New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court has granted bail to an Uttar Pradesh government official accused in a corruption case, observing that the delay in granting sanction for prosecution cannot be used to curtail a citizen’s liberty.A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu set aside the Allahabad High Court’s order on the regular bail plea of Ravinder Mehta, an accused in an FIR registered under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act at Adarsh Mandi police station in Uttar …
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New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a plea filed by the Hindu side seeking permission to offer prayers at the alleged Shivling located in the sealed area of the Gyanvapi premises during the holy month of Sawan.The apex court will take up fresh petitions moved by the Hindu side requesting permission to conduct worship and Jalabhishek of the alleged Shivling situated inside the sealed wuzukhana area of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The area has remained seal…
Patna, July 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed serious concern over a recent Patna High Court ruling that held that attempting to remove a woman’s salwar and allegedly molesting her by touching her inappropriately did not amount to an attempt to rape.A Bench comprising Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice V. Mohan heard the matter and indicated that it would issue a detailed order addressing the observations made by the Patna High Court.The issue surfaced duri…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday declined to initiate any action against a litigant appearing in person who allegedly hurled abuses, threw papers in open court and disrupted proceedings during the hearing of his plea challenging an order of the Allahabad High Court. A Bench of Justices K.V. Viswanathan and Alok Aradhe, while dismissing the Special Leave Petition (SLP), recorded that the petitioner, Prabal Pratap, “instead of presenting the case, made incoherent and unparliam…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday witnessed an unusual disruption after a litigant appearing in person allegedly hurled abuses, threw papers in open court and had to be forcibly removed from the courtroom during the hearing of his plea challenging an order of the Allahabad High Court. The incident took place before a Bench of Justices K.V. Viswanathan and Alok Aradhe and briefly disrupted the apex court proceedings. At the outset of the hearing, the litigant demanded registra…
Bareilly, July 4 (IANS) President of the All India Muslim Jamaat Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi on Saturday welcomed the Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad’s (UP-ATS) probe into the funding of more than 4,000 madrasas across the state, saying that the concerned members are willing to cooperate. Earlier, the Allahabad High Court had refused to interfere with the ATS probe, arguing that the inquiry was a mere fact-finding exercise and did not constitute any coercive action.Speaking to IANS, Mau…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Nabin on Thursday expressed condolences on the demise of Naresh Chaudhary Chahal, father of Rohit Chahal, National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, and elder brother of NDMC Vice Chairperson Kuljeet Singh Chahal.Nabin visited the residence of Naresh Chaudhary Chahal and offered his condolences to the bereaved family.Paying tribute to the departed soul, he said that Naresh Chaudhary Chahal had earned…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) On June 12, 1975, the Allahabad High Court invalidated the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s election from the Rae Bareilly Parliamentary seat in Uttar Pradesh. She challenged the High Court’s decision in the Supreme Court. On June 24, while allowing her to continue as Prime Minister, Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer ordered that all privileges she received as an MP be stopped, and that she be debarred from voting. This was to continue till the resolution of her appeal.But…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) BJP National President Nitin Nabin on Thursday said that for decades, attempts were made to erase the dark chapter of the Emergency from the nation’s collective memory. He further stated that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, justice had been done to history by deciding to observe June 25 as ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’. Taking to social media platform X with the hashtag #SamvidhanHatyaDiwas, Nabin said the observance serves as a reminder of the events …
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court has set aside an Allahabad High Court judgment and a Labour Court award directing the reinstatement of a worker with back wages, holding that an employee who remained absent without authorisation and failed to substantiate his claims could not be granted such relief.A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta allowed an appeal filed by M/s Rifilis Engineering Pvt. Ltd. and rejected the claim of employee Arjun Gupta, who had alleged that he was il…