SC seeks Centre’s detailed relocation plan for 135-year-old Secretariat Library
New Delhi, Oct. 5: The Supreme Court on Monday sought a detailed affidavit from the Centre on the proposed relocation of the 135-year-old Central Secretariat Library, directing it to disclose the exact space earmarked for the institution and place the proposed layout plan before the court. A bench of Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar and Justice […]
SC says it never approved modified Form 6, contradicts ECI claim
New Delhi, Oct. 5: The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had never approved any modification to Form 6 requiring new voters to declare whether their own name or that of a parent or grandparent figured in the electoral rolls following the 2003 Special Intensive Revision (SIR), refuting an Election Commission of India claim […]
SC AGREES TO LIST PLEA FOR PERMISSION TO PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN DELHI AGAINST ECI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list pleas seeking directions to Delhi Police to permit peaceful protests in the national capital. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was approached by a counsel alleging that police were not allowing citizens, students and […]
CEC LIABILITY FOR COUNTRY: CONG
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday (October 5, 2026) said Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar must quit right away and claimed that his ability to “execute G2’s illegal orders” has now made him a “liability for the country”. Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh’s attack on the CEC came a day after […]
SC TO EXAMINE TO PUT ON HOLD POLL BODY DECISIONS AMID DISSENT ROW
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear: it cannot pass an order based on a newspaper report, and will need a response from the Election Commission before deciding if the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar single-handedly exercised powers constitutionally designated for the entire multi-member poll panel. A bench headed by Chief Justice […]
NOBEL MEDICINE PRIZE TO 3 FOR BRAIN ACTIVITY RESEARCH
NEW DELHI: The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells. Karl Deisseroth, 54, Peter Hegemann, 71, and Georg Nagel, 73, have carried out research into light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. They are based at […]
NIRMALA SITHARAMAN HITS JAIRAM ON ‘WRONG’ POST
NEW DELHI: A political row broke out between the Congress and the NDA on Sunday after a clip of a brief interruption to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s speech at Andhra Pradesh’s Madanapalle on October 2 surfaced on social media. The video showed Andhra Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu speaking to the crowd. After a […]
POLITICAL STORM OVER CBI PROBE INTO PUNJAB CORRUPTION
NEW DELHI: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has handed over to the CBI the investigation into allegations raised by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Rajbir Singh Ghumman and others. The controversy stems from an ED investigation into alleged irregularities in land-use permissions and government […]
SC notice to Centre on plea for action against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, flags statutory decision-making process
New Delhi, Oct. 5: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central government, the Election Commission of India and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on a public interest litigation seeking action over allegations that Gyanesh Kumar took decisions unilaterally which were projected as decisions of the three-member Commission in matters relating to the […]
MODIFIED FORM 6 NOT APPROVED BY SUPREME COURT: CJI SURYA KANT
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today said it will look into the matter concerning Form 6 issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and which is needed for registering as a new voter. What was clear was that the “modified” Form 6 has not been approved by the Supreme Court, it said. Chief Justice […]
