New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the Bombay High Court’s order vacating the interim protection granted to industrialist Anil Ambani against the classification of his loan accounts as “fraudulent” by lender banks under the Reserve Bank of India’s 2024 Master Directions. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi dismissed Ambani’s petitions challenging the Bombay High Court’s division ben…
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New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Urging the Supreme Court to reconsider the 2018 Sabarimala judgment permitting entry of women of all age groups into the temple, the Union government on Tuesday told a nine-judge Constitution Bench that notions of “patriarchy” and “gender stereotypes” are alien to Indian Appearing for the Centre, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before the Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant that Indian society has historically accorded w…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) As hearings begin on Tuesday, the Supreme Court has formally notified the constitution of a nine-judge Constitution Bench to take up the long-pending Sabarimala review matter.As per the cause list published for Tuesday on the official website of the apex court, the bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant will hear the reference arising out of review petitions filed against its September 2018 judgment permitting entry of women of all ages into the Lord Ay…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) In a setback to Vedanta Group, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the implementation of Adani Enterprises’ resolution plan for debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd.A bench, led by Chief Justice (CJI) Surya Kant, noted that the insolvency proceedings are already listed for final hearing before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on April 10, and therefore found no reason to intervene at this stage.”In view of the fact that company appeals are n…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court has formally notified the constitution of a nine-judge Constitution Bench, which will commence hearing from April 7 in the long-pending Sabarimala review matter. As per the cause list published for April 7 on the official website of the apex court, the bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant will hear the reference arising out of review petitions filed against its September 2018 judgment permitting entry of women of all ages into the Lo…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday stressed the need for a coordinated, fair, and time-bound investigation into alleged large-scale bank frauds linked to Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications (RCom) and its group entities. A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, observed that investigating agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) must “join hands” and work in coordination to unearth the truth in a tr…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) over references to “corruption in the judiciary” in a Class 8 Social Science textbook, observing that the controversy appeared to be the result of a “calculated move” that has left the judiciary “bleeding”.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, hearing a suo motu case titled “In Re: Social Science Textbook for Grade–8 (P…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Dedicated to the Strengthening of the Rule of Law, Democratic and Parliamentary Institutions, and Electoral Processes, O.P. Jindal Global University has launched three new Degree Programmes in Electoral Analysis & Management, Political Communication, and Legislative Drafting.The launch took place in the presence of the Chief Guest, Om Birla, Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Guest of Honour, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Law & Justice (Independent Charg…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the Enforcement Directorate’s plea challenging a trial court order which had refused to take cognisance of its prosecution complaint against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and others in the National Herald money laundering case. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma deferred the proceedings after noting that the matter requir…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has been “terrorised” in West Bengal, as the apex court adjourned hearing on its plea accusing the state government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of interfering in recent search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata. During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General S.V. …