The court said the Taj Mahal would remain open to public during moonlit nights as per schedule.
Supreme Court dismisses a plea for reconstitution of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal and paves the way for the proposed visit of two of its members to the river basin.
Additional CBI Director P C Pande is under scrutiny in connection with his role as Ahmedabad police commissioner during the post-Godhra riots.
A bench comprising Justice Ruma Pal, Justice S B Sinha and Justice S H Kapadia said this during hearing of an application filed by Amicus Curiae Harish Salve seeking compensation for the Gujarat riots victims.
An NGO - Citizens for Justice and Peace - wants the cases pertaining to the massacre of 110 people in Naroda Gam and Naroda Patiya to be transferred outside the state.\n\n
The notice was issued on application alleging that the state had suppressed facts pertaining to grant of bail to the accused in various post-Godhra riot case.
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.
Ashok Pandey, a Lucknow-based advocate, had asked the court to direct President A P J Abdul Kalam not to appoint the Congress chief as the prime minister.
The new bench headed by Justice Ruma Pal will consider six departmental inquiry reports against three top officials of the state on May 7.
The Taj will, however, be open for public viewing in the night only for three months.
Power distribution companies told the court that there is no shortage of power.
In a boost to Essar group, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed it to go ahead with its Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) oil refinery project at Jamnagar in Gujarat.
Restraining the Income Tax authorities from going back on their promises, the Supreme Court has categorically ruled that they cannot reopen the tax payments settled under the Kar Vivad Samadhan Scheme, 1998.\n\n\n\n\n\n
The judgment was passed in a case pertaining to 14 Pakistanis who have been detained for a long time.
The Central government has said that they have no right to be released.
Malhotra was administered the oath of office and secrecy in a ceremony held at court number 1 in the apex court.
'Kishore Kumar lived like a king and knew that he could get away with anything. It's as simple as that.'
Along with her, Uttarakhand high court Chief Justice K M Joseph has also been cleared for elevation to the apex court.
There is no woman judge among the five new judges appointed in the Supreme Court who were sworn-in on Friday.
She is the first woman lawyer to enter the top judiciary directly.
Kishore Kumar didn't become a legend overnight. And even when he did, he had many unfulfilled dreams.
B-town actors who became dads in their late 40s and 50s!
A day after his allegations that three former Chief Justices of India made 'improper compromises' to keep on an improper judge stirred a national storm, Justice Markandey Katju posed six questions to one of the Chief Justices, Justice R C Lahoti.
The debate on the constitutionality of tribunals has not been set to rest as yet, says Gopal Krishna.
The race for VIP perks has pernicious consequences and is undermining the elite's authority
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