The Supreme Court Friday stayed a death sentence awarded to a guide for killing a woman tourist from New Zealand at Varanasi in 1997.
He made the demand during a joint press conference with Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann who called on him in Hyderabad to discuss the issue of the Centre's ordinance.
It is to be recalled that Dr Khan had challenged his suspension in connection with the death of several children due to alleged shortage of oxygen at a government hospital in Gorakhpur district.
The court had earlier reserved the judgment after hearing a detailed argument on a bail application moved by Tripathi.
Venugopal further wrote: "The depiction of the two fingers, with the legend that he means the middle one, is to deliberately insult the Chief Justice of India which would equally be an insult to the Supreme Court of India itself, which the Chief Justice heads."
Dentist Nupur Talwar, who is facing trial in twin murder case of her daughter and domestic help Hemraj, on Tuesady approached the Supreme Court for bail.
In his petition, Bachchan has pleaded that he was not accorded an opportunity of being heard in the matter by the commissioner's court.
In a major relief for former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, the Allahabad high court on Monday dismissed petitions against her in the Taj Corridor case.
Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament Varun Gandhi was on Friday issued notice by the Supreme Court on a plea seeking his disqualification as MP for allegedly making vituperative speeches during the 2009 general elections.
The Allahabad High Court has sought details from the Uttar Pradesh government on funding of religious institutions like madrasas recognised and aided by it, and asked whether the policy to provide financial aid to such institutions is consistent with the secular scheme of the Constitution.
The verdict by a special court in the Babri Masjid demolition case comes 28 years after kar sevaks razed the 16th century mosque and almost a year after the Supreme Court settled the land case in favour of a Ram temple at the disputed Ayodhya site.
Wani, who was arrested by Delhi Police in 2001 allegedly with explosives and incriminating materials, is a resident of Peeparkari area of Srinagar
The Allahabad high court on Wednesday gave the Central Bureau of Investigation over three months' time to complete investigation into the murder of two Chief Medical Officers (CMOs).
The Akhara counsel told the apex court that their suit was basically for belongings, possession and management rights.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday ordered the detention and arrest of Uttar Pradesh Principal Home Secretary R M Srivastava for not complying with a court order for providing special security to a former minister in the Mayawati government.
The Allahabad high court on Monday directed a court in Etah to ensure that the notice on a petition challenging unopposed election of Dimple Yadav, wife of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, from Kannauj Lok Sabha seat be served on her.
In a landmark verdict, the Allahabad high court on Thursday ordered immediate removal of NOIDA chairman Rakesh Bahadur and chief executive officer Sanjeev Saran on account of their shady past record.
The High Court had directed Uttar Pradesh government to ensure that the water released from Narora dam reaches here and is not diverted on the way through lift canals.
Opposing the transfer of Madras high court Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee to Meghalaya, over 200 advocates of the Madras high court have signed a representation to the Chief Justice of India, N V Ramana and the Supreme Court collegium, seeking to reconsider the decision to shift CJ Banerjee.
A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, that had reserved its verdict in the case on November 18, upheld the Allahabad high court judgment dismissing Bahadur's election petition against the poll panel's decision to reject his nomination papers.
The Kshatriya Mahasabha had sought to be made a party to the Ayodhya title case.
The Allahabad high court on Friday stayed the Uttar Pradesh government's order to withdraw cases against persons accused of indulging in terror activities.
The court has also slapped a fine of Rs 35,000 on Koli and Rs 25,000 on Pandher, CBI spokesperson said.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Thursday lashed out at the Central Bureau of Investigation after the Supreme Court asked it to explain the delay in filing an appeal against the Allahabad High Court's order for dropping the conspiracy charges in the Babri Masjid demolition case.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana took note of the submissions of lawyer Prashant Bhushan that the other accused in the case are moving courts for grant of bail citing the relief granted to Ashish Mishra.
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.
Onus of paying the home loan is on the buyer.
The apex court, however, said there is no doubt that action should be taken against the rioters and they should be punished.
Sahberi village ruling to hit sentiment in Noida Extension, where projects worth Rs 40,000 crore are being executed.
In a setback to dentist Nupur Talwar, facing trial in the murder of her teenaged daughter Aarushi, the Allahabad high court on Monday suspended its last month order asking a CBI court at Ghaziabad to "expeditiously" decide any bail application moved by her.
Roy was anxious, but he gave no sign of losing his calm even though it was not easy to give up a Rs 20,000-crore empire.
A week after the Allahabad high court verdict, the government Tuesday said it would "decide on steps" required to find a way to restore the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University.
He said going through the court was a loss for both Hindus and Muslims and an out-of-court settlement would be a 'win-win situation' for both the communities.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav decided to order a fresh probe following directives by the Allahabad high court.
The Yamuna river gets polluted due to bathing by floating population, throwing flowers, garlands and other worship material as well as the industrial affluent.
Justice D K Singh passed the order overturning the acquittal by a special MP-MLA court in 2020.
Police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, 44, and civilian Sumit Kumar, 20, were killed during the mob violence on December 3 last year.
A complaint made by the judge of Allahabad high court against poor availability of life saving drugs in Uttar Pradesh hospitals was to be taken up for hearing as a public interest litigation by the chief justice himself on Friday.
The Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb is not mere tolerance of differences but heartful embracement of diversity, the Allahabad high court has observed while granting bail to an accused in a case of mob violence.
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