The Supreme Court on Monday said the trial of the Manipur ethnic violence cases, probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation, would be conducted in Guwahati, Assam, where it was transferred to earlier. Photograph: ANI Photo A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna also extended till July 31, 2025, the tenure of a committee headed by Justice Gita Mittal, the former chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir high court. The panel, also comprising former Bombay high court judge ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would in April decide if its 2022 verdict upholding the Enforcement Directorate's powers to arrest and attach property under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act needs reconsideration. Image used for representational purposes only. Photograph: ANI Photo A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh said a three-judge bench was supposed to hear the matter and it was wrongly listed before it. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, ...

The Uttar Pradesh government has informed the Supreme Court that the disputed "private well" near the Mughal-era Jama Masjid mosque in Sambhal was situated on public land. IMAGE: Police personnel stand guard outside Shahi Jama Masjid during Friday namaaz, in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, December 24, 2024. Photograph: ANI Photo A status report was filed before a bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar following a January 10 direction of the top court. "Petitioners are ...

Flagging "criminalisation of politics" as a major issue, the Supreme Court on Monday asked how could a person return to Parliament after being convicted in a criminal case. IMAGE: A view of the Supreme Court of India. Photograph: ANI Photo A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan, therefore, sought the assistance of the attorney general of India on the issue. It was hearing a PIL filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay seeking a life ban on convicted politicians aside from the expeditious ...

Kindly note this image has only been posted for representational purposes.Students wait outside the Supreme Court amid the hearing on the alleged irregularities in NEET UG 2024, July 18, 2024. Photograph: Ritik Jain/ANI Photo In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, held domicile-based reservation in post graduate medical courses by a state was unconstitutional. A three-judge bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia and S V N Bhatti said if such a ...

The Supreme Court on Monday gave a split verdict on the burial of a pastor, whose body was lying in a mortuary in Chhattisgarh since January 7, and directed his last rites to be performed at a site meant for Christian burials in the neighbouring village. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph: / Rediff.com While Justice B V Nagarathna said the burial should be held in the family's private agricultural land, Justice Satish Chandra ...

Allegations against former councillor and February 2020 riots accused Tahir Hussain were grave and reprehensible but as of now they were allegations, Supreme Court judge Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah said on Wednesday. IMAGE: Suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain (right) being taken Karkardooma court, in New Delhi, March 6, 2020.Photograph: ANI Photo While opining Hussain should be released on interim bail, Justice Amanullah, who was on a division bench with Justice Pankaj Mithal -- said the ...

Swamy Shraddananda, jailed for 30 years for killing his wife, has moved the Supreme Court seeking authorities to decide his mercy plea filed before the President in December, 2023. Photograph: Amit Sharma/ANI Photo When the petition came up for hearing before a bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih on Friday, the bench told advocate Varun Thakur, appearing for 84-year-old Shraddananda alias Murali Manohar Mishra, to provide a copy of his plea to the Centre's counsel. It said ...

Offenders involved in the crime of money laundering and the linked proceeds of crime are treated as a "separate class" from ordinary criminals and courts should not treat bail pleas of such persons casually, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday as it cancelled bail given to a man by the Patna high court. IMAGE: A view of the Supreme Court of India. Photograph: ANI Photo The apex court said providing bail relief to such accused by passing "cryptic" orders without considering the seriousness of ...