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SC’s notice on pleas of cruelty against elephants

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The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre, Rajasthan and Goa on pleas alleging that cruelty is being meted out to elephants used for joyrides in these states. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant asked Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar to find out as to whether the elephants, used for joyrides, […]

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Court language is English: SC

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The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking direction to make the court judgement available in Hindi and regional languages, saying the court language is English. “We cannot pass such direction as the court language is English,” a bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur, Justice A K Sikri and Justice R Banumathi […]

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National Herald case: Swamy files caveat in SC

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BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today filed a caveat in the Supreme Court to pre-empt any ex-parte order on appeals likely to be filed by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul in the National Herald case. “I have filed a caveat in the Supreme Court that in case they file any petition, it should […]

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Acid attack: SC asks states, UTs to give free treatment

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The Supreme Court today directed all the states and union territories (UTs) to compensate, rehabilitate and provide free treatment to the survivors of acid attacks in pursuance of guidelines issued by it earlier. A bench of justices M Y Eqbal and C Nagappan gave the direction while dealing with a case of an acid attack […]

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SC favours transfer to itself pleas against DMAT scam

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The Supreme Court today said that it may transfer to itself a batch of pleas, pending in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in Dental and Medical Admission Test (DMAT) to fill management and NRI seats in private medical colleges in the state. “We are seized of the matter […]

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Selecting judges now tougher: CJI-designate

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Chief Justice of India designate Justice T S Thakur today stressed on the need to fill up vacancies in courts across the country saying striking down of the recent constitutional amendment on judges appointment has made the selection task “much more difficult”. Referring to the 400 vacant positions in high courts and many more in […]

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SC ends hope for release of Rajiv killers

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In a verdict that may dampen the hopes for release of killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the Supreme Court today ruled the Centre has “primacy” over states’ right to grant remission. It also said the state governments must get “concurrence” of the Union government before freeing convicts in certain cases. A five-judge bench, which […]

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States can’t grant remission without Centre’s concurrence: SC

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States cannot exercise statutory power to remit sentences of convicts, tried under central laws and probed by central agencies like CBI without consulting the Union government, the Supreme Court held today. Settling the constitutional issues that had arisen out of the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to set free the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination […]

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Fund embezzlement: SC extends Teesta’s protection from arrest

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The Supreme Court today extended till January 31 the interim protection from arrest granted to social activist Teesta Setalvad in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Ahmedabad’s Gulbarg Society that was devastated in the 2002 riots. “Interim relief to continue till January 31,” a three judge bench headed by Justice […]

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SC dismisses PIL on Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship row

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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the citizenship row of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. The PIL had demanded that CBI register a case against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly declaring himself as a British national before company law authorities there. A bench comprising chief justice H L Dattu […]

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SC dismisses TN govt’s plea for police custody of singer

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The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea of the Tamil Nadu government seeking two-day police custody of ultra-Left folk singer Kovan, who was granted relief by the Madras High Court in a sedition case. A Bench comprising Justices F.M.I. Kalifulla and U.U. Lalit did not find any merit in the state government’s appeal seeking […]

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End to Devadasi System: SC Slaps Rs 25k on Government for No Reply

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The Supreme Court has slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on the Centre for failing to file on time an affidavit on women being forced to become ‘devadasis’ and the possibility of abolition of the age-old tradition. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit said that since the government has not […]

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