In a setback to CBI which maintained that there was no kickback involved in Rs 16,000-crore Scorpene submarine deal, the Delhi High Court on Thursday directed it to conduct a fresh preliminary inquiry and file a report before it.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the death sentence for Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq in the 2000 Red Fort attack case in which three people, including two army jawans, were killed.
The Supreme Court on Thursday referred to a Constitution bench a bunch of petitions arising out of certain orders passed by the Gauhati high court in the ongoing political battle in Arunachal Pradesh.
Filing of cases before the Supreme Court has risen so sharply over the past decades that the strength of judges was proving inadequate to deal with the backlog, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday.
"We don't use WhatsApp. You came here from the United States for this matter?" the CJI asked the advocate who instantly replied in the affirmative.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant bail to Vishal Yadav, who along with his cousin Vikas, is serving life term for killing Nitish Katara in 2002.
Questioning the appointment of Shashank Shekhar Singh, who is not an IAS officer, as Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Secretary, the Supreme Court on Monday said there have to be rules and regulations for such crucial postings.
In the wake of Lodha Committee report, the Board of Control for Cricket in India's top brass on Wednesday said the Board is still 'confused' over the kind of payments that can be made from the two bank accounts which had come under the scanner of the Supreme Court-appointed panel.
Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) Secretary, Aditya Verma has criticised BCCI for appointing a new CEO without following the guidelines prescribed by the Lodha committee.
Welcoming the Supreme Court verdict barring N Srinivasan from contesting any BCCI election on grounds of conflict of interest, head of IPL-6 spot-fixing and betting probe committee Justice Mukul Mudgal said that it will have far reaching ramifications as it will also impact on all sports bodies.
Preferring to play safe, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said that the whole IPL spot-fixing saga will become clear once the Supreme Court verdict is out in the open.
"Can a university itself be termed as a minority institution," the SC asked during the hearing of a plea seeking a direction to quash the appointment of AMU vice-chancellor Lt Gen (Retd) Zameeruddin Shah.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the appeal before a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh, which asked him to approach the Registry for listing it for hearing on Friday itself.
The apex court said it has imposed certain conditions on Purohit while granting bail.
Bihar police on Wednesday conducted raids in Siwan jail in connection with the murder of senior journalist Rajdeo Ranjan.
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The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Wednesday the verdict on bringing transparency in the collegium system of appointing judges in higher judiciary.
e Union minister of state for home is somewhat brash and rowdy, and has enormous confidence.' Some of this derives from the fact that he has independent sources of income (he reported assets amounting to Rs 18 crore in his 2019 Lok Sabha nomination papers)
Sacked Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Ajay Shirke on Monday said he is 'absolutely fine' with the Supreme Court order asking him to leave office but hopes that the BCCI does not lose its international standing owing to the administrative upheaval.
The bench, also comprising Justices Kurian Joseph and Adarsh Kumar Goel, did not allow the plea and asked the probe agency to file a review petition with all the points which have been left out.
Dismissing the Reliance petition, a bench, comprising Justice Tirath Singh Thakur and Justice B N Chaturvedi, held that the government's action was in no way 'discriminatory, illogical or illegal.'\n\n
The under-fire Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday adjourned its crucial Special General Meeting, called to consider the sweeping reforms suggested by the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee, on technical grounds.
Advocate M L Sharma said one of his clients, Mukesh Singh, was implicated in the case.
SC expressed surprise that no steps were taken for recovery.
A Supreme Court judge on Friday recused from hearing a plea against removal of Special Public Prosecutor by NIA in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, saying that he had represented certain accused in the matter.
The Supreme Court endorsed a Kerala high court judgement, which held that officails of sports bodies are 'public servants' and liable to be prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
SC agreed that if they were forced to seek clearances from the ministry of environment and forest, their projects will get delayed
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was admitted to hospital few days back after he complained of chest pain, passed away at a city hospital this evening following a massive cardiac arrest.
Sahara also sought permission to sell its properties in Bangalore.
The SC agreed to hear a plea seeking contempt action against three lawyers who were allegedly caught on camera "boasting" that they had beaten up Kanhaiya Kumar.
In a reprieve for Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to quash a Karnataka high court order which had stayed criminal proceedings against him and his family members in a corruption case.
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, however, said that the appointment of judges would go ahead irrespective of whether new Memorandum of Procedure was in place or not.
On September 28, the high court had stayed the arrest of the three trustees of the Ryan group.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to Rahul Gandhi, Uttar Pradesh government and four others on a petition filed by a former MLA challenging Rs 50 lakh fine slapped on him by the Allahabad high court in an alleged sexual exploitation case.
A single judge bench granted stay on the arrest of group chief executive officer, Ryan Pinto, and his parents, founding chairman Augustine Pinto and managing director Grace Pinto.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act and certain other cases against Mumbai's controversial police officer and encounter specialist Daya Nayak. A bench of Justices Markandeya Katju and T S Thakur quashed the cases against Nayak on the ground that the complaint filed by Ketan Tirodkar, his estranged friend and ex-journalist, was not maintainable as prior sanction of the government was not obtained by the complainant.
The Supreme Court has served a notice to senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi and 21 others citing a conspiracy to raze the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
Even as deadline for their crucial meeting with the Justice Lodha panel is approaching, the bigwigs of the Board of Control for Cricket in India are to meet, in Mumbai, on Tuesday to discuss the Supreme Court verdict upholding most of its appointed committee's recommendations for sweeping reforms in the Board.
"They cry victim when they actually are the perpetrators," she said, rejected Pakistan's charges against India on the issue at the 42nd session of the UNHRC.
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