Supreme Court

SC refuses to entertain pleas on tractor rally violence

3:14 pm February 3, 2021

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking setting up of a committee headed by a former apex court judge to conduct a time-bound probe into the violence during tractor rally in Delhi on the Republic Day. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde asked lawyer Vishal Tiwari, who had filed the PIL, to […]

CBI gets over Rs 835 crore in Budget

3:44 pm February 1, 2021

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing high-ticket corruption cases and has registered over Rs 67,000 crore of bank fraud cases last year, received Rs 835.39 crore in the Union Budget on Monday, a nominal cut from Rs 835.75 crore it received as per revised estimates for 2020-21. The agency has to […]

Tomar counters Pawar’s tweets on agri laws; says it is dismaying coming from veteran leader like him

8:28 pm January 31, 2021

New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Sunday expressed dismay over NCP supremo Sharad Pawar’s tweets criticising the farm laws, saying they were a mix of ”ignorance and misinformation” about the legislation, and hoped that the veteran leader will change his stand after knowing the ”facts”. In a series of tweets, Pawar had on Saturday said the new agriculture laws of […]

Sonu Sood moves SC against HC order on illegal construction notice illegal construction notice ‘

3:44 pm January 31, 2021

New Delhi: Actor Sonu Sood has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order which dismissed his appeal against a BMC notice over alleged illegal construction at his residential building in Mumbai’s Juhu area. Sood’s petition stated that his application for conversion has been approved by the Municipal Commissioner subject to Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) permission. It said the high court […]

UPSC declares results of civil services main exam

SC questions Centre on not giving another chance to civil services aspirants making last attempt during COVID-19

9:58 pm January 28, 2021

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday questioned the Centre for filing an affidavit without specifying at whose level the decision was taken for not granting one more opportunity to UPSC civil services aspirants who could not appear in their last attempt in 2020 exam due to COVID-19 pandemic. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar expressed displeasure […]