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SC says no state should deny Rs 50,000 ex-gratia to kin of Covid victims

A two-judge bench of the apex court Monday observed that compensation cannot be denied solely on the basis of death certificates not mentioning Covid as the cause of death.

Vibrant judiciary essential for healthy democracy, says CJI Ramana at NALSA

Speaking at the launch of the 'Pan India Legal Awareness and Outreach Campaign' Saturday, CJI NV Ramana also said that the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed some deep-rooted problems.

SC seeks Army’s reply for disqualifying 72 women officers seeking permanent commissions

The apex court bench asked the Army to file its reply by next week and directed not to discharge the women officers from services till further hearing in the matter.

SC once considered probing ‘behaviour’, ‘atrocities’ of bureaucrats and cops: CJI Ramana

Hearing 3 separate pleas filed by suspended IPS officer Gurjinder Pal Singh, CJI Ramana also pointed at alleged nexus between politicians & bureaucrats, especially police officers.

‘You’ve strangulated entire city’ — SC tells farmers’ body seeking nod to protest at Jantar Mantar

Responding to a petition, the apex court said citizens have equal rights to move freely and without fear and their properties are being damaged in the protest.

‘How can highways be blocked perpetually’ — SC asks govt on farmers protest at Delhi borders

While hearing a Noida resident's plea seeking removal of the blockade, the apex court told the govt is the executive's duty to implement law.

No charges framed, files stuck in SC: Why Rajasthan train blasts accused awaits trial 11 yrs on

Hameer-ui-uddin was arrested in 2010, 16 years after the serial blasts in Rajdhani trains in 1993. Supreme Court asked Ajmer court to expedite his hearing Monday.

Appointments to public posts should be as per Articles 14, 16 of Constitution, says SC

The observations were made by the apex court which set aside the selection of a primary teacher in Jammu & Kashmir who had crossed the upper limit as per the eligibility criteria.

Can’t allow people to suffer and die — SC lashes out at firecracker makers

The apex court noted that manufacturers such as Hindustan Fireworks and Standard Fireworks purchased barium in huge quantities and used these chemicals in the fireworks.

Supertech moves SC seeking modification in direction to raze twin 40-storey towers in Noida

The company proposed to partially demolish 224 flats of a tower & provide a landscape green area instead that'd be larger than the garden contemplated in the 2006 sanctioned plan.

On Camera

How startups are falling into lenders’ debt traps

Increasingly, lenders have stepped in where equity funding has slowed amid global market volatility. But instead of helping startups, they end up extracting a pound of flesh that outlasts the crisis itself.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.