The top court said the direction to create family welfare committees in every district and the power conferred in them was 'not in accord with the statutory framework'.
CBI is also probing a criminal conspiracy angle of the Saradha scam.
Along with her, Uttarakhand high court Chief Justice K M Joseph has also been cleared for elevation to the apex court.
The minister said that the government wanted to know HM management's intention with regard to the Uttarpara plant which employs nearly 2300 employees, including managerial staff.
The court granted the last opportunity to the defaulting states and UTs, warning if they did not file their reports within a week, then their home secretaries will have to appear in person before court.
Timeline of events relating to proceedings on the issue.
It will be heard by a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, asked the Delhi High Court to decide by July end the appeal challenging a trial court order discharging several cricketers, including S Sreesanth, in the sensational IPL spot-fixing case.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi informed the apex court that the Centre will issue guidelines within 10 days from Friday on how physically challenged persons should show respect to the national anthem.
The top court directed the Secretary of the Union water resources ministry to personally appear before it on May 14 with a draft of the Cauvery management scheme to implement its verdict on water sharing between four states including Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
A total of 1,177 passengers are booked on the New Delhi-Bilaspur special train, which departed at 4 pm, while 1,122 passengers are booked on the New Delhi-Dibrugarh special train that departed at 4:45 pm.
The Trinamool Congress welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on panchayat polls in West Bengal as a "victory of democracy" and asked opposition parties to apologise to the people of the state.
Government on Tuesday said it was optimistic of sustaining a high double digit export growth in the current year following assurance by exporters that they would be able to sustain the last fiscal's export performance.
The apex court had questioned the poll panel's notification and said that NOTA was meant to be exercised by individual voters in direct polls.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the state cricket associations and the Board of Control for Cricket in India office-bearers to give their suggestions on the draft constitution for the apex cricket body, to be approved by it.
A contempt plea alleged that incidents of mob lynching and vigilantism were taking place despite the apex court verdict in this regard.
Ambassador Venu Rajamony, who served as press secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee during his tenure, salutes the statesman and political legend, who passed into the ages on Monday.
BJP president Amit Shah accused the Congress of adopting "double standards", saying on one hand Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is on "election tour of temples (mandir ka chunavi daura) in Gujarat, while on the other his party wants the hearing on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute to be deferred.
The Congress, however, downplayed it saying the party did not want to involve its senior leaders in the issue.
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The Centre has decided to put Justice Joseph's name in serial number 3 in the notification.
Principal Kannan said no special treatment will be accorded to Hadiya at the hostel.
Goa's Deputy Chief Minister Francis D'Souza on Monday apologised for his remarks that he is a "Christian Hindu", after being criticised by the Catholic community.
'As the film was suppose to release on December 1, there are over 50 countries where this process (of certification) is on.'
A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chadrachud did not consider the plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy that the ongoing tendering process for awarding media rights for the IPL events be stayed and e-auctioning directed.
Justice Gogoi, the 46th CJI and the first from a north-eastern state, said it was not the requirement of the Supreme Court that judges 'reach out to our citizenry through the press'.
The SC said there were enough guidelines to be followed by the censor board to grant certification of a film before its release
It's a relief for inter-faith or inter-caste couples who often face threat to their lives due to their relationship
The apex court, which was hearing a PIL seeking that convicted persons be restrained from forming and holding posts in political parties for the period they are disqualified under the election law, posted the matter to May 3 for final disposal.
The government on Thursday ruled out any downward revision of the 12 per cent export growth target set for this year
Hadiya is at the centre of a nationwide controversy after her marriage with a Muslim man.
Maggi ban: SC orders fresh testing at Mysore lab.
The bench said final hearing in all Aadhaar-related issues would start before another bench in the last week of this month.
