A bench headed by Justice Tarun Chatterjee posted the matter for further hearing on August 6.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation in the disproportionate assets case against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. The apex court said that the CBI was acting at the behest of the central government.
Overall this is the eighth charge sheet filed by the ED in this case in which it has arrested 18 people so far. Last week, a similar complaint was filed by the agency against BRS leader and former Telangana chief minister Chandrashekar Rao's daughter K Kavitha and four others.
The high court had on April 26 asked the Maharashtra government whether any 'conflict of interest' arose if a sitting minister is part of BCCI or of any other sport body.
The high court is hearing a dispute between Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries and Anil Ambani's Reliance Natural Resources over a gas sale agreement, in which the government has intervened. NTPC has filed a separate suit against RIL, seeking that RIL execute the contract of gas supply.
One of the lawyers of the chief minister said that they will be seeking urgent listing of the petition on Monday.
Though there was no official word on the discussion, sources said the government was 'anxious' for a solution.
The bench refused to dispose off the contempt petition filed by advocate Ajay Aggarwal against CBI director Vijay Shanker and another officer on the matter.
The Central government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it was open to a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the alleged fake encounter killings of teenaged girl Ishrat Jahan and three others, accused by Gujarat police of being LashkareT operatives on a mission to kill Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
The Delhi high court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the Centre's decision to confer Padma Bhushan on NRI hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal. A bench headed by acting Chief Justice Madan B Lokur, after going through the original documents placed before it by Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra, found no substance in the allegation that proper procedure was not followed in the case of Chatwal.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to file a report on alleged attacks on Christian institutions and priests across the country as well as on the implementation of its earlier guidelines to curb hate crimes.
The court's observation came while hearing a plea filed by gay activists seeking to decriminalise gay sex among consenting adults.
The Supreme Court on Thursday further extended the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India till the second week of October.Justice Geeta Mittal of the Delhi High Court had lifted the ban on August 5 on the grounds that the evidence against the outfit was too weak to justify the extension of ban under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly indulging in terrorist and anti-national activities.The apex court had, however, stayed the operation of the order.
The Bench did not give any interim direction when the Additional Solicitor General sought permission from the court that till the matter comes up for hearing, the authorities be allowed to use their administrative discretion.
Former Chief Justice of India Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud died on Monday at a city hospital in Mumbai after prolonged illness.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rapped the Haryana and Punjab governments over non-prosecution of violators found guilty of stubble burning and summoned the state chief secretaries to appear before it on October 23 and submit. an explanation.
Mattoo was murdered in January 1996 in Delhi.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked what business the government has got to do by running lotteries, which according to a petition is ruining the lives of lakhs of families.
The copies of the new charges will be circulated not only to Venugopal but also to all governing body members of the premier institute and its faculty.
Mohun Bagan on Saturday opposed the arbitrator's decision to grant interim relief to Bhaichung Bhutia and said they would file a review petition with the All India Football Federation.
The state government told the Bombay High Court that it will set up a commission of inquiry to probe the Adarsh Society Housing scam in Mumbai.
The Supreme Court on Friday ended the legal challenge to the government's decision to drastically reduce the admission fee to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management by disposing of a petition on the issue.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday filed its interim report on the 23 missing files related to the Ayodhya title suits in a special court.
The bench has divided the hearing on Kejriwal's petition against his arrest into two parts. His main petition challenges his arrest by the ED and seeks it to be declared as illegal, while the second aspect pertains to grant of interim bail keeping in mind the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. The court has reserved the order on the issue of grant of interim bail.
With tax related cases mounting in various courts, government on Thursday appointed two senior counsel as Additional Solicitors General exclusively to deal with direct and indirect tax cases in Supreme Court and high courts across the country.
A division bench of Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Rekha Sharma while declining to concede the plea made by the Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra posted the matter for arguments to April 17.
Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium told a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan that despite the best efforts of the investigative agency it has failed to get the translated order.
Appearing for the CBI, additional solicitor general P P Malhotra told Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul that Singh had never appeared before the agency to prove his credentials, so it would be difficult to record his statement through video conferencing.
Justice M S Sonak in an interim order on Monday restrained the Charity Commissioner from attaching the assets and accounts of the NGO. The HC also ordered defreezing of the domestic and non-FCRA bank accounts of the NGO.
The Central Bureau of Investigation sought more time for "true and correct translation" from Spanish to English the order of an Argentinian court rejecting its plea for extradition of Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi, three months after the Supreme Court gave it a time frame to complete the work.
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the central government to conduct tests on samples of Pepsi and submit its report within three weeks.
The Supreme Court of India has stayed a Lokpal order that allowed complaints to be filed against a sitting high court judge. The court termed the order "something very, very disturbing" and a concern for the independence of the judiciary. The bench issued notices to the Centre, the Lokpal registrar, and the complainant, directing them to keep the identity of the judge confidential. The court will hear the matter again on March 18.
Mohammad Ali Jinnah's daughter Dina Wadia filed a petition in the Bombay High Court, in August this year, for acquiring possession of Jinnah House, the late leader's residence in plush Malbar Hill locality of South Mumbai.
Centre has told the Supreme Court that it will soon make public Bihar governor Buta's reports which led to the dissolution of the assembly in the state.
"The government of today which was in power in 1996 has to be morally committed on the issue," he said.
The government apprehended that the international drug mafia might use such people as conduits if they are released.\n
Additional solicitor general Mohan Parasaran talks about the logic behind withdrawing the government affidavit in the RIL-RNRL gas dispute in the Bombay high court.
A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhan and V S Sirpurkar also agreed to consider the plea of Additional Solicitor General Gopala Subramanium whether the matter should be referred to the five-judge Constitution bench or not.
Claiming that over 14,000 victims of the infamous 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy were "not traceable," the Centre on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to grant it permission for closing down their compensation claims estimated at Rs 50 crore.
