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Nupur Sharma controversy: SC transfers all FIRs against journalist Navika Kumar to Delhi
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday directed that FIRs registered against Times Now journalist Navika Kumar in connection with remarks made by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Muhammed during a TV debate be transferred…
Right to contest election neither fundamental, nor common law right : Supreme Court
New Delhi : The Supreme Court has observed that the right to contest an election is neither a fundamental right nor a common law right and imposed Rs 1 lakh cost on a litigant who sought to contest Rajya Sabha polls without a proposer to…
‘Has far reaching consequences’: Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea seeking Nupur…
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking arrest of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her remarks on Prophet during a television debate.A bench, headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit told the…
Plea against political parties using religion in their symbols : SC notice to ECI
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice on a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to cancel the symbol and name allotted to political parties which are using religion or carrying religious…
‘Providing ECIR to accused, negation of presumption of innocence’, SC agrees to review…
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to review its July 27 PMLA judgment, which upheld the Enforcement Directorate's powers in connection with attachment of property involved in money laundering, arrest, search and seizure under…
Supreme Court terminates mandate of CoA to manage affairs of AIFF
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday terminated the mandate of the Committee of Administrator (CoA) to manage the affairs of All India Football Federation (AIFF) and also postponed the election, earlier scheduled on August 28, to AIFF by…
Arrest is not meant to be and must not be used as a punitive tool : Supreme Court
New Delhi : The Supreme Court said when power of arrest is exercised without application of mind and without due regard to the law, it amounts to an abuse of power and noted that machinery of criminal justice has been relentlessly employed…
SC grants bail to Mohammed Zubair, says ‘power of arrest should be used sparingly’
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in the six FIRs registered against him by the Uttar Pradesh Police.
A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said: "There is no…
SC protects Nupur Sharma from arrest from FIRs over her remarks on Prophet
New Delhi : A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, which slammed suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma over her remarks on Prophet Mohammad during a TV debate on July 1, on Tuesday said it never wanted her to go to every court and said…
SC agrees to examine plea seeking ‘puja’, carbon dating survey by ASI of Gyanvapi…
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list a plea seeking 'puja', 'darshan', ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey and carbon dating by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) of the Shivling purportedly discovered in the…