Tag: SUPREME COURT

Attorney General K K Venugopal proposed three more pertinent issues in this matter before the court. The questions related to the restrictions imposed on the rights guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a)

In a major setback to Vodafone Idea, Airtel on Thursday, the Supreme Court has ordered them to pay the central government Rs 92 thousand crore. This led to a big drop in shares of telecom companies. The court has said that these companies will have to pay adjusted gross revenue (AGR). There was a long-running dispute between the Department of Telecommunications and the telecom companies regarding this issue.

Justice Arun Mishra is not recusing from the said matter. On earlier occasions as well Justice Mishra was reluctant to recuse saying 'my conscience is clear'

The decision was passed by a bench comprising of Justices Arun Mishra and S Ravindra Bhat. Attorney General K K Venugopal remarked that the Centre has a revised offer of offering 400 square meters, instead of the earlier offer of 200 square metre area for the temple. This increase in land area for the temple has been done keeping in view the faith and sentiments of devotees.

The Supreme Court bench clarified that there is no stay on the said metro project rather the stay ordered by the vacation bench of the apex court comprising of Arun Mishra and Ashok Bhushan, is only limited to felling of trees in the Aarey colony.

The case of 98-year-old Rampada Panja, a resident of Midnapore, West Bengal, who has been fighting for a pension for the last 38 years claiming to be a freedom fighter, has again been stuck . The Central Government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court's order granting Panja the freedom fighter pension. On this petition, the top court has summoned the report of the freedom fighters of West Bengal from the central and state government in four weeks. The case will be heard again after four weeks.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a special leave petition before the Supreme Court against the previous order of the Bombay High Court. The judgement of the Bombay High Court came as a relief to the key functionaries of the organisation.

We are fedup with the UP government. It is seen every day that lawyers presented by the government do not have proper instructions. Be it civil or criminal. '

In a recent judgement by the Supreme Court, the Centre and Assam government have been directed to effectuate an immediate inter-cadre transfer of National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator Prateek Hajela to Madhya Pradesh for maximum period permissible under relevant guidelines. The judgement was delivered by division bench consisting of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde and R F Nariman.

After hearing the Ayodhya dispute for almost a month on a day to day basis, the Supreme Court has concluded the 40-day hearing. The...