Ayodhya title suit: Ram chabutra is not birthplace of Lord Ram, Muslim side asserts in court
New Delhi, Sep 25 (UNI) Sunni Waqf Board does not accept that Ram chabutra is the birthplace of Lord Ram, the Muslim side on Wednesday told the Supreme Court's five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS): The Supreme Court of India has warned against equating male circumcision with female genital mutilation (FGM), after senior counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi told a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud that while the Dawoodi Bohra community, which practices it, condemns the same, they see it as female circumcision.
SC scraps engineering degrees obtained through distance education since 2001
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IBNS): The Supreme Court of India on Friday has declared all engineering degrees obtained through distance education since 2001 as invalid, reports said.
CBI seeks Centre's permission to move SC to reopen Bofors case
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought permission of the Central Government to file a petition in the Supreme Court in order to reopen the Bofors case, 12 years after the Delhi High Court acquitted the Hinduja brothers pertaining to the pay-off scandal in the aforementioned event.
SC sets alimony at 25 percent of husband's net income
New Delhi, Apr 21 (IBNS): In a new verdict, the Supreme Court has set the alimony to be paid at 25 percent of the husband's net income, reports said.
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar sworn in as new Chief Justice of India
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IBNS): Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar on Wednesday was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of India.