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Senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Monday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against its judgement convicting him and imposing a fine of Re 1 on him for criminal contempt of court in the suo motu contempt case over his tweets. Earlier today, Bhushan said that he will submit […]
Despite the Supreme Court decriminalising homosexuality in the country, same-sex marriage is still not being allowed under the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, said a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Delhi High Court. The public suit filed earlier this week urged to issue a declaration to the […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked Attorney General KK Venugopal to appear before the court to assist it in connection with a 2009 contempt of court case against senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan. A bench headed by Justice Khanwilkar, which was hearing a contempt case against Bhushan for his interview to […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking the court’s intervention to rein in the increased prices of petrol and diesel across the country. A bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, asked the lawyer appearing for the petitioner “do you really want to press […]
The Supreme Court on Monday directed all the States to file a detailed affidavit specifying the steps taken by them in connection with a petition seeking directions to provide adequate facilities for the elderly during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, […]
The Supreme Court has refused to grant bail to former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, a convict in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The apex court bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde, refused to grant bail to Sajjan Kumar. The top court said, his appeal against […]
The Supreme Court on Monday slapped Re 1 fine on senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan in connection with a suo motu criminal contempt of court case over his tweets. A bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Arun Mishra, said that Bhushan should be barred from practicing law for a […]
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed states to grant the benefit of reservation of seats to in-service doctors in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) postgraduate degree courses. A five-judge Constitution bench comprising of Justices Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran, Indira Banerjee, MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose said that the […]
In a plea which can have far reaching implication on management and governance of Hindu temples in Jammu and Kashmir, the J&K High Court has sent Notice: to the J&K government. The plea for complete handover of Management, Administration and Governance of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Ji Temple connected Endowments/Other […]
A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking a direction for the appointment of a government nominee to the Ayodhya mosque trust constituted for the construction of the mosque. The petition was filed by one of the lawyers from Hindu side in the Ayodhya case, Karunesh Shukla, through […]
