30 per cent.
The Supreme Court is hearing writ petitions challenging the dissolution of the Bihar assembly.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay a Delhi High Court order barring advocates R K Anand and I U Khan from practising for four months after they were "caught" in the BMW sting operation case.
The list of prisoners includes several political leaders including Goru Venkat Reddy, husband of a sitting Congress MLA, who has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Delhi High Court order allowing controversial godman Chandraswami, who is facing prosecution in a dozen criminal case, to go abroad to meet his disciples.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant interim stay on a Delhi high court judgment holding senior advocates R K Anand and I U Khan guilty of contempt of court for trying to influence a key witness in the BMW hit-and-run case. A bench headed by Justice B N Agrawal, however, admitted the appeal filed by them and issued notices to respondents.
He is seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation enquiry into the incident.
"In this country you need huntering (flogging) to make you work," the Supreme Court said on Friday while venting its anger on bureaucrats and top police officials for their failure to respond on an issue related to punishing errant cops who refuse to register FIRs on public complaints."Is this Ramrajya in this country...So this is swaraj. This is the concept of swaraj," said a bench of Justices B N Agrawal and G S Singhvi, while lamenting the attitude of the top bureaucrats.
However, it allowed the dredging activity for the project to continue to the extent that it did not in anyway cause any destruction to the Ram Sethu
A complaint was filed saying that Husain's paintings hurt the religious sentiments of people.
This is a case relating to non-filing of Income Tax returns during 1991-94.
The court was angry that the government showed little will to stop encroachment on the banks of the river Yamuna leading to its pollution
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of key shareholders in Dabhol Power Corporation -- subsidiaries of GE and Bechtel -- on restarting the litigation-embroiled plant
The Supreme Court Friday stayed a death sentence awarded to a guide for killing a woman tourist from New Zealand at Varanasi in 1997.
The Supreme Court on Monday admitted an appeal filed by Enron promoted Dabhol Power Corporation challenging a Bombay high court order
The Bench will hear questions pertaining to freedom of press arising from the arrest warrants issued last year by the Tamil Nadu assembly speaker against the editor and senior journalists of The Hindu newspaper.
The Supreme Court has put a question mark over the role of state police in the Naroda Patiya riots case. \n
A Division Bench of Justice Y K Sabharwal and Justice B N Agrawal dismissed the convicts' appeals against the special TADA court's order.
The power plant of DPC is likely to remain idle for some more time as the Supreme Court's initiative to restart it met a roadblock with key shareholders of DPC -- subsidiaries of GE and Bechtel -- refusing to submit to the court's jurisdiction.
This will be specially helpful when people involved in the case live abroad.
The trial in the Rs 66 crore disproportionate assets case was stayed on a petition accusing the prosecution of being under the influence of the Tamil Nadu government headed by J Jayalalithaa.
The Supreme Court order is considered to be a setback to state Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav who had scrapped nine districts and commissioner divisions created during 1995-97 by Mayawati government.
It also made the EC a party to a petition filed by former Rajya Sabha member Kuldeep Nayar challenging recent amendments to the election procedure.
The Supreme Court cleared a multi-crore luxury housing project being constructed by Tata Housing Development Corporation Ltd in Goa and set aside a Mumbai high court order directing demolition of the complex as it was being built in green areas.
In a major judgement to help innocent road accident victims, the Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance company was liable to pay compensation to the victims even if the driver of the vehicle, which met with an accident, had a fake driving licence
The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction by the special court at Mumbai of stock broker Harshad Mehta, who died during the pendency of the appeal in the Apex court.
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan, appearing for Sahara, sought release of Sahara chief Subrata Roy on the ground of his "deteriorating" health and the fact that market regulator Sebi has already been authorised to sell 66 properties
Sebi says Sahara investors refunded over Rs 42 cr.
Subrata Roy was arrested in March 2014 after the company failed to comply with a court order to refund money raised from millions of small investors by selling them bonds later ruled to be illegal.
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