Tag: #The Supreme Court

New Delhi, Mar 12 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Friday said that a person serving state or central government cannot be appointed as Election Commissioner (EC) as it sacrifices independence of the election and makes a mockery of law.

New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday junked a petition challenging the Election Commission's decision to conduct the West Bengal Assembly polls over eight phases. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was hearing the plea that sought directions to the EC to stop it from holding the Assembly elections in the state in an “unequal manner” in eight phases and also to bar the BJP and its leaders from using "Jai Shri Ram" as a slogan during the campaign.

New Delhi, Feb 11 (UNI) The decades old border dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh (AP) over Kotia panchayat has once again reached the Supreme Court after Odisha alleged that the AP has taken over certain villages violating the top court's earlier order.

New Delhi, Feb 10 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the dismantling of decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Viraat, on a plea by a firm which wanted to convert the ship into a maritime museum & multi-functional adventure centre. The aircraft carrier was commissioned into the Indian Navy in 1987 after which it served for almost 30 years and was decommissioned in March 2017.

New Delhi, Feb 9 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Kerala High Court order restricting controversial activist Rehana Fathima from printing, posting or publishing her views on media. Apex Court bench headed by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, while hearing an appeal filed by Fathima, agreed to stay the blanket ban of Kerala HC on her from publishing, disseminating or sharing any material of her comments through media.

New Delhi, Jan 19 (UNI) The first meeting of the Supreme Court-appointed panel on the new farm laws was held here on Tuesday, sources said. According to the sources, the committee will hold its first round of talks with farmers and other stakeholders on January 21.

New Delhi, Jan 14 (UNI) The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Dushyant Dave on Thursday tendered his resignation stating that he feels he has "forfeited" the right to continue as the lawyer's body chief.

New Delhi, Jan 11 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Centre over the handling of farmers' agitation and asked the government, if it would suspend implementation of the three farm laws or the court should step in.

New Delhi, Jan 4 (UNI)The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned for February second week, hearing on petition filed by a Congress leader seeking disqualification of ten Congress MLAs who defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party last year.

New Delhi, Jan 4 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear the former Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt's appeal against his life sentence in custodial death case in the third week of January. Bhatt had been awarded life sentence by a session court in Jamnagar (Gujarat) in June this year in the custodial death of Jamjodhpur resident Prabhudas Vaishnani in November 1990.