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Supreme Court defers hearing on merger of Rajasthan BSP MLAs with Cong

The Supreme Court Monday deferred the hearing on a plea by a BJP MLA seeking a stay on the Rajasthan Assembly Speaker's decision allowing the merger of six BSP MLAs with the Congress.

Do not reclaim stretch of sea not needed for Mumbai link road: SC to BMC

The Chief Justice said the court is inclined to see the map where the officers would point out the areas they are going to touch and those which they are not going to

SC to consider 2009 contempt case against Prashant Bhushan, Tarun Tejpal

A three-judge bench headed said it would like to hear the counsels on whether such statements can be made and the procedure to be adopted for dealing with them

Pending AGR verdict has been an overhang on telecom stocks.Should you exit?

The BSE Telecom index appears to be in a consolidation mode between 1,370 and 1,235 levels

Will SC verdict on coparcenary lead to more disputes among biz families?

Lawyers say this judgment can open a can of worms as women in many business families can now assert their right to an equal share in inheritance

Five wise men and the new window for loan recast

To make the loan restructuring scheme a success, the norms should be dynamic. They must be reviewed every quarter, keeping in mind how the economic scenario evolves

Supreme Court asks selection panel to fill up NGT vacancies 'expeditiously'

The top court was told that the government had already published advertisement for filling up nine vacancies

AGR case: Give airwave details of bankrupt telecom firms, says SC

Seeks spectrum-sharing info from RCom, Aircel, Videocon

SC holds Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for tweets against judiciary

A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said it would hear on August 20 the arguments on quantum of sentence to be awarded to Bhushan in the matter

Opposing UGC's decision to conduct exams over pandemic: Students to SC

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah has started final hearing through video conferencing on a batch of petitions challenging the UGC's decision to hold the final exams

Supreme Court rejects Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra's bail plea

The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the bail plea of Unitech Ltd promoter Sanjay Chandra, who was last month granted interim bail for 30 days on 'humanitarian grounds'

Not in favour of inquiry into alleged mismanagement of Covid-19: SC

The plea alleged that there was delay in ensuring adequate supplies of personal protective equipment for the safety of healthcare workers during the pandemic

Prashant Bhushan contempt case: Lawyers say SC verdict unfortunate

The Supreme Court's Friday verdict holding Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for his two derogatory tweets against the judiciary was termed as 'unfortunate'

AGR case: SC seeks details of spectrum sharing between RCom, Reliance Jio

Spectrum is a government property, not private, and anyone using it is liable to pay the dues, the apex court said

SC verdict on Prashant Bhushan 'weakens' India's democracy: Yechury

The Supreme Court judgement on Friday holding activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of criminal contempt for his tweets has weakened India's democracy, alleged CPI(M) general secretary

AG's consent not required to initiate suo motu contempt proceedings: SC

A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krishan Murari will hear arguments on August 20 on the quantum of sentence to be awarded to Bhushan for its contempt

Emergency considered blackest era in Indian democracy: Supreme Court

Holding lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of criminal contempt of court through a tweet in June, SC pointed out that the Emergency period is considered the blackest in the history of Indian democracy.

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Apex court ruling is a big step towards gender equality

No interim order on plea against BSP MLAs merger with Cong in Rajasthan: SC

BJP MLA Madan Dilawar said that these six Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLAs have been wrongly allowed by the assembly speaker to merge with the ruling Congress party

Final exams crucial step in student's career, states can't cancel them: UGC

UGC said states cannot say that its July 6 directive, asking universities and colleges to conduct final year examinations by September 30 amid the Covid-19 pandemic, was not binding