CHENNAI: DMK has moved the Madras HC challenging the validity of ECI rules mandating it to approach only the SC for appeals against the commission’s order regarding pre-certification of poll advertisements.Admitting the plea, the bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala and Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad directed the poll body to respond by April 17.The…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Election Commission to recognise ‘man blowing turha‘ as the symbol for the Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP for the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly polls.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan also permitted the Sharad Pawar faction to use ‘Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar’…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday took suo moto cognisance of an order passed by a single bench of the Calcutta High Court that termed as “illegal and ignored” an order of the division bench in a case of alleged irregularities in the admission of MBBS candidates in state-run medical colleges and hospitals in…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Friday designated 56 advocates including 11 women as senior advocates. The decision to designate 56 advocates as senior advocates was taken in a full-court meeting.“The Chief Justice of India and the judges of the Supreme Court of India in a full court meeting held on Friday, January…
NEW DELHI: Three convicts involved in the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of seven members of her family during the 2002 riots in Gujarat filed a plea on Thursday with the Supreme Court seeking an extension of time to surrender.The matter was presented before a bench, comprising Justices B V Nagarathana and Sanjay…
NEW DELHI: SC on Thursday extended the interim medical bail granted to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik by another six months after his plea was not opposed by Enforcement Directorate (ED). He was first granted bail on medical grounds in August last year.A bench of Justice Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal after…
NEW DELHI: Bilkis Bano, whose rapists will be sent back to prison after the Supreme Court quashed the remission granted to them on Monday, said that she smiled for the first time in over a year and a half.Earlier today, the apex court criticized the Gujarat government’s decision, saying that it lacked proper consideration, as…
