The Supreme Court today denounced the State Bank of India for failing to share complete data on electoral bonds, a scheme that allowed individuals and businesses to donate anonymously to political…
The daughter of a Supreme Court chef, who won scholarships to pursue a master’s degree in law at the University of Michigan or California, was felicitated by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and…
The State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that a total of 22,217 electoral bonds were purchased and 22,030 redeemed by political parties between April 1, 2019 and February 15…
Backing the opposition’s move to approach the Supreme Court over the enforcement of the CAA and denouncing the act as ‘unconstitutional,’ Congress MP Shashi Tharoor affirmed that it would be repealed…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to carry out a scientific survey of the medieval-era Bhojshala complex in Dhar district. Hindus consider Bhojshala,…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP of spreading canards about Sandeshkhali, where women have accused TMC leaders of sexually abusing them, and asserted that the…
The Crime Investigation Department handed over the suspended Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, accused of extortion, land grab, and sexual assault in Sandeshkhali, to the Central Bureau…
Issuing a contempt notice to the West Bengal Crime Investigation Department, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday asked the CID to hand over the custody of Shahjahan Sheikh, the former Trinamool…
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday acquitted former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba in an alleged Maoist links case, noting the prosecution failed to prove the case against…
Actress Jaya Prada, who was declared a fugitive in a case of violating the Model Code of Conduct, surrendered in Rampur Court on Monday.
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A seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that an MP or MLA cannot claim immunity from prosecution on a charge of bribery in connection with the vote or speech in the…
Sandeshkhali: TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh arrested in ‘land grab, sexual assault’ casesA large number of women in Sandeshkhali had accused Shajahan Sheikh and his close aides of “land-grab and sexu…
CBI summons Akhilesh Yadav in illegal mining cases, asks him to appear on…CBI asked him to appear before it in connection with the case registered in 2019.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI…
Former Supreme Court Judge Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar appointed new Lokpal chairpersonFormer Supreme Court judge A M Khanwilkar was appointed as the chairperson of the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpa…
NBCC explores options in NCR, Mumbai after completion of 16000 Amrapali flats in….The government’s construction arm, NBCC, has completed up to 16,000 Amrapali flats that had been stuck for years …
Sandeshkhali case: Calcutta HC says no stay on arrest of TMC leader Shahjahan SheikhTMC leader Shajahan Sheikh is accused of sexual atrocities and land grab in Sandeshkhali.Calcutta High Court has …
Gyanvapi Row: Allahabad HC to pronounce judgment on plea against prayers at basement todayThe Allahabad High Court will deliver its verdict on the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee (AIMC) appeal…
Fali S Nariman, a prominent jurist and seasoned senior advocate of the Supreme Court, died in New Delhi on Wednesday, his staff confirmed. He was 95 years old.
He was suffering from multiple ailments,…
The Congress on Tuesday hailed the Supreme Court decision on the “farcical election” for the mayor’s post in Chandigarh and said it has saved democracy from the fangs of an “autocratic BJP” that…
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into the violence in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali village. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and…
Three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors on Sunday evening joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the national capital. The three Aam Aadmi Party Chandigarh councillors who joined BJP are Punam Devi,…
The Bengal wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has moved the Calcutta High Court’s Circuit Bench, challenging the forest department’s decision to allegedly house a lioness named “Sita” and a lion…
Almost all political parties have benefitted from electoral bonds. The Congress received Rs 952 crore since the scheme was introduced in 2018. Reuters
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Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, made an appearance via video conference before Rouse Avenue court today regarding the Enforcement Directorate’s recent complaint against him in the excise…
The State Bank of India has to submit the details of electoral bonds purchased since 12 April 2019 to the Election Commission of India by 6 March. Reuters (Repr…
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The State Bank of India was directed by the Supreme Court on Thursday to stop issuing electoral bonds immediately and to provide the Election Commission with all details by March 6.
Within one week of…
In a landmark decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court of India has ordered the State Bank of India (SBI) to reveal details regarding electoral bonds encashed by political parties. This includes…
The Supreme Court Thursday struck down the electoral bonds scheme and ordered the State Bank of India (SBI) to issue details of the political parties that have received contributions through electo…
A seven-year-old election funding scheme that permits individuals and companies to donate money to political parties anonymously and without restrictions has been scrapped by the Indian Supreme Court…
Today (15 February) is an important day in India’s politics. The Supreme Court in a very significant verdict struck down the Centre’s electoral bond scheme.A five-judge Constitution bench of Ch…
The Supreme Court on Friday took cognisance of the issue of some women prisoners lodged in West Bengal’s correctional homes getting pregnant.
Agreeing to examine the matter, a bench of Justices Sanjay…
There’s an uneasy calm in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani on Friday morning following a violence and turbulent night. People in the area of Banbhoolpura area in Haldwani are still reeling from the violence and…
The Gyanvapi management committee moved the Allahabad High Court on Thursday challenging a Varanasi court order that has allowed Hindu prayers before idols in a cellar of the mosque.
The counsel for…
A Delhi court on Wednesday summoned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on February 17 on a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against him over the non-compliance of its summons in a…
The Centre has tabled the draft of the country’s first Public Examinations (Prevention Of Unfair Means) Bill which has been presented in the Lok Sabha on Monday. It aims to have provisions to stop…
Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, incarcerated for over a year in connection with the Delhi Liquor scam, has been granted permission by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court to meet his ailing…
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has moved to Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court and filed a complaint against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for not complying with the summons issued by the agency in the…
Allahabad High Court on Friday denied the stay on the Varanasi Court order that allowed the Hindu side to offer prayers in the southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque. The court granted time until February…
Ahead of the scheduled protest over the Chandigarh Mayor election by the Aam Aadmi Party, Aam Aadmi Party Haryana State President Dr Sushil Gupta was detained while he was going to join protest…
After the Varanasi Court allowed the Hindu devotees to worship inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, the barricades of Vyas Ka Tehkhana (basement) of the mosque were opened, and daily arti and puja were…
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi said that the judgement by the Varanasi court to allow Hindu devotees to offer prayers inside the ‘Vyas Ka Tekhana’ area…
The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to install boards in all Hindu temples stating non-Hindus were not permitted beyond the ‘Kodimaram’ (flagpole) area in the…
January 30 commemorates the death of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated on this day in 1948 by Nathuram Godse. Known affectionately as “Bapu”, Gandhi played a pivotal role…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the Supreme Court of India on Sunday noon on the apex court premises.
Marking the 75th year of the Supreme Court,…
In a 2020 northeast Delhi riots case, a Delhi Court has ordered the framing of charges against former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan, “United Against Hate” founder Khalid Saifi, and 11 other people,…
Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra’s office informed reporters that the government bungalow occupied by the TMC leader in the national capital, was vacated by 10 am on Friday before the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a plea moved by Hindu women plaintiffs for cleaning the water tank in the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi which is located in an area that has been sealed.
A bench of…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Allahabad High Court order that allowed a court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah mosque adjoining the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura. A bench of…
Indians spent a lot of time discussing (and probably even daydreaming) about clear blue waters and pristine beaches this week. Yes, both Lakshadweep and the Maldives were at the top of many minds….
Days after Bengaluru CEO Suchana Seth was arrested for allegedly murdering her four-year-old son, new details are emerging in the case, providing clues as to why she may have perpetrated the heinous…
Foreigners cannot claim right to reside and settle in India, observed the Delhi High Court, saying their fundamental rights are limited to protection of life and liberty under Article 21 of the…
On Wednesday, Uddhav Thackeray received a body blow when Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar held that the Eknath Shinde-led faction was the real Shiv Sena in the battle of Sena vs Sena.
The ruling has…
Several petitions were filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking review of its December 11 verdict unanimously upholding the revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special…
Maharashtra legislative Assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday ruled in favour of the Eknath Shinde faction while announcing his verdict on the dispute between the two warring Shiv Sena group…
The leader of the Samajwadi Party, Swami Prasad Maurya, defended on Wednesday the 1990 order issued by the Mulayam Singh Yadav government to the police to shoot “karsevaks” in Ayodhya, claiming that…
“I have wept tears of relief. I have smiled for the first time in over a year and half. I have hugged my children. It feels like a stone the size of a mountain has been lifted from my chest, and I can…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday slammed the BJP over the Supreme Court quashing the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, saying the verdict has…
The Gujarat government’s order, which had given 11 men life sentences after being found guilty of gang raping Bilkis Bano and killing 14 members of her family during the state’s 2002 communal riots,…
The Supreme Court of India Monday strike down the decision of Gujarat government to grant remission to 11 convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members…