The list of the 314 MPs, however, does not include Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who is also a BJP MP, they said. The majority mark is 268.
The Maharashtra government had opposed an FIR by the Bihar police and a CBI probe in the sensational case.
The bench noted that the Congress leader had filed an affidavit in the Bombay high court while seeking quashing of the defamation complaint against him stating that, at an election rally, he had not blamed the RSS as an institution for the assassination of Gandhi but a person associated with it.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Jharkhand unit on Tuesday challenged in the Supreme Court the continuance of President's rule in the state and keeping the assembly under suspended animation.
The Supreme Court on Friday called for an investigation into the alleged 1528 judicial killings by the army and other security forces in Manipur.
"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.
During the college festival, 'Reverie', around 6:30 pm on February 6, groups of unruly, drunk men mobbed the entrances of the college and forced their way in.
The apex court also expressed concern over the historic monument being infected by insects and asked the authorities, including ASI, what steps they have taken to prevent this.
Weeks after offering to sell its F-35 fifth generation fighter jets, the United States on Wednesday said it was open to work with India on joint development of a ballistic missile shield.
While some of the veterans like Niranjan Shah are happy even though it won't make much of a difference for them, the likes of Dilip Vengsarkar welcomed the move as it gives him an opportunity to be in the BCCI once he is through with his cooling off period.
The Supreme Court's verdict puts nearly half a dozen former chief ministers in the state of Bihar in a hotspot.
In view of growing number of minors getting involved in various offences, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed that a special officer be appointed in every police station across the country to deal with juveniles.
The prime minister made these remarks at a meeting of the council of ministers, while asserting the need to maintain an atmosphere of amity and harmony in the country.
The government is mulling moving the Supreme Court for cancellation of his bail even as opposition National Democratic Alliance on Wednesday demanded his arrest in the journalist Rajdeo Ranjan murder case.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Centre on Kargil hero Saurabh Kalia's father's plea to take up his son's torture case at International Court of Justice.
The apex court directed Mallya, who is currently in the United Kingdom, to appear before it on July 10 to argue on the quantum of punishment in the matter.
Amit Shah, who missed campaigning in Bihar, made a two-day trip to Bengal starting November 5 to oversee BJPs preparedness for the state polls.
'Vinod Rai has been complete failure in implementing Lodha reforms'
Opposition-backed Presidential poll nominee P A Sangma on Monday said he would move the Supreme Court against the Election Commission's decision to quash the complaint against United Progressive Alliance candidate Pranab Mukherjee's nomination papers after the elections.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Friday held that citizens have right to cast negative vote rejecting all candidates contesting polls, a decision which would encourage people not satisfied with contestants to turn up for voting.
Shops, schools and other commercial establishments were closed in parts of Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab but the shutdown call by anti-reservation bodies had little impact elsewhere in the country.
The issue of the United States National Security Agency monitoring internet data of India has reached the Supreme Court with a PIL filed seeking its direction to the Centre to initiate action against internet companies for sharing information with foreign authority in "breach" of contract and violation of right to privacy.
The brutal incident came to light after a video of the assault went viral. In the video, a group of men is seen thrashing two persons with rubber belts. They later torture one of the victims by pouring petrol on his private parts with a piece of cloth wrapped on a screwdriver.
Supreme Court says guidelines were breached, no criteria were followed while allocating the blocks.
The Supreme Court on Friday quashed the Allahabad high court order, which had prevented media from reporting on the controversy related to alleged army units' movement towards Delhi on January 16 amid the then prevailing row over erstwhile army chief V K Singh's date of birth.
'The entire explanation of the episode is difficult to digest.'
The development came after the Calcutta high court refused to pass an interim order on Tata Motors' plea to restrain the state government from distributing from Tuesday land acquired there earlier to set up a company car manufacturing unit.
The Supreme Court has slammed the Centre for "insulting" soldiers who fought the Kargil war in 1999 and blaming them for being "sluggish" in their initial response to Pakistani incursions.
The Centre's notification lifting ban on bull taming sport Jallikattu during the festival of Pongal in Tamil Nadu was on Monday challenged in the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to give an early hearing on a plea challenging the appointment of Army vice chief Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next Army chief and directed listing of the case in the second week of July.
Two weeks' time given to CBI for filing a fresh status report.
The Supreme Court on Friday suggested to the woman, who was tailed by Gujarat police five years ago, to approach the high court against the state government-appointed probe after the Centre said it was not going ahead with its commission of inquiry into the issue.
Considering that the Supreme Court has now included two, rather three, new variable to the tribunal's findings, it could imply that whenever the current order comes in for review, the two states could raise specific issues flowing from them, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The government on Wednesday named nine out of 15 members of the 'Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teertha Kshetra' trust constituted for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya as mandated by the Supreme Court. Here's all you need to know about the members of the trust who have been named so far.
Welcoming Italy's decision to send back marines charged with the killing of two fishermen, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday said the development clearly established the fact that no country can question the sovereignty of India.
In a U-turn, the Left Democratic Front government of Kerala on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it favoured the entry of women of all age groups in the historic Sabarimala temple in the state.
United States-based Union Carbide Corporation has filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding early hearing on the government's curative petition in the Bhopal gas disaster case, saying delays are being used to besmirch the reputation of its parent firm, Dow Chemicals. UCC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, in the petition sought a fixed timetable for hearing and early disposal of the curative petition filed by the Union government in December 2010.
Chelsea's Premier League title defence continued to splutter when they could only draw 1-1 at Newcastle United and missed their chance of returning to the top of the standings Sunday.
The Left Front on Thursday said the Supreme Court's quashing of the appointment of P J Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner was 'another serious blow' to the UPA government which is facing major corruption cases. "I think what the court said today only vindicates the position our party has taken at the outset. Now the government, which is facing major corruption charges, has to answer why they have been taking such decisions," said CPM leader Sitaram Yechury.
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