Topic: Supreme Court
Supreme Court to hear plea of 16 December gangrape convict on Monday
Convict Pawan Kumar Gupta Friday moved SC, challenging Delhi High Court order dismissing his claim of being a juvenile at the time of the crime.
Supreme Court to hear farmers’ plea on stalling bullet train project, issues notice to Centre
A lower court had rejected the farmers' allegation that the land acquisition process for the bullet train, that will link Mumbai to Ahmedabad, is illegal.
Supreme Court paves way for construction of international airport at Goa’s Mopa
The Supreme Court lifted the suspension on the environmental clearance granted to the project, which is expected to be spread over 2,131 acres.
Supreme Court orders telecom companies to pay Rs 92,000 crore to govt
A 3-judge Supreme Court bench rejected an appeal by telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, which have been struggling to reduce debt.
Police showed ‘lack of interest’: What SN Dhingra committee report says on 1984 riots probe
ThePrint explains how the S.N. Dhingra committee was formed after ten such panels, and what its report says.
Times praises Nadella, Express exposes SAI, Republic goes after Afzal Guru `gang’
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Before Sabarimala, there were only 15 nine-judge bench rulings. Here are 5 landmark cases
The setting up of a nine-judge bench is rare, and the Sabarimala bench is only the 16th in Supreme Court’s 70-year history.
Terrorism has no religion, says Ravish Kumar, India Today’s questions on DSP Davinder Singh
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A hurried move in Judge Loya case can only make Amit Shah more powerful
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has hinted at reopening Judge Loya case. But one misstep and the move will boomerang – politically and legally.
SC dismisses curative petitions, 16 December gangrape convicts to hang on 22 January
A Delhi court has ordered to hang Vinay and Mukesh Singh, along with two other convicts Akshay Kumar Singh and Pawan Kumar, in Tihar jail on 22 January.
‘What does Sara Ali Khan do?’ Wears her third-gen privilege proudly in Bollywood
Her forthcoming film Love Aaj Kal with Imtiaz Ali is proof that Sara Ali Khan isn’t going to wait around for her Karan Johar. She’ll chart her own path.
Has CDS Gen Bipin Rawat overstepped his brief by speaking on ‘de-radicalisation camps’?
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said that India has de-radicalisation camps for the young. He also said that 10-12 years old from Kashmir were being radicalised.
Defence
‘Twitter General’ Asif Ghafoor is no longer Pakistan military’s spokesperson
Asif Ghafoor has been sent to Infantry Division. Major Gen. Babar Iftikhar will be new director general of Inter-Services Public Relations, Pakistan military’s publicity wing.
Under Modi-Shah, BJP is back to being the Bharatiya ‘Baniya’ Party
BJP under Modi-Shah is returning to its protectionist, anti-MNC, technophobic old notions, underlining that strong governments can also be more risk-averse.