New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) BJP leader and former MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday reacted to the Supreme Court’s directions allowing the simultaneous holding of Basant Panchami puja and Friday namaz at the ASI-protected Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, describing the order as “temporary” and asserting that the Saraswati temple at the site has yet to receive justice.Speaking to IANS, Sadhvi Pragya said she respects the apex court as a con…
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New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the stay on its earlier verdict concerning the definition of the Aravalli Hills and directed that status quo be maintained until further orders.A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said that the interim direction — keeping in abeyance the earlier judgment prescribing a revised definition of the Aravalli Hills — would continue to operate.The Bench, also comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vip…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Madhya Pradesh government to take a decision within two weeks on granting sanction to prosecute Tribal Affairs Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah for his controversial remarks against Indian Army officer Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, who had briefed the media during last year’s Operation Sindoor. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant expressed displeasure over the Madhya Pradesh government’s inaction on the request made …
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday cleared the appointment of Allahabad High Court judge, Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta, as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court.As per a notification issued by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice, the President, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 217(1) of the Constitution of India, appointed Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta, Judge of the Allahabad High Court, as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court with effect from the date h…
Guwahati, Jan 8 (IANS) Members of the Gauhati High Court Bar Association (GHCBA) on Thursday began a three-day hunger strike to protest the Assam government’s decision to shift the Gauhati High Court to North Guwahati, intensifying opposition to the proposed judicial township at Rangmahal.The protest, scheduled to be held for six hours each day, commenced at 10 a.m. in front of the old High Court building at Uzan Bazar.The agitation follows a resolution adopted at an emergent extraordinary gener…
Kochi Jan 7 (IANS) The Kalpetta judicial district in Kerala’s Wayanad has become the first district in the country to function as a completely paperless court system, marking a major milestone in India’s judicial digitisation efforts. Under the new system, all courts in the district judiciary will operate entirely in digital mode, from the filing of cases to the delivery of final judgments.Every stage of the judicial process—including pre-trial proceedings, recording of evidence, interlocu…
New Delhi/Gangtok, Jan 4 (IANS) Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque was sworn in on Sunday as the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court. Governor Om Prakash Mathur administered the oath of office to Justice Mustaque at a ceremony held at Lok Bhawan in Gangtok, attended by the High Court judges and other dignitaries. On January 3, the Centre had cleared the appointment of Justice Mustaque as the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court, following the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium headed by…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on the Uttarakhand government and its officials over large-scale encroachment of forest land by private entities.As it registered a suo motu (on its own motion) case, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi observed that the authorities had remained “mute spectators” while forest land was being illegally grabbed.The apex court remarked that it was “shocking” to find protected…