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- India
Rahul Gandhi moves SC in Savarkar defamation case
New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has petitioned the Supreme Court to quash a 2022 defamation case filed against him over his alleged derogatory remarks on freedom…
- India
Waqf Act row: Recent amendments subvert secularism, Kerala tells SC
New Delhi: The Kerala State Waqf Board, in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, has said that the recent amendments introduced to the Waqf Act, 1995, completely subvert the basic principles…
- India
Direction for CBI Probe Not Challengeable: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The direction for a CBI probe after the registration of an FIR and subsequent investigation is not open to challenge by prospective suspects or accused, the Supreme Court said on…
- India
WBSSC recruitment: HC to hear contempt petition against Bengal govt on Wednesday
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court will hear the contempt petition against the West Bengal government in connection with the cash for job case on Wednesday. The Calcutta High Court’s divisional bench of…
- India
SC agrees to hear next week plea on Nishikant Dubey’s remarks on judiciary
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear next week a plea flagging BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s recent criticism of the apex court and Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv…
- India
‘Don’t take us lightly’: SC reprimands Samay Raina over stand up remark
The Supreme Court on Monday, April 21, gave a stern warning to comedian Samay Raina after he mentioned his ongoing case, the controversy surrounding his YouTube show ‘India’s Got Latent’, in his…
- India
Govt directs Google to remove Chinese app for showing wrong map of India
New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), along with the Survey of India (SoI), has directed US tech giant Google to remove the Chinese chat app ‘Ablo’ from its…
- India
No debate on Article 142, decision entirely in court’s domain: Ex-SC judge
New Delhi: Supreme Court’s retired judge Ajay Rastogi on Saturday virtually disagreed with Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s ‘nuclear missile’ remark about Article 142 and its alleged misuse, saying the…
- India
‘Shut Parliament if SC makes laws’: BJP’s Nishikant sparks row
New Delhi: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Saturday stirred controversy with a sharp statement directed apparently at the judiciary amid the ongoing Supreme Court review of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. Dubey…
- India
Mehbooba Mufti welcomes SC stay on Nashik dargah demolition
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court’s stay on demolition of Hazrat Saatpeer Sayed Baba Dargah in Nashik and said judiciary remains the last and…
- India
SC to hear plea for grant of uniform compensation to victims of hate crime
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on April 23 a plea seeking uniformity in granting compensation to the victims of hate crime and mob lynching. The apex court had…
- Middle East
SC irked over Dubai court order restricting child’s travel in matrimonial dispute
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has criticised an order of a Dubai court restricting the travel of a minor child in an matrimonial dispute and called it “atrocious” and “violative of human…
- India
VP Dhankhar drops ‘nuclear’ line on Supreme Court, Kapil Sibal hits back
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s recent remarks criticising the judiciary, especially over the Supreme Court’s directive on a timeline for the President’s assent to bills, have ignited a political firestorm. Dhankhar…
- India
Action against Waqf Board strikes at soul of Constitution, says Pramod Tiwari
New Delhi: In response to the Supreme Court’s interim order on the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Friday welcomed the decision, stating that it upholds the Constitution and…
- World
Trump’s birthright citizenship move: US SC to hear case in May
Washington: The Supreme Court on Thursday kept on hold President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship but agreed to hear arguments on the issue in May. Trump’s executive order to end birthright…
