Supreme Court

SC allows Karti Chidambaram to travel to UK, France

4:29 pm February 14, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Karti Chidambaram, who is facing criminal cases being probed by the ED and CBI, to travel to the UK and France this month for attending a tennis tournament. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde permitted Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad from February 14 to […]

SC judge faints in courtroom

3:24 pm February 14, 2020

New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice R Banumathi fainted in the courtroom on Friday while dictating the order on the Centre’ plea seeking separate hanging of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. Justice Banumathi soon regained consciousness and was taken to the chamber by other judges on the […]

BJP, RSS & some Mahasabha elements are 'merchants of hatred', says Digvijaya

Digvijaya Singh raises doubts on EVMs, alleges no machine with chip is tamper-proof

6:01 pm February 11, 2020

New Delhi: As the counting of votes for the Delhi Assembly polls began, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday raised doubts on EVMs, alleging that no machine having a chip is tamper-proof. He called upon the Election Commission and the Supreme Court to take a fresh look at the use of EVMs in the country. […]

Congress says it disagrees with SC order on quota in jobs

7:42 pm February 9, 2020

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday said it disagreed with the Supreme Court’s decision on the issue of reservation in appointments and promotions, and alleged that the rights of SC/ST communities are under threat during the BJP rule. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, Congress general secretary Mukul Wasnik said the party […]

Coal scam: SC grants time to Centre to suggest names for special public prosecutor

7:12 pm February 7, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday gave the Centre time till February 10 to suggest names of lawyers for appointing a special public prosecutor to conduct trials for the Enforcement Directorate in money laundering cases related to the coal block scam. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justice Deepak Gupta was […]