No stay on regulator’s order to cut gas prices in Delhi (Lead)
April 11th, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to stay a regulator's order to the Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) to reduce the price of CNG and piped ... Read more...
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Court bans reports on army movement episode near Delhi (Lead)
April 11th, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 10 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court Tuesday restrained the electronic and print media from publishing and broadcasting any news reports on the movement of two army units towards ... Read more...
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Why Pakistanis still in jail if sentence over: Apex court (Lead)
April 10th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed its anguish at mentally challenged and deaf-mute foreign nationals, mostly Pakistanis, continuing to languish in Indian jails long after ... Read more...
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Why Pakistanis in jail if sentence over: SC
April 10th, 2012 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed its anguish at mentally challenged and deaf-mute foreign nationals, mostly Pakistanis, who continued to languish in Indian jails long ... Read more...
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Apex court calls for files of 18 mercy pleas (Lead)
April 3rd, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday called for the original files of 18 mercy petitions, including that of the 2001 parliament attack mastermind Afzal Guru, pending before ... Read more...
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Don’t turn to us for everything, apex court tells government
April 3rd, 2012 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday slammed the tendency of government departments to seeks its decision before acting when confronted with a contentious situation."Everyone wants the decision ... Read more...
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N.K.P. Salve, ex-minister and former BCCI chief, dead (Second Lead)
April 1st, 2012 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) N.K.P. Salve, a former union minister and Congress veteran who worked with Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi and headed the Indian cricket board, died here ... Read more...
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N.K.P. Salve is dead (Lead)
April 1st, 2012 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) Former central minister and ex-cricket board president N.K.P. Salve died early Sunday at a hospital here due to age-related problems, family sources said. He was 80.A ... Read more...
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SC slams Punjab government for ‘drama’ in Rajoana case
March 29th, 2012 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday criticized the Punjab government for enacting a "drama" to frustrate the execution of death sentence awarded to Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh ... Read more...
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Mercy plea: SC poser on right of crime’s victim
March 28th, 2012 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the government if the victim of a crime could join the proceedings if a matter relating to mercy petition of ... Read more...
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Can Rama Sethu be made national monument, asks apex court
March 27th, 2012 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the central government to unequivocally state whether mythological Rama Sethu could be declared a national monument.Asking the government to spell ... Read more...
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Apex court commences hearing in mercy petition cases
March 27th, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday commenced hearing on the question whether a convict who has filed a mercy petition was entitled to remission of death sentence ... Read more...
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Court questions government on discouraging woman army officers
March 26th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday questioned the government on its approach of discouraging short service commission women officers opting for permanent commission in the army."Why are ... Read more...
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Special IPS recruitment: Court seeks government’s response
March 21st, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the response of the central government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the government decision to recruit an ... Read more...
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Government disowns remarks on gays (Lead)
March 21st, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) As the Supreme Court said parliament was the forum to decide the desirability of retaining Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the government Wednesday ... Read more...
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Apex court seeks attorney general’s assistance in gay law case
March 21st, 2012 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Attorney General G. Vahanvati to assist the court in the hearing of the plea challenging the Delhi High Court ... Read more...
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Only six states respond on pending mercy pleas
March 15th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Only six states have responded to the Supreme Court order seeking details of the mercy petitions pending with them.The court had given them three days ... Read more...
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Maid case: Court reserves order on government plea (Lead)
March 14th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on the government's plea seeking directions to restrain an Indian domestic help, awarded nearly $1.5 million relief ... Read more...
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Court wants contract between Indian maid, government
March 13th, 2012 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the central government for a copy of the contract signed with an Indian domestic help who was working with ... Read more...
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Cabinet seeks solicitor general’s views on presidential reference
March 10th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The government will take a call on the proposal for a presidential reference on the Supreme Court's order on 2G licences regarding auction of ... Read more...
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Court dismisses plea in Mulayam assets case (Lead)
March 3rd, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday dismissed a plea seeking registration of a case against Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati, Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj and Maharashtra Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Government objects in court to RSS chief’s Malegaon remarks
March 1st, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government Wednesday objected in the Supreme Court to the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief's remarks on the Malegaon blasts when the court was hearing ... Read more...
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Apex court assails state’s neutrality on gay sex
February 29th, 2012 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday assailed the "new phenomenon" of the government not taking any position on the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalizing consensual gay sex.A ... Read more...
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Apex court raps government for flip-flop on homosexuality (Lead)
February 28th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday rapped the central government for its flip-flop on the homosexuality issue with the union home and health ministries taking divergent positions ... Read more...
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Apex court rebuffs government for flip-flop on homosexuality
February 28th, 2012 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday rebuffed an attempt by the government to distance itself from submissions made by Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra that homosexuality was ... Read more...
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Apex court reserves verdict on Talwars’ trial transfer plea
February 27th, 2012 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday reserved its verdict on the plea by dentist couple Rajesh Talwar and Nupur Talwar for transfer of trial in their daughter ... Read more...
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Government’s flip-flop on gay sex ban (Roundup)
February 23rd, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) A senior government lawyer Thursday urged the Supreme Court to ban "immoral" gay sex, only to be contradicted by the home ministry which said it ... Read more...
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Don’t decriminalise gay sex: Home ministry
February 23rd, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The union home ministry told the Supreme Court Thursday that it was not in favour of decriminalising gay sex. It said Section 377 of the ... Read more...
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Criminal acts in privacy not immune, court told
February 22nd, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights(DCPCR) Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the right to privacy does not confer any right on consenting ... Read more...
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Supreme Court issues notice to Jayalalithaa in graft case (Lead)
February 21st, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) petition that challenged the quashing ... Read more...
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Reply to Aarushi’s parents’ plea, Supreme Court tells CBI (Lead)
February 21st, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file its reply on the plea by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar seeking the ... Read more...
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Supreme Court issues notice to Jayalalithaa
February 21st, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on a CBI petition challenging the quashing of its FIRs and chargesheets ... Read more...
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Reply to Aarushi parents’ plea, Supreme Court tells CBI
February 21st, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the CBI to file its reply on the plea by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar seeking a transfer of the trial ... Read more...
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Acquittal of five in Shivani Bhatnagar murder case contested (Lead)
February 13th, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on a petition of the Delhi government challenging the acquittal by the Delhi High Court of former Indian Police ... Read more...
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Poll panel has last word on code violation: Jurist
February 12th, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Former solicitor general Harish Salve Sunday said that the Election Commission (EC) has the last word on the violation of model code of conduct ... Read more...
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