Supreme Court

Vyapam scam: Man gets five years of rigorous imprisonment

7:24 pm January 22, 2021

Indore: A special court here on Friday sentenced a 39-year-old man, involved in the multi-crore Vyapam admission and recruitment scam in Madhya Pradesh, to five years of rigorous imprisonment. The man, identified as Manish Sinha, was awarded sentence under relevant sections of the Madhya Pradesh Recognised Examinations Act and under IPC sections 420(cheating) and 467 […]

Protesting farmer unions hold marathon meeting ahead of talks with govt

8:19 pm January 21, 2021

New Delhi: Aday before their eleventh round of talks with the government, protesting unions leaders held a marathon meeting on Thursday to discuss the Centre’s proposal to suspend the three contentious farm laws for 18 months and set up a joint committee to find an amicable solution in the interest of the farming community. Sankyukt […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

SC rejects pleas seeking review of 2018 Aadhaar verdict

8:47 pm January 20, 2021

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of pleas seeking review of its 2018 verdict which had upheld the Centre’s flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid but struck down some of its provisions, including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones and school admissions. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice A M […]

Issue of proposed tractor rally in executive domain, says SC; Centre withdraws plea

4:55 pm January 20, 2021

New Delhi: The issue of the proposed tractor rally on the Republic day by farmers protesting against the new farms laws is in “executive domain”, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday after which the Centre withdrew its plea seeking an injunction against such a march on January 26. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said that […]

Centre should immediately repeal farm laws, no committee can do it: AAP

10:49 pm January 13, 2021

New Delhi: A day after the Supreme Court set up a four-member committee to end the impasse over new farm laws, the AAP on Wednesday demanded that the Centre immediately repeal the legislations as no panel can do it. Addressing a press conference, AAP spokesperson and MLA Raghav Chadha said all the four members of the Supreme […]