The Supreme Court held that the government cannot impose a mother tongue on a linguistic minority for imparting primary education on Tuesday.
The Centre has decided to put Justice Joseph's name in serial number 3 in the notification.
The SC said there were enough guidelines to be followed by the censor board to grant certification of a film before its release
Siddaramaiah appealed to public to maintain peace, while assuring that the government 'is committed' to protect the interest of the state and its people and farmers.
A major fire today broke out in the 24-floor Chatterjee International building, trapping several people on the top floor of the high rise, which houses many commercial establishments on the Jawaharlal Nehru Road on Tuesday.
Hadiya is at the centre of a nationwide controversy after her marriage with a Muslim man.
The court also castigated the lawyer, who had moved the PIL, for calling Hurriyat Conference leaders "separatists" saying it was a matter of perception.
Criminalisation of politics creates a dent in the marrows of the nation which must be curbed, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said while asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief ministers not to induct tainted people in their ministry.
The bench said final hearing in all Aadhaar-related issues would start before another bench in the last week of this month.
It's a relief for inter-faith or inter-caste couples who often face threat to their lives due to their relationship
The book, 'India Can', has received praises from top business leaders including Deepak Parekh and Nandan Nilekani.
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.
Observing that law and order was a "state subject", a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra stayed the Calcutta high court order restraining the Centre from relocating the paramilitary forces from the state's strife-torn districts and asked the state government to respond to the Centre's appeal within a week.
There can't be a parallel inquiry and parallel monitoring by the courts, Attorney General K K Venugopal told the court.
A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said it will first go by the Committee of Administrators (COA) fourth status report and then will look into the contempt petition filed by CAB.
RSS ideologue M G Vaidya asked Congress vice president to clarify in what sense, he thinks, were Mahatma Gandhi's assassins associated with the organisation.
Inflation in food articles inched up to 0.69 per cent in September.
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.
'If there was no sign that Loya suffered a heart attack, then what made the judges who were accompanying him believe that he had a heart attack'
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The apex court had earlier said it would consider whether the fundamental right of speech and expression would be governed under reasonable restriction of decency or morality or whether other preferred fundamental rights would also have an impact on it.
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 condition of veteran actress Suchitra Sen, who was hospitalised on December 29 following a respiratory tract infection, has turned critical
A group of Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community members had earlier told the apex court that the female circumcision is practised by a few sects of Islam.
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.
The judges said the group can sell 13 out of the 15 properties mentioned in one of the lists to deposit the amount.
Hardware exports are likely to emerge as a key area for growth in the future. This was announced by commerce secretary Dipak Chatterjee in New Delhi on Monday.
Kumar has been arrested from Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, a senior police source said, adding of the four others arrested along with Kumar, two are his nephews.
Several petitions have been filed in the apex court challenging the government's move making Aadhaar mandatory for availing benefits of various social welfare schemes.
Vaid, a 1986-batch IPS officer, was unceremoniously removed as police chief late on Thursday night.
Right to privacy as a fundamental right and granting 'third gender' status to transgenders were heavily relied upon by the SC while giving judgment.
During the hearing in CJI's court No 1, an unfazed Justice Gogoi said the allegations are unbelievable.
Justice Kurian Joseph, who will turn 65 on November 30, was part of the five- judge bench which by a majority of 3:2 had ruled the practice of divorce through triple talaq among Muslims as "void", "illegal" and "unconstitutional".
The Supreme Court on Friday directed Parsvnath developers to hand over possession of a flat in its Gurgaon project to Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in two days.
In the 17th minute, Justice Misra read out the concluding part stating that Delhi high court has correctly confirmed the death penalty.
On Tuesday, the Congress had approached the EC against NOTA in RS polls.
Tamil Nadu government's standing counsel Yogesh Kanna confirmed the development and said the state has urged the apex court that it should be heard if anyone challenges the newly promulgated ordinance.
The Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi, on Friday, asked the Supreme to recall its order on the BCCI in the case regarding the Lodha recommendations to be followed by the Indian cricket board.
It is significant that the matter has not been listed before the judges who are number two to five in the seniority.
The court adjourned till Wednesday the hearing on the Centre's appeal against the Uttarakhand high court verdict revoking President's rule in the state.
