In a setback to YSR Congress President Jaganmohan Reddy, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay an Andhra Pradesh high court order for a preliminary Central Bureau of Investigation enquiry to ascertain if he owns assets disproportionate to his income.
A bench comprising Justice A K Mathur and Justice Dalveer Bhandari admitted a PIL seeking dissolution of such courts on the ground they were acting like a parallel judicial system.
The Supreme Court has granted bail to Satyam's founder B Ramalinga Raju in multi-crore accounting fraud case.
The sessions court will continue hearing the revision application on Tuesday, special public prosecutor Pradip Gharat said. Goswami's lawyer Parkar said after the revision plea is heard, the court will take up the bail plea for hearing.
The former Satyam employees, who were granted bail, were its former internal chief auditor V S Prabhakar Gupta besides executives G Ramakrishna, D Venkatpathi Raju and Ch Srisailam. The fifth accused, who got the bail, is PWC's former auditor Subramani Gopalakrishnan.
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Gujarat high court order directing authorities to remove all religious structures that were encroaching upon public spaces across the state without any discrimination.
In a setback to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalaltihaa, the Supreme Court on Monday directed her to appear before the special court trying the disproportionate assets case against her.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Centre and Air India on a plea seeking minimum Rs 75 lakh compensation for each of the 158 victims of the May 2010 Mangalore air crash.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Centre for limiting the number of below poverty line (PDS) people in a state to 36 per cent of its population as per the Planning Commission's recommendations.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to soft drink majors Pepsico and Coca Cola on a petition seeking that there should be a disclosure by the companies about the ingredients and chemical composition of the product.
Rashtriya Janata Dal member of Parliament M P Shahabuddin had challenged a Patna high court order.
The Supreme Court took strong exception to the reported remarks of Maharashtra Chief Secretary J J Dange that destitutes from other states can go back to their native states and that the state government was not obliged to implement all court directives.
In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court has ruled that only the income earned by foreign firms from their operations in India was taxable and no tax can be levied on work done outside the country.
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all states and union territories to ensure that no night shelter was demolished amid the biting winter cold and slammed the Delhi Development Authority for demolishing two such facilities in the capital.
Taking suo motu cognisance of reports that night shelters have been razed in the city in the midst of winter, the Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the Delhi government from demolishing any such shelter, temporary or permanent, in the capital.
The court also decided to hear the bail pleas of four of the accused.
They had approached the apex court against the August 30 order of Andhra Pradesh High Court which had rejected their bail pleas.
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Expressing serious concern over the growing instances of starvation deaths in the country, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said there cannot be "two Indias" divided between the elite and the poor.
The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the state of Tamil Nadu on a petition filed by K G Kumaraswamy alias Appu, prime accused in the Sankararaman murder case.
The govt has informed the Supreme Court that it will come out with a solution within two weeks to prevent unsolicited calls on mobile phones relating to tele-marketing.
Hearing the Central Bureau of Investigation plea, a Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma on Tuesday cancelled the bails and asked all six persons to surrender by November 8.
The division bench of Chief Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice D Y Chandrachud on Wednesday directed that a senior person from Archaeological Survey of India head the committee.
A bench of Justices Ashok Bhan and Dalveer Bhandari also ordered that the trial would be held on a day-to-day basis and completed within six months.
The apex court ruled on August 12 that the Centre give away foodgrain to the hungry and poor, instead of allowing it to rot in Food Corporation of India godowns.
'Citizens for a Just Society' stated that BARC was situated on the earthquake zone. In case of any disaster, NWDE would emit nuclear radiations into the environment, which would have harmful effect on the population.
Bombay high court asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Wednesday to submit within three days, a list of people who died in the recent deluge in the metropolis.
The Bombay high court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra government to convene a meeting of all concerned parties to review the slum rehabilitation programme.
The court asked the noted social activist to study the issue and submit her recommendations to the Maharashtra govt-appointed committee.
The petitioners submitted that the high court was not justified in commenting that 'female touch lends grace and elegance to the hospitality industry.'
Exasperated, the Delhi high court has asked the Centre to formulate within three months detailed guidelines for government officials' visits abroad and ensure its strict compliance 'in the larger interest of the country'.
The Supreme Court made it clear on Tuesday that it had ordered free distribution of foodgrains to the poor instead of allowing it to rot and rejected Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's contention that it was a suggestion which cannot be implemented.
A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Dipak Verma referring to newspaper reports that the Union Minister had claimed there was no such order, clarified that it did pass such an order.
Maharashtra government on Monday submitted to the Bombay high court a list of 1,493 people who died in the recent deluge
The Board told the Bombay high court its tender with Zee Telefilms is not condluded, following which ESPN-Star Sports withdrew its petition.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that there shall be no fresh construction of places of worship at public places throughout the country.The restriction would apply to temples, mosques, churches, gurudwaras and places of worship of all other communities, a Bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Mukundakam Sharma said in an interim order.
"We have repealed 1,200 laws. There were so many laws," the PM said.
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Union government to maintain status quo on the 44 deemed universities, which are facing de-recognition for not being up to the standard.A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and A K Patnaik passed the order despite the government's assurance that no follow-up action will be taken against these institutions without the consent of the court.The apex court also issued notices to all the 44 deemed universities as also their parent varsities
The Bombay high court asked the BCCI not to entertain anyone other than Zee Telefilms Ltd and ESPN-Star Sports Ltd for the telecast rights' contract.
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