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LG files affidavit; says didn't know SC nod was needed to cut Delhi Ridge trees

India, Oct. 23 -- Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena filed an affidavit late on Tuesday maintaining he was unaware that the Supreme Court's permission was necessary to fell trees in Delhi's S... Read More


Toxic air against rights, lack of action is purely political: SC

India, Oct. 23 -- As Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) soared to a season's high of 364, and the contribution to the bad air from farm fires, especially in Punjab and Haryana inched up to the double dig... Read More


SC orders states and UTs to upload remission policies, give reasons for rejection

India, Oct. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed states and Union territories to facilitate remission of life convicts by supplying the copy of the remission policy to each prison, besides uplo... Read More


No SC reprieve for Swami Shraddhanand who buried his wife alive in 1991

India, Oct. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a review petition by 84-year-old Swami Shraddhanand aka Murli Manohar Mishra who was sentenced to imprisonment for the rest of his life for bu... Read More


Supreme Court finds fault with laws, action by states to curb stubble burning

India, Oct. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the states of Punjab and Haryana for not stopping stubble burning, and the Centre for making the Environment Protection Act "toothless", amid... Read More


states 'deficient' in releasing undertrials: SC

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday found states and Union territories to be "deficient" in releasing undertrials under the newly enacted Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha S... Read More


SC asks states, UTs to upload remission policy

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed states and Union territories to facilitate remission of life convicts by supplying copy of remission policy to each jail besides uploading i... Read More


State halts demolitions in Bahraich, Supreme Court hearing today

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday assured the Supreme Court that it will not demolish till Wednesday, some properties in Bahraich, after their owners moved the apex court a... Read More


bahraich: U.P. says no demolition until wednesday

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday assured the Supreme Court that it will not demolish some properties in Bahraich till Wednesday, after their owners moved the apex court sa... Read More


bahraich: U.P. says no demolition until wednesday

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday assured the Supreme Court that it will not demolish some properties in Bahraich till Wednesday, after their owners moved the apex court sa... Read More