SECOND PHASE OF ELECTORAL ROLL SIR IN 12 STATES & UTs
SECOND PHASE OF ELECTORAL ROLL SIR IN 12 STATES & UTs, INCLUDING RAJASTHAN NEW DELHI: After Bihar, the Election Commission on Monday announced the voter list revision in 12 states and the Union Territories in the second phase from Tuesday, October 28. The 12 states and UTs where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) will begin […]
CJI GAVAI RECOMMENDS JUSTICE SURYA KANT AS HIS SUCCESSOR
JUSTICE SURYA KANT {picture} NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India B R Gavai, who is due for retirement on November 24, on Monday recommended Justice Surya Kant, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, as his successor to office as the 53rd Chief Justice of India. The government had in the previous week written […]
MAHARASHTRA WOMAN DOCTOR’S SUICIDE NOTE ON HER PALM
NEW DELHI: A woman doctor, who allegedly died by suicide at a district hospital in Maharashtra’s Satara, was raped by a police sub-inspector (SI) four times over a span of five months, according to a note that was found written on her hand. The doctor, who was working as a medical officer at Phaltan sub-district […]
JUDICIAL PROBE INTO LEH VIOLENCE
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday announced that former Supreme Court Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan will inquire into the recent police action against protestors in Leh. Justice Chauhan, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, was a judge of the top court between 2009 and 2014. He had earlier been the Chief Justice […]
SUPREME COURT REJECTS OBC QUOTA HIKE IN TELANGANA
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon knocked down a Telangana government plea challenging the High Court’s interim stay on expanded reservations – past the 50 per cent cap set by the top court in its landmark 1992 Indra Sawhney judgment – for Other Backward Classes, or OBC, communities. The state argued that increasing […]
SC HEARING ON SIR INCONCLUSIVE, ADJOURNED TO NOV 4
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) June 24 directive for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi is hearing the matter. The petitioners have raised concerns that the SIR process permits […]
GREEN CRACKERS ALLOWED IN DELHI-NCR ON DIWALI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the bursting of green crackers in Delhi-NCR on the occasion of Diwali (October 20) but within a restricted time limit. As per the top court’s order, firecrackers will be allowed only between 6 am and 7 am, and then from 8 pm to 10 pm and will […]
TELANGANA MOVES SC AGAINST HC STAY ON 42% OBC QUOTA
NEW DELHI: The Telangana government has approached the Supreme Court against a State High Court decision to stay two government orders which enhanced the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota in seats in municipalities and panchayats to 42%. “Petitioner have implemented the reservation based on the will of the people,” the State said in its special […]
SC REJECTS PROBE INTO RAHUL GANDHI’S VOTE CHORI ALLEGATIONS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL by a lawyer seeking special investigation team (SIT) probe into Rahul Gandhi’s “vote chori” allegations. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said that the petitioner can pursue his remedy elsewhere but not this Court through PIL. Representation was given to the Election […]
BIG SETBACK TO LALU, WIFE & SON IN DELHI COURT
NEW DELHI: In a big jolt to the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) first family weeks ahead of the high-voltage election in Bihar, a Delhi court on Monday framed charges in a corruption case against party founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, his son and Chief Minister face Tejashwi Yadav, and former Chief Minister and Lalu Yadav’s wife […]
