Supreme Court

New roster in SC: Top five judges to hear PIL matters

7:39 pm June 27, 2019

New Delhi: With the Supreme Court all set to work in its full strength of 31 judges from July 1 after summer vacation, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has notified a new roster of work which said top five judges of the apex court will be hearing Public Interest Litigation (PIL) matters. On May […]

Sacked cop Sanjiv Bhatt gets life sentence in 29-year-old custodial death case

8:23 pm June 20, 2019

Jamnagar: A court in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to life imprisonment in a custodial death case dating back to 1990 when he was posted as additional superintendent of police in this district. Bhatt, who earlier filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court against the role of then Gujarat chief minister […]

Forest fire a serious issue, pray for rain: SC

8:56 pm June 18, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on June 24 a plea seeking urgent steps to protect forests, wildlife and birds from wildfires in Uttarakhand, saying “it is an serious issue and in the meantime, pray for rain”. A vacation bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant listed the matter for […]

As strikes end, SC defers hearing on security of doctors, keeps open ‘larger issue’ of their safety

2:32 pm June 18, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday deferred the hearing on a plea seeking protection of doctors in government hospitals, saying since doctors have called off their strike in West Bengal and other states, there is no urgency to hear the matter. A bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant said it will not issue […]

SC refuses to interfere with NEET exam

6:02 pm June 14, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea which sought quashing of the answer keys of some questions in the NEET(UG)-2019 examination saying that an expert body has duly applied its mind and revised answers were issued. The top court, however, allowed the four Hyderabad based students who have challenged the answer […]