Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's name did not figure in any list of war criminals, indicated a declassified file on the freedom fighter released on Friday. The government today released 25 declassified files on Netaji whose disappearance over 70 years ago remains a mystery.
The court said the Taj Mahal would remain open to public during moonlit nights as per schedule.
A bench comprising Chief Justice V N Khare, Justice S B Sinha and Justice A R Lakshmanan directed the state government to file in a sealed cover a report detailing the status of each of these cases and the witnesses named there in by October 31.
The court asked the Haryana police to give adequate protection to the lovers, who had married against the wishes of their village panchayat.
The court has criticised the Centre and the Delhi government for "playing vote bank politics" on shifting Idgah abattoir to Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh.
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 plant had been kept shut in violation of the order of the NGT and a subsequent interim order of the top court.
A bench comprising Justice Ruma Pal, Justice S B Sinha and Justice S H Kapadia said this during hearing of an application filed by Amicus Curiae Harish Salve seeking compensation for the Gujarat riots victims.
"Under the fact and circumstances of the case, we do not find merit in his appeal," a Bench comprising Justice S B Sinha and Justice Markandeya Katju said dismissing the bail petition challenging the Patna high court order.
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A Supreme Court bench observed that "once it was held that the appellants (employer) had the requisite jurisdiction to fix the cut-off marks, the necessary corollary thereof would be that it could not be directed to lower the same".
A bench comprising Justice N Santosh Hegde, Justice S B Sinha and Justice A K Mathur, while dismissing the PIL filed by one Manoj Narula, said, "No violation of any statute is pointed out by the petitioner.
The notice was issued on application alleging that the state had suppressed facts pertaining to grant of bail to the accused in various post-Godhra riot case.
The apex court stayed the Karnataka high court proceedings against several newspapers and journalists.
Leaving behind rivalry over acquisition of shares of liquor company Herbertsons Ltd, the UB group and the Chhabrias on Monday agreed in the Supreme Court
The Taj will, however, be open for public viewing in the night only for three months.
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The case pertains to the Union government's plea for vacation of the stay on any kind of religious activity in the 67 acres of acquired land around the disputed structure.
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.
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.
'Isn't it obvious that the BJP government in Jharkand and its police force care two hoots about the Supreme Court's orders?', asks Jyoti Punwani.
The telecom tribunal TDSAT on Wednesday asked new operators S Tel and Videocon Teleservices to pay 60 per cent of the penalty within two weeks, imposed on them by the Department of Telecom for failing to meet their roll-out obligations.
The Supreme Court on Friday ended the legal challenge to the government's decision to drastically reduce the admission fee to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management by disposing of a petition on the issue.
Imran Mohammed Salim Dawood, a resident of West Yorkshire in UK, alleges he and his relatives were cornered by a mob on February 28, a day after the train carnage incident, and four of them, including three British nationals, were killed.
The Centre had submitted that privilege documents were procured by petitioners in an illegal way and used to support their review petitions against the December 14, 2018 judgment of the apex court dismissing all pleas challenging procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.
The Kerala government has issued a notification claiming authority on 50 per cent of seats offered by private professional colleges.
Five people were killed dead 42 injured in a suicide blast in Kabul on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court will go into the IIM fee cut issue as the government has declined to give a written undertaking not to interfere with the autonomy of the management schools.
The Union government on Friday made it clear before the Supreme Court that it is not contemplating filing objections before the European Patent Office to question grant of patent on a variety of wheat to the Monsanto.
It is a record that the saffron party has created, where the majority of its legislators belonged to the minority community.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain grievances relating to recent BCCI election.
It cannot be applied to accused who are aggressors.
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The traders said that the recent SC order would cause huge losses to them.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the sale of surplus lands by National Textile Corporation was legal.
If a dying declaration was of an impeccable character would depend upon several factors - physical and mental condition of the deceased was one of them, the Bench said.
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Anurag Thakur on Friday got relief from the Supreme Court which dropped the contempt and perjury proceedings against him after he tendered an unconditional and unequivocal apology in person.
The petitioners submitted that the high court was not justified in commenting that 'female touch lends grace and elegance to the hospitality industry.'
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