There is ambiguity as some top leaders are not comfortable about moving the motion.
With a video of two sons of a murder accused mercilessly beating their Dalit classmatehere going viral on social media, the duo have been sent to a remand home.
All those in the Union council of ministers with two portfolios are likely to lose at least one and major administrative changes are expected in a Cabinet reshuffle due on October 28 or 29 on the return of President Pranab Mukherjee from Durga Puja celebrations in West Bengal.
'All judges are conscious of the historical legacy they leave behind. Chief Justice Thakur understands the important question of Constitutional law involved and the change in public mood,' lawyer Anand Grover tells Sunil Sethi.
Vinod Rai welcomed the Supreme Court order on mandatory cooling off period for Board of Control for Cricket in India office-bearers after two consecutive terms and for putting a roadmap in place for the Board's elections.
The court noted that the daily number of new COVID-19 cases received for November 10 was at 8,593 and "still counting" and the number of containment zones in the city were 4,016.
The stage is set now for a major revamp of the Union Council of Ministers on Sunday with the likely induction of at least ten new faces and promotion of some ministers of state, besides a rejig in the Cabinet, in which Anand Sharma may get the external affairs portfolio.
Rohatgi was in June, 2014 appointed as the country's chief law officer for a fixed three-year term.
The Apex court, however, said that the interim order providing protection from arrest to Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand shall be extended till the larger bench takes up the matter.
The petitioners seeking reconsideration by a larger bench, the observations made by it in a 1994 verdict that a mosque was not integral to Islam.
The government has "suffocated" the institutions where argument, debate and dissent were nurtured, the letter stated.
The family of a Gujarati man, who died of cardiac arrest while under detention by immigration authorities in the United Kingdom last month, appealed to the Centre on Thursday to raise the issue with the British government even as they accused the Indian high commission of not helping them in the matter.
On that note, Sukanya Verma lists 10 times when Bollywood assembled a bevy of evil-doers to make life hell for its leading man.
The top court also expunged adverse remarks of the Delhi high court against the National Investigation Agency made in its May 27 order while dealing with the bail plea.
The Empowered Committee on the controversial Mullaperiyar Dam issue on Wednesday submitted its report to the Supreme Court in a sealed cover which would be examined by a Constitution Bench.
The chief minister said that he had received Sharma's letter regarding the union cabinet's decision for liberalisation of the Foreign Direct investment policy in multi brand retail.
Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee on the controversial Mullaperiyar Dam, over which Tamil Nadu and Kerala are at loggerheads, today finalised its much-awaited report on various aspects of the structure and will submit it to the court on Wednesday.
In a breather to social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband, the Bombay high court on Friday granted the duo 17-day interim relief from arrest in a Central Bureau of Investigation case alleging that her company received Rs 1.8 crore from abroad without mandatory approval from Centre.
The killing was a grim reminder of the murder of a seven-year-old student in Gurgaon last year.
The court was hearing a petition filed by Captain Sumeer Saini and his fellow pilots seeking payment of their back wages and other perquisites due to them.
The Centre assures to restore demolished Ambedkar Bhavan at Dadar in Mumbai.
A fascinating glimpse from Somak Ghoshal's 10 Indian Heroes Who Help People Live With Dignity.
Following the intervention of a bench of Justices S S Shinde and Madhav Jamdar, the state said it will shift Rao, 81, who is lodged as an under-trial in the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, to the Nanavati Hospital as a 'special case'.
A five-judge Bench of Justices NV Ramana, Arun Mishra, RF Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan heard the petition filed by Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh. The duo had moved a curative petition in the top court after a Delhi court issued death warrants in their names for their hanging on January 22.
Kerala on Friday told the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee on Mullaperiyar Dam issue that it was agreeable to formation of an independent committee for regulation of waters if a new dam is built, while Tamil Nadu rejected the move to build a new structure outright.
As Fahadh Faasil turns 39 on August 8, Subhash K Jha looks back at his favourite films featuring the brilliant actor.
In a move that has shocked the friends of Ruchika Girhotra, the Central Administrative Tribunal has restored the pension of former Haryana director general of police S P S Rathore, who was convicted of molesting her. A division bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal headed by Justice S D Anand has ordered the restoration of the pension of Rathore, which was stopped by the Centre in June last year. Rathore, 69, was awarded six months' rigorous imprisonment.
The apex court will on Monday take a call on moving the woman and her lawyer to AIIMS in Delhi, it said.
Here is the chronology of events in the Nirbhaya case.
In a relief to corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, the Delhi high court on Wednesday stayed the release and circulation of a book authored by advocate R K Anand on her controversial, tapped telephonic conversation with various high profile individuals.
Hany Babu Musaliyarveettil Tharayil, 54, a resident of Gautam Buddha Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, is an associate professor in the Department of English
"I will appeal to the apex court to uphold the sentences if the convicted accused file a petition for mercy," said Uma Krishnaiya.
The judge posted the matter for argument to May 29 after the CBI sought time to file a reply to the bail pleas by Singh.
A skilfully written plot, deft direction and excellent camera work make director Anand Shankar's Arima Nambi a highly engaging, action-packed thriller.
Referring to the "mountains of garbage" at the three landfill sites -- Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalswa-- the court said no action has been taken by authorities, including the office of the LG due to which Delhi was facing the serious problem.
The government on Tuesday decided to cancel the examination for appointment of postmen held on July 14 to hold it in all local languages including Tamil.
The party asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why a conspiracy was being hatched to destroy the minimum support price (MSP) system and snatch the livelihood of 62 crore farmers.
He said the Delhi High court ought to have waited for the copy of the judgement in the Jessica Lal case to come out instead of taking cognisance solely on the basis of news reports.
Holding placards, the students marched from Ramlal Anand College in DU South Campus towards India Gate. The protestors raised slogans such as 'We want justice', demanding the immediate arrest of the culprit
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