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Daughters entitled to inherit fathers' properties, get preference: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday said the daughters of a male Hindu, dying intestate, would be entitled to inherit the self-acquired and other properties obtained in the partition by the father

SC grants protection from arrest to Bengal CM's poll agent in murder case

The Supreme Court granted interim protection from arrest to SK Supiyan, who was the election agent of Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram, in connection with a murder case under the CBI's investigation.

Not at odds with merit: Supreme Court upholds OBC quota in NEET

The court in its latest order said the scheme of AIQ was devised to allot seats in State-run medical institutions

FCRA registration: SC to hear plea against Centre's decision on January 24

The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act registration is mandatory for any association and NGO to receive foreign funding.

Future mulls Supreme Court bid to avoid being named a defaulter

Future told Indian exchanges this month it was unable to pay 35 billion rupees ($470 million) it owed to its lenders on Dec

Merit cannot be reduced to narrow definitions of performance, says SC

SC upheld 27% Other Backward Classes reservation in All India Quota seats in the NEET for UG and PG medical courses

Not at odds with merit: SC upholds OBC reservation in medical courses

The Supreme Court allowed the Central government to provide 27 per cent reservation for OBC and 10 per cent to EWS in All India quota seats in medical courses

Assembly elections: SC to consider hearing PIL challenging use of EVMs

A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana heard the submissions of lawyer M L Sharma, who filed the plea in his personal capacity

PG admissions in CMC Vellore to be as per minority merit list of TN: SC

Referring to the judgment, the counsel for Tamil Nadu said that the states are required to maintain a merit list of minority students

Usage of phone for virtual hearing not barred, clarifies Supreme Court

On January 17, the CJI had expressed unhappiness over disruptions during virtual hearings due to the use of mobiles

SC summons AP, Bihar chief secretaries on disbursal of Covid death claims

The Supreme Court pulled up state governments for failing to disburse claims to the next of kin of Covid victims, and issued a show cause notice to the Andhra Pradesh chief secretary

SC seeks data as Centre says no starvation death even during pandemic

The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that due to "comprehensive policies and steps" taken by both Central and state governments, there have been no starvation deaths in recent times

SC to hear plea seeking details of candidates' criminal background

The petition, in view of upcoming assembly elections, also sought a direction to the ECI to ensure that every political party explains why it preferred a person with criminal cases

Court has to apply judicial mind while deciding bail to accused: SC

"While granting bail, the Court has to apply a judicial mind and record brief reasons for the purpose of deciding whether or not to grant bail," the bench said

HC is required to re-appreciate entire evidence in case of acquittal: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that in case of acquittal in a criminal matter, being the first appellate court, the High Court is required to re-appreciate the entire evidence on record

Will use SC order to counter Devas enforcements in international fora: FM

"It is a fraud of Congress, by Congress (and) for Congress," the minister said

SC to hear plea seeking disclosure of criminal records of poll candidates

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a PIL seeking a direction to the ECI to deregister political parties that do not disclose details pertaining to criminal cases of election candidates

Enter into a contract with firm to demolish twin-towers in a week: SC

The NOIDA authority informed the bench that it has finalised the company Edifice Engineering for demolishing the twin towers in consultation with the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI)

'Fraud of huge size': SC upholds winding up of Devas Multimedia

A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and V Ramasubramanian dismissed the appeal filed by Devas Multimedia

Maha asks SC to recall direction on re-notifying OBC seats in local polls

The Maharashtra government has moved the Supreme Court seeking recall of its order directing the SEC to renotify 27% seats reserved for OBCs in the local body polls, as general category seats