Justice N Santosh Hegde says law and order is a valid reason that can be cited before the Supreme Court of India, but the litigants must realise that courts do not have the infrastructure to maintain law and order and it is entirely the duty of the state and Union governments to do so
Illegal mining activities in Karnataka have wiped out 2,800 acres of forest land in the state, according to the probe report by Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde.
The Delhi high court had asked the BCCI to consider Jadeja for Ranji Trophy matches.
Dhananjay is scheduled to be hanged on August 14 for raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl in Kolkata in 1990.
'No minister of the state of UP, nor any government Officer shall interfere with the transfers or postings of the officers in any of the eight government corporations,' it said.
Supreme Court bench said reservation for the blind in parliament is not a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution.
The Supreme Court directed the chief secretaries of the states and the Union government to file their written submissions within six weeks.
In a major relief to National Textile Corporation and owners of closed private textile mills in Mumbai, the Supreme Court
Taking away the immunity of the companies to be prosecuted in financial irregularities, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that corporate bodies can always be prosecuted in financial irregularity cases and courts can impose fine on them.
Market regulator SEBI -- the Securities and Exchange Board of India -- had also given its consent to the agreement between the parties but had put certain conditions.
The Supreme Court noted that the Union government failed to prove that it has given de facto recognition to the BCCI for discharging its functions.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgement on petitions filed by Star, Sony and ESPN, which hold rights for content broadcast of major satellite channels.
This observation came from a bench headed by N Santosh Hegde, which was hearing a petition filed by the Board of Control for cricket in India (BCCI) challenging a Madras High Court order restraining the newly elected Board from functioning.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India on the issue of settlement reached between Vijay Mallya's UB Group and Chhabria Group
The Andhra Pradesh government had subdivided the reservation for Scheduled Castes into four categories.
A bench comprising Justice N Santosh Hegde and Justice P P Naolekar issued notices to the state government and Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.
A bench issued the notice while hearing a review petition filed by one Manoj Narula seeking reconsideration of the court's earlier order dismissing his PIL on the issue.
The petitioner is seeking formulation of a comprehensive national flag code for stopping the use and abuse of the tricolour for personal and political gains.
It asked, 'What is the mortal hurry in the hearing of the application seeking withdrawal of the case? What is the mortal urgency to withdraw the case?'
The state government on Friday informed the SC that it has not received any applications from people in PoK claiming ancestral property in J&K.
The team -- appointed by the Supreme Court to examine the health of the senior leader -- added that the leader is undergoing proper treatment at the residence of BSP chief Mayawati.
The court directed that the medical report be made available to it within 10 days.
The apex court said the charge of culpable homicide should not be added at present in the trial proceedings.
The notices were issued on a petition filed by Pal's wife Pooja Pal seeking a probe into the case by an independent agency.
The Supreme Court has asked the CBI where to shift the RJD MP, in prison in connection with a murder case, to stop his activities.
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.
R S Sharma had been arrested for his alleged involvement in the fake stamp paper scam.
Meanwhile, the interim orders, including the stay on the appointment of Jagmohan Dalmiya as patron-in-chief will continue.
It stayed a Patna high court order granting him bail in the Ajit Sarkar murder case.
The Board contended that it neither receives a financial grant nor recognition from the government and that it is a private, autonomous body.
The BCCI told the SC that Zee TV's writ petition challenging cancellation of the tender process for award of cricket telecast rights was not maintainable.
BCCI said the High Court litigation would have taken a long time and therefore in the interest of the game it decided to cancel the contract awarded to Zee.
The Supreme Court has stayed telecast of the soap opera till it decides on the plagiarism case filed by author Barbara Taylor Bradford.
A vacation bench of the Supreme Court also allowed all the three brothers to go at the same time as against the condition that one of the brothers has to remain in India at all points of time that was stipulated in their bail.
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 SC has issued notices to the Centre, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and cellular cos on a PIL seeking enactment of a law to stop number of unsolicited calls made by business ventures to cellphone users.
Former state environment secretary V K Gupta is charged with wrongdoing in the Rs 175 crore scam.
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