Riot victims’ rehabilitation national duty: SC
September 19th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday said that the rehabilitation of riot victims was a national responsibility and could not just be construed within legal and moral ... Read more...
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Patents law provisions conflicting, Novartis tells SC
September 18th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Swiss pharma company Novartis Tuesday told the Supreme Court that there cannot be conflicting provisions in a patents statute where one provision recognises innovation in ... Read more...
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Jagan facing charges in three cases, CBI tells SC
September 14th, 2012 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The CBI, opposing bail plea of jailed YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, told the Supreme Court Friday that the charge sheets filed against ... Read more...
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SC again asks Novartis to cut cancer drug price
September 12th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday once again asked pharma company Novartis to scale down the price of its cancer drug Glivec, made from compound imatinib ... Read more...
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Why don’t you reduce cancer drug price, SC asks Novartis
September 11th, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Pharma major Novartis AG Tuesday said it was the author of beta crystalline, a form of a compound used in an anti-cancer drug, while the ... Read more...
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SC against guidelines on court reporting, allows curbs (Second Lead)
September 11th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday said there can be no blanket guidelines to regulate media reporting of sub-judice matters across the board but postponement of reporting ... Read more...
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SC reserves verdict on Amit Shah’s bail in Sohrabuddin case (Lead)
September 6th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its order on a CBI plea for cancelling the bail of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the 2005 Sohrabuddin ... Read more...
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Foreign arbitration awards beyond Indian courts’ jurisdiction, says SC
September 6th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) In a boost to foreign investors, the Supreme Court Thursday held that if an Indian investor chooses to go for arbitration with a foreign company ... Read more...
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SC reserves verdict on Amit Shah’s bail in Sohrabuddin case
September 6th, 2012 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its order on a CBI plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to former Gujarat minister Amit Shah by the state ... Read more...
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Apex court strikes down rounding off marks for admission
September 1st, 2012 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) In a ruling that would impact thousands of students, the Supreme Court has held that there can be no rounding-off of the percentage of marks ... Read more...
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CBI to file charge sheet in Prajapati killing in few days (Lead)
August 28th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The CBI told the Supreme Court Tuesday it will file a charge sheet in a couple of days in the 2006 alleged staged shootout killing ... Read more...
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CBI to file charge sheet in Prajapati case few days
August 28th, 2012 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The CBI told the Supreme Court Tuesday it will file a charge sheet in the Tulsiram Prajapati staged shootout case in a couple of ... Read more...
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Accused should not gain from police lapses: SC
August 18th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) An accused facing trial should not be allowed to take advantage of slipshod investigation by police, the Supreme Court has said, cautioning judges against acquitting ... Read more...
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Himachal court frames charges against Congress leader
August 14th, 2012 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 14 (IANS) A court in Himachal Pradesh Tuesday framed charges of cheating, criminal conspiracy and forgery against Congress leader and former minister Asha Kumari, accused of grabbing government ... Read more...
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Supreme Court notice to CBI on Jagan’s bail plea (Lead)
August 9th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the CBI on jailed YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's bail application in an illegal assets case, ... Read more...
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Probe lapses not fatal to case if guilt proved: SC
August 2nd, 2012 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court has said lapses in investigation cannot be exploited by an accused to his advantage if there is sufficient evidence to nail him ... Read more...
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Haj is not for making profits, says apex court (Lead)
July 27th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday said private tour operators (PTOs) engaged in travel and stay arrangements of Haj pilgrims going to Makkah and Madina could not ... Read more...
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SC declines government’s plea on VIP Haj quota
July 27th, 2012 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday declined to entertain the central government's plea to defer, till next year, its July 23 order slashing the dignitaries quota of ... Read more...
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Haj is not for making profits, says apex court
July 27th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday said that the private tour operators (PTOs), engaged in the travel of Haj pilgrims, could not undertake their enterprise with an ... Read more...
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VIP quota for Haj pilgrimage cut by apex court (Lead)
July 23rd, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday reduced the VIP quota for Haj pilgrimage from 2,550 to just 300.The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice ... Read more...
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VIP quota for Haj pilgrimage cut
July 23rd, 2012 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday reduced the VIP quota for Haj pilgrimage from 2,500 to just 240.Judges Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai said under the ... Read more...
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Issue orders to check khap panchayats, SC urged
July 16th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday was urged to issue direction to police to take preventive steps to protect the life and dignity of people from the ... Read more...
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SC rejects plea against Chandrababu Naidu (Lead)
July 3rd, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking initiation of proceedings against Telugu Desam Party supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu for recanting on his promise ... Read more...
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Apex court suspends vote recount in Bellary Lok Sabha poll
June 26th, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday suspended the recounting of votes that was directed by the Karnataka High court when it set aside the election of ... Read more...
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Apex court refuses to suspend Jayalalithaa’s trial (Lead)
June 25th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday declined to suspend the trial of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and her aide Sasikala Natrajan in a disproportionate assets ... Read more...
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Judge recuses herself from hearing plea against doctors strike
June 22nd, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday could not take up a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to declare that the proposed doctors' strike June 25 was illegal ... Read more...
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Website not hacked: Health ministry (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Denying that its website had been hacked, the union health ministry told the Supreme Court Thursday that the allocation of seats for post-graduate (PG) medical ... Read more...
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Apex court grants murder convict parole to marry
June 21st, 2012 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday granted four weeks parole to a convict undergoing life imprisonment for murder so that he could tie the knot with his ... Read more...
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SC notice on vacant post-graduate medical seats (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the union health ministry on the plea of a medical student aspiring to get admission into a post-graduate ... Read more...
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SC declines plea on Tamil Nadu government’s secretariat (Lead)
June 20th, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday declined a plea for directing the Madras High Court not to hear a petition challenging the shifting of the Tamil Nadu ... Read more...
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Admission software hacked, medical student tells court (Lead)
June 19th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday was told by a petitioner that the software developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) for online counselling and admission to ... Read more...
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Admission software hacked, medical student tells court
June 19th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday was told by a petitioner that the software developed by the National Informatics Centre for online counselling and admission to post-graduate ... Read more...
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SC notice to Haryana government on mosque land
June 18th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Haryana government and directed status quo on a plea challenging allotment to a mosque a land originally ... Read more...
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SC notice on green nod for Maharashtra power project (Lead)
June 18th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the environment and forests ministry on a plea challenging the Bombay High Court order declining to stay the ... Read more...
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SC stays Rajasthan judicial services exam (Lead)
June 18th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday stayed the Rajasthan judicial services competitive examination (main) scheduled for June 30 over a candidate's plea alleging errors in the ... Read more...
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