The Gauhati High Court has accepted an application of farmer leader Akhil Gogoi in which Gogoi has challenged the dismissal of bail by the NIA Special Court in a case registered in connection with the alleged role in violent demonstrations against the Amended Citizenship law in Assam.
A special CBI court today acquitted all 32 accused, including BJP veterans LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti, of criminal conspiracy charges almost 28 years after the Babri Masjid was demolished in Ayodhya.
While the Ayodhya title dispute issue was settled by the Supreme Court in November 2019, the criminal case against some BJP, RSS, VHP leaders and kar sevaks for demolishing the mosque on December 6, 1992 is now in its final stages.
The Supreme Court today directed all states and UTs to provide dry ration to all sex workers, as identified by the National AIDS Control Organisation and district legal authorities, without insisting on ration card or any other identity proof, in the wake of hardships faced by them due to the pandemic.
The Supreme Court today adjourned the hearing till October 13, on a plea filed by president of Gujarat High Court Bar Association and Advocate Yatin Oza challenging the Gujarat High Court’s decision to take away his senior designation in a contempt case against him.
The Supreme Court has granted a two-week interim bail to Sukesh Chandrashekhar, alleged middleman in the AIADMK’s ‘two leaves’ symbol matter. The bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee granted the interim bail on ground of his father’s illness.
The Supreme Court today placed pointed questions before the Centre, through its counsel, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, on “what is the maximum period for which a person can be detained and whether it (the Centre) proposes to continue detention.”
A Delhi court has posed a set of questions to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on why the agency is dragging its feet in a case involving the roles of three of its ex-directors.