After much theatrics and open defiance of SC orders to honour its summons, the Calcutta High Court judge, Justice CS Karnan, finally presented himself in the apex court on March 31.
However, there ...
The issue of the ban on sale of alcoholic beverages within 500m of a national or a state highway drew many more arguments at the court of Chief Justice of India (CJI) JS Khehar and Justices DY Chandra...
The triple talaq issue has been taken very seriously by the Supreme Court. On March 30, the court said the court would not delay the matter and would hear it between May 11 and May 19. The apex court ...
All diesel vehicles 10 years old or more stay bannedThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) has finally agreed to let the NDMC use old diesel vehicles for cleaning purposes only. Also, the vehicles must hav...
Bringing into the open yet another instance of political interference in the functioning of the police force, Kerala’s former Director General of Police TP Senkumar had approached the Supreme Court in...
The Supreme Court seeks a constitutional perspective on Azam Khan’s comment
On the night of July 29, 2016, a woman and her teenage daughter were brutally gangraped on the highway near Bulandshahr. ...
No sale or registration from April 1
About 8.2 lakh automobiles, including 96,000 commercial vehicles, over six lakh two-wheelers and around 40,000 three-wheelers manufactured by different compani...
The issue of the banning of liquor vends in the proximity of highways (500m) came up for hearing again on March 29, before the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) J S Khehar and Justic...
The NGO, Environment and Consumer Protection Foundation, had submitted a PIL in the Supreme Court, pertaining to the plight of widows in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. This was at the court of Justices Mad...
Arguments in SC bring out the vicious cycle in which the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2014 is stuck
By Sujit Bhar
The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2014 has remained in limbo, on paper for three year...