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Delhi riots case: SC defers bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam to Sept 19

India, Sept. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned to September 19 the hearing on the bail pleas of student activist Sharjeel Imam, former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar Umar Khalid a... Read More


Supreme Court calls for pan-India firecracker ban: Not just Delhi where 'elites' are

India, Sept. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the basis for having a firecracker ban rule applicable exclusively for Delhi and national capital region (NCR) observing that citizens across ... Read More


sc acquits man sentenced to death for rape

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted and set aside the death sentence of a man accused of rape and murder of a minor in Uttarakhand in 2014, flagging issues in the prosecuti... Read More


sc acquits man sentenced to death for rape

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted and set aside the death sentence of a man accused of rape and murder of a minor in Uttarakhand in 2014, flagging issues in the prosecuti... Read More


Sc upholds HC order on probe against formerDelhi top cop

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The Supreme Court has upheld a Delhi HC order directing registration of criminal cases against former city police chief Neeraj Kumar and another officer, observing that "those w... Read More


SC upholds Delhi HC order to file criminal cases against former top cop

India, Sept. 11 -- New Delhi The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Delhi High Court order directing registration of criminal cases against former Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar and another ... Read More


'Neighbourhood fights not abetment to suicide'

New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that routine neighbourhood quarrels cannot be treated as a crime of abetment to suicide, stressing that punishing one neighbour for another's d... Read More


SC slams Uttarakhand bid to 'protect' Corbett tiger reserve director

India, Sept. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Uttarakhand government for denying sanction to prosecute former Corbett tiger reserve director for illegalities in the tiger safari project ... Read More


SC allows Medha Patkar to withdraw plea in defamation case vs LG Saxena

India, Sept. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea by social activist Medha Patkar seeking permission to examine an additional witness in a 25-year-old defamation case against D... Read More


SC refuses to extend Vikas Yadav's interim bail in Nitish Katara murder case

India, Sept. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to extend the bail granted to Vikas Yadav, serving a 25-year fixed sentence in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, directing him to approach the D... Read More