The Supreme Court on Thursday heard a special petition (SLP) filed by an individual challenging the establishment of a modern gas-fired crematorium at the Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore, a case that was earlier dismissed by the Madras High Court.During the hearing, the Chief Justice of India described Isha’s services as “pious work” and recommended … Read more
Dharmendra Pradhan (Photo/PTI) New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan “We have the utmost respect for the care of the judiciary” and action will be taken against those responsible for drafting the controversial chapter on judicial corruption in the NCERT class 8 textbook, it said on Thursday. The remarks came after the Supreme Court ordered … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking to ban or change the title of the upcoming film “Yadav Ji ki Love Story”, saying the title did not have a negative impact on the Yadav community.A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan dismissed the petition filed by Chief Vishwa Yadav … Read more
CJI Surya Kant; Supreme Court New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has pulled its new class 8 social science textbook from the shelves as it contains a chapter on “judicial corruption”, sources told ANI on Wednesday.The move came hours after the matter was raised in the Supreme Court, with Chief … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday made a serious exception to the NCERT test manual for Class 8 which contains content on judicial corruption.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant acknowledged the matter and said he would not “allow anyone on earth to defame the judiciary”.This comes after NCERT’s new social … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked illegal occupants of over 30 hectares of railway/state land in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, to apply for Prime Minister Awas Joyna’s (PMAY) house and dismissed their plea for in-situ rehabilitation on the grounds that more land was available for expansion.Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the encroachers, said they had … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that some mechanism, not necessarily punitive, needs to be devised to compel voting to strengthen democracy by attracting more eligible people to participate in elections and make the Nota option redundant. CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said the Nota option was designed to bring better … Read more
NEW DELHI: More than six years after its enactment sparked riots in Delhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday scheduled a four-day final hearing from May 5 on 243 petitions challenging the validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, which provides a path to citizenship for Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and Christians who may have reached India … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that development is not an absolute goal and the right to a clean environment is part of the right to life and cannot be at the cost of economic gain. The land variation application for a cement plant near farms and schools in Sangrur, Punjab, was rejected. A … Read more
New Delhi: The Rajasthan government, which is stuck in an embarrassing recovery process over failure to refund money to contractors and has attached some movable properties, including furniture and vehicles, on Monday got relief from the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court stayed proceedings against it.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh agreed … Read more