New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to curb the practice of animal sacrifice in temples across the country.Issuing notice, a Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta sought responses from the Union Ministry of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, and posted the matter for hearing after four weeks.“Issue notice, returnable in four weeks,” the Justice Vikram Nath-led Bench ordered.The petition, filed u…
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New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Thursday a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Centre and state authorities to install “display boards” at police stations, court complexes and public offices highlighting the penal provisions and punishment for filing false complaints, false charges and fabricated evidence.As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking effective implementation of the Centre’s electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure guidelines and to prevent arbitrary denial of NOCs by housing societies. Issuing notice on a plea filed by a Greater Noida-based resident, a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi sought responses from the Union of India, the State of Uttar Pradesh, the Nira…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has told the Supreme Court that it had no role whatsoever in the decision to reduce the qualifying cut-off percentile for NEET-PG 2025–26, adding that its function is strictly limited to conducting the examination and publishing results as per directions issued by the competent authorities. In a short reply sworn by NBEMS Law Officer Mohd. Sameen, it was stated that the petition challenging the January 13 n…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a petition challenging the practice of ‘VIP darshan’ and selective entry into the ‘Garbhagriha’ (innermost sanctum) of the Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain. A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, observed that it was not a matter for judicial interference.Sensing the court’s disinclination to entertain the plea, the petitioner’s counsel chose to withdraw the matter with liberty to make a repr…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday sought sealed-cover status reports from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on their ongoing probes into alleged large-scale bank frauds linked to Reliance Communications Ltd (RCOM), its group companies, and promoter Anil Ambani. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed the two Central agencies to apprise the top court of the progress made in the investig…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that matters relating to the rate, classification, and reduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on air purifiers fall exclusively within the domain of the GST Council, cautioning that any judicial direction in this regard would not only be constitutionally impermissible but would also violate the framework of cooperative federalism.In a detailed counter-affidavit filed in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking redu…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the “continued state-sponsored honours, official patronage, and symbolic recognition” extended to Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and the Ajmer Dargah. Observing that the reliefs sought were not justiciable, a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that such issues could not be decided under Article 32 of the Constitution.Advising the petitio…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The Centre on Friday told the Delhi High Court that any meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to decide on lowering or abolishing GST on air purifiers can only be held physically and not through video conferencing. A Vacation Bench of Justices Vikas Mahajan and Vinod Kumar granted the Centre 10 days to file its counter-affidavit after Additional Solicitor General (ASG) N. Venkataraman, appearing for the Union government, sought time to submit a detailed res…