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New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) Respect the dignity of the dead, the Supreme Court said today while directing state governments to follow the guidelines of the National Human Rights Commission. “It is not as if the dignity of only living persons needs to be respected but even the dignity of the […]
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) The Delhi High Court today sought to know the stand of the Centre on BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea for a court-monitored probe by the CBI-led SIT into the death of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar. A bench of Justices G S Sistani and […]
New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) Retired high Court judge C S Karnan was liable to be punished for contempt of court for his “unsavoury actions and behavior” as his utterances had turned the judicial system into a “laughing stock”, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court, which came […]
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) Jailed former Calcutta High Court judge, Justice C S Karnan, today again failed in the Supreme Court in getting an urgent hearing on his plea seeking bail and challenging the award of six month jail term for contempt. “Declined. We will not accept an oral […]
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) can now probe allegations of corruption in private sector banks and against their employees. Vigilance Commissioner T M Bhasin told PTI the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given the necessary approval to the CVC on this. The move comes after the Supreme Court last […]
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New Delhi, Jun 18 (PTI) President Pranab Mukherjee rejected two mercy petitions in the last week of May, just two months before he completes his tenure. Both cases are of rape and murder of a 4-year-old girl by three men in Indore in 2012, and of a 22-year-old woman by […]
The year of 1600 is significant for the history of India, for in that year far away from this land a small body of the merchants of London secured from Elizabeth the Great, Queen of England, a Royal charter whereby was constituted the East India Company then named “The […]
New Delhi, Jun 9 (PTI) The Centre today told the Supreme Court that around 95.10 per cent of the entire population has voluntarily registered for Aadhaar and apprehension of “large- scale exclusion” of citizens from government benefits due to lack of unique number was “misplaced” and “unfounded”. The government, […]
Srinagar, Jun 6 (PTI) Three newly-appointed judges today took oath of office here, raising the strength of judges in Jammu and Kashmir High Court to 12 against 17 available positions. Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Maharaj Krishan Hanjura and Justice Sanjay Kumar Gupta were administered oath of office by Chief Justice […]
