Supreme Court

Karnataka rebel MLAs arrive in Bengaluru

8:33 pm July 11, 2019

Bengaluru: As many as 10 Karnataka rebel MLAs, who were camping in Mumbai, arrived here by two special flights, hours after the Supreme Court allowed them to meet the Assembly Speaker to convey their decision to resign. The MLAs boarded a luxury bus from the HAL airport and proceeded towards the Vidhana Soudha, the state […]

The views of victim's family on whether to forgive or not the convicts in a criminal offence like the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case have no "legal value" as such offences are against the State, said legal experts on Saturday.

Being targeted due to our work on human rights: Indira Jaising on CBI raids

7:18 pm July 11, 2019

New Delhi: Supreme Court lawyer Indira Jaising alleged on Thursday that she and her husband were being “targeted” by the CBI due to their work in the field of human rights, after sleuths from the central agency carried out searches at her residence and office. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is carrying out searches […]

Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

SC to hear in August pleas on Centre’s move to deport illegal Rohingyas

8:17 pm July 9, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it would accord final hearing in August on a batch of petitions challenging the Centre’s decision to deport illegal Rohingya Muslim immigrants to Myanmar. The top court is also seized of petitions which support the government’s stand to deport over 40,000 Rohingyas, who fled to India […]

BJP's 'Aar Noi Annay' campaign marred by sporadic violence, party demands President's Rule

Haren Pandya murder case: BJP welcomes SC order

10:55 pm July 5, 2019

Ahmedabad: The BJP Friday welcomed the Supreme Court order convicting 12 people in the 2003 murder case of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya. The apex court set aside a Gujarat High Court verdict, delivered on August 29, 2011, which had absolved the accused of the murder charge. The ruling BJP said the verdict was […]

Record number of 35 candidates in fray for Sri Lanka Presidential elections

Lankan apex court stays Sirisena’s execution order against drug convicts

8:25 pm July 5, 2019

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Friday stayed till October 29 the execution order passed by President Maithripala Sirisena against four drug convicts, ending a four-decade-long moratorium on the capital punishment in the country. Sirisena last month signed the death warrants to hang four drug convicts. The apex court’s order came after it took into […]