New Delhi: An Ahmedabad court will on Monday hear the closure report filed by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team in the Gulbarg society massacre in the 2002 riots. It will also hear the petitions of social activists Teesta Setalvad and Mukul Sinha seeking copies of the report filed in a sealed envelope last week. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the SIT has reportedly given a clean chit to Gujarat...
07:32 AM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh lost the battle over his age as the Supreme Court on Friday said that 1950 will be treated as the Army Chief's year of birth. Following this, General VK Singh withdrew his plea from the Supreme Court after the court decided that 1950 will be treated as his year of birth for all service matters. The court said that the Union Public Service...
09:20 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Ahmedabad: A day after stinging comments by the Gujarat High Court on the 2002 riots, there was reprieve for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi almost a decade after the worst communal flare up in the state. The Supreme Court's Special Investigation Team filed its closure report in a sealed envelope before the trial court and sources say that it has not found enough evidence to prosecute the Gujarat Chief Minister....
06:59 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: In a big blow to the UPA government, the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped all the 122 2G licenses issued during the tenure of former telecom minister A Raja. The apex court also left it to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) trial court to decide within two weeks on then finance minister P Chidambaram's alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation. The government was quick in defending...
10:32 PM, Feb 02, 2012
The Supreme Court is set to give a judgment on Thursday on the role of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G scam. ...
07:14 PM, Feb 01, 2012
New Delhi: In a major embarrassment for the Government in the 2G scam, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that any decision concerning whether a private citizen had permission to prosecute a public servant, must be taken within four months. The Prime Minister's Office had allegedly been delaying a decision on Janata Party President Dr Subramanian Swamy's petition seeking permission from it to prosecute former telecom minister A Raja in...
08:13 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday is expected to pronounce its order on framing guidelines when it comes to granting sanction to prosecute a public servant. This in response to a petition filed by Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy in the 2G scam case. Swamy had moved the court in 2010 alleging a delay by the Prime Minister's Office to give him sanction to file a case against former...
06:19 AM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred all cases of alleged fake encounters that took place in Gujarat between 2003-2006 to Justice (retired) MB Shah. The apex court directed the one-man committee of Justice Shah to decide whether the cases of fake encounters require independent investigation or not. Justice Shah will give his report to the Supreme Court in three months. Noted lyricist Javed Akhtar and journalist BG Verghese...
01:45 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that a child born of an inter-caste marriage cannot be denied the right to reservations just on the basis of one of the parents being upper caste. The apex court said the child's upbringing is key to making that decision. The court said, "While determining the caste of a child born to a forward caste man and a tribal woman, the child will...
10:28 AM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: The battle between the army chief and the Central government seems to be intensifying on both the legal and political front. The Centre on Tuesday filed a Caveat in the Supreme Court asking the court not to pass orders till its stand is heard. The Defence Ministry also sent a list of possible successors to the PMO. For the first time in the history of India, a serving...
08:56 PM, Jan 17, 2012
The hearing in the Aarushi Talwar and Hemraj double murder case will resume in February 6. ...
09:08 PM, Jan 06, 2012
The Apex court criticised Tamil Nadu for using its observations on Mullaperiyar issue in ads in national dailies. ...
10:26 PM, Dec 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking death penalty for Babbar Khalsa terrorist Jagtar Singh Hawara. The terrorist is convicted of killing former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. The move by the CBI came after the Punjab High Court overturned a death sentence and sent him to life imprisonment. Hawara had once escaped from Burail jail in a daring escape but was...
11:27 AM, Dec 05, 2011
New Delhi: In what comes as a big blow to the Bhopal gas tragedy victims, the Dow Chemicals has told the Supreme Court that it will not pay more compensation for Bhopal victims. According to the Dow Chemicals, the settlement in 1989 of $470 million was more than adequate and fair. The company further said that the Union Carbide Corporation had no involvement in the Bhopal plant operations as the...
06:06 PM, Dec 02, 2011
New Delhi: After spending over six months in Tihar jail DMK MP Kanimozhi is set to walk free along with four other accused in the 2G scam. The Delhi High Court granted bail on Monday to five accused while directing them to furnish two sureties of Rs 5 lakh each and ordering them that they cannot leave the country. But they will have to spend another night in the jail...
09:06 PM, Nov 28, 2011
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