NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a reply from the Centre on a plea seeking to open all religious places of worship across the country, which were closed amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

NEW DELHI:The Delhi High Court has refused to grant stay on the streaming of the film, "Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl", starring Janhvi Kapoor.
A single judge bench presided by Justice Rajiv Shakdhar deliberated on a petition filed by the Central government and the Indian Air Force, claiming that the film is showing IAF in a bad light.

MATHURA(Uttar Pradesh):Dr. Kafeel Khan, who had been granted bail by the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday, was released around midnight.
Khan's lawyer Irfan Ghazi said, "The Mathura jail administration informed us at 11.00 p.m. that Dr. Kafeel Khan is being released around midnight, he walked out of jail."

NEW DELHI:While the country is in the fourth phase of the Unlock following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday opened partially for holding physical hearing after nearly four months, during which the court was functioning through video conferencing.

PHAGWARA:Five Judges bench of Supreme Court of India on 27-08-2020 while giving a decision on the issue of reservation within reservation have started a unnecessary new debate on the question of creamy layer among the scheduled castes.

NEW DELHI:As advocate Prashant Bhushan, defending his expression of opinion through tweets, cited the press conference held by sitting apex court judges in January 2018, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed his argument, saying it is settled that negative equality cannot be claimed as there is no such concept.

NEW DELHI:The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on an application seeking modification of the court's earlier orders and extend the timeline for filing of public comments on the draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the authorities to treat the petition seeking a stay on the streaming of Netflix movie ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl for allegedly portraying a negative image of the Indian Air Force (IAF), as a representation.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, on Monday approved the proposal for appointment of 28 additional judges of the Allahabad High Court as its permanent judges.

NEW DELHI:After the Supreme Court held advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for making derogatory remarks against the judiciary via two tweets, a group of 103 prominent citizens, including former High Court judges, retired senior police officers, retired IAS and IFS officers, and army officers have condemned the statements by pressure groups criticizing the apex court verdict.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde has approved the proposals to elevate certain judicial officers and advocates as Judges of the High Courts of Allahabad, Kerala, and Gujarat.

NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Monday framed a larger question during the hearing of the 2009 contempt case against advocate Prashant Bhushan. It asked when could corruption allegations against the judges be made public?

NEW DELHI: Select cabinet ministers, dignitaries from the judiciary, bureaucrats, diplomats and handpicked media personnel numbering less than 100 have been invited to attend the Rashtrapati Bhavan 'At Home' ceremony on Independence Day evening on Saturday.

NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Friday held advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court for his tweets criticising Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and the judiciary.

NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Friday expressed surprise at a PIL seeking directions to National Investigation Agency (NIA)/CBI to investigate the 2008 agreement between Indian National Congress (INC) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) for exchanging high-level information and for cooperation between them under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Centre and the Delhi government to act against the online health service aggregators who are operating illegally or in violation of the law and collecting diagnostic samples including Covid-19.

ISLAMABAD:Police in Islamabad has submitted a report to the Pakistan Supreme Court regarding the kidnapping case of a journalist, who was abducted in the capital city last month and released hours later the same day, it was reported on Thursday.

GANDHINAGAR:Quashing the July 16 order directing private schools not to charge any kind of fees during the Covid-19-induced lockdown, the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday asked the government that "if teaching was a noble and charitable cause", why was it not sparing students of engineering and medical colleges.

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has asked the federal government of Prime Minister Imran Khan to give another offer and opportunity to India in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case to appoint a legal representative and see through the review trial from the civilian court.

VIJAYAWADA:Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar assumed charge as Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner (SEC) on Monday, three days after the state government reinstated him on the orders of the High Court.

DHAKA:The lower courts of Bangladesh will resume normal in-person operations from August 5 after switching to an e-justice system three months ago amid the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported on Friday.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Aam Aadmi Party government to release funds to pay the pending salaries of the resident doctors of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NrDMC) within a period of 15 days.

CHENNAI: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President M.K. Stalin on Wednesday said he had spoken to leaders of major political parties in the country on the issue of reservation for other backward classes (OBC) in the All India Quota (AIQ) medical seats.

NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Tuesday said cannot look at one part of the statement and question the integrity as it junked pleas to remove former Uttar Pradesh DGP K.L. Gupta as a member of the inquiry commission set up to probe the Vikas Dubey encounter case.

NEW DELHI:While hearing a slew of petitions related to the recent Delhi riots, the Delhi High Court, here on Monday, allowed two petitioners to withdraw their pleas for registration of FIRs under section 156(3) of the CrPC, with the liberty to approach the trial court.

CHENNAI:The Madras High Court on Monday ordered the central government to set up a committee within 3 months to decide on the issue of 50 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in admissions to medical courses under the all-India quota.

NEW DELHI:The Delhi High Court on Friday disposed off a petition which highlighted the blatant violation of the human rights of the nurses and other health workers deployed at the forefront in private nursing homes or hospitals in Delhi, after noting that the authorities have taken adequate steps in this regard.

PRAYAGRAJ(UP):The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition seeking a stay on the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony for the proposed Ram temple, scheduled to be held on August 5 in Ayodhya.

NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Friday extended by six months the time given to the three-member commission to complete its inquiry into the December 2019 Hyderabad encounter case.

GUWAHATI:The Gauhati High Court on Thursday asked the Assam's prisons' authority to provide the best qualitative treatment to the jail inmates across the state so that no further damage is caused, officials said.

NEW DELHI:A day after administering the oath to 45 of the 61 newly- elected members of Rajya Sabha, Vice President and the house's Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday nominated the new members to different Parliamentary Standing Committees.

NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his government on a plea by former Assembly Speaker N.P. Prajapati challenging the appointment of 28 more ministers, as it violated the ceiling on the maximum strength of the council of ministers fixed under the Constitution.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted the appointment of a three-member inquiry commission headed by former top court judge Justice B.S. Chauhan into the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey, and asked it to submit the report within two months to the court and the Uttar Pradesh government.

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday slammed police for the kidnapping of journalist Matiullah Jan, saying that the entire state was responsible for the incident.

NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice to advocate Prashant Bhushan on the alleged contemptuous remarks on Twitter. The top court also asked the Attorney General to assist it on the matter.