Supreme Court says it cannot control elections on VVPAT case, reserves judgment for now
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court Wednesday said it is not the controlling authority for elections and therefore cannot dictate the functioning of the Election Commission, which is a constitutional authority.
New Delhi/IBNS: A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta Tuesday heard petitions seeking cross-verification of the votes cast with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).
Prashant Bhushan files contempt petition against SBI on electoral bond issue
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Thursday mentioned a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against the State Bank of India for not complying with its direction to disclose details of electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India (ECI) by March 6.
Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court fined Re. 1 by Supreme Court
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, who was held guilty of contempt of court for tweeting against the judiciary, has been fined Re. 1 by the Supreme Court, media reports said.
New SC bench to hear 2009 contempt case against Prashant Bhushan on Sept 10
New Delhi/UNI: A new bench of the Supreme Court will hear the 2009 contempt case, in which activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan allegedly made remarks calling half of 16 former Chief Justices 'corrupt', on Sept 10.
Prashant Bhushan should be let go with warning: Govt lawyer tells Supreme Court
New Delhi/IBNS: A top government lawyer on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, who has been held guilty of contempt of court, should be spared with a warning, media reports said.
Activist Prashant Bhushan refuses to apologise to Supreme Court in contempt case
New Delhi/UNI: Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Monday submitted a supplementary statement in the suo motu contempt proceedings before the Supreme Court, refusing to tender unconditional apology for his tweets, wherein he criticised the top court and Chief Justice SA Bobde.
Contempt of court: Pained because I'm grossly misunderstood, Prashant Bhushan tells SC
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan on Thursday told the highest level of India's justice system that he was pained because his tweets against the Supreme Court, for which he has been held guilty of contempt of court, were "misunderstood", media reports said.
Supreme Court holds Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday held senior advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court for his two tweets against the judiciary, media reports said.
Prashant Bhushan, Arun Shourie, journalist N Ram challenge Contempt of Court Act in Supreme Court
New Delhi/IBNS: Advocate Prashant Bhushan, former Union Minister Arun Shourie and journalist N Ram challenged the Contempt of Court Act in the Supreme Court on Saturday, media reports said.
Supreme Court issues notice to Prashant Bhushan for tweeting against judiciary
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to advocate Prashant Bhushan seeking his response on why action should not be taken against him for levelling allegations against the judiciary in micro-blogging site Twitter, media reports said.
SC pulls up Prashant Bhushan for 'insulting' apex court, its judges
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan for allegedly insulting the apex court and its judges every time he failed to get desirable verdicts, media reports said.
Rafale deal scandal bigger than Bofors: Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IBNS): Putting the Narendra Modi Government on the dock for the Rs. 58,000-crore Rafale deal with France, two former union ministers and BJP veterans-Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha- on Wednesday said it was a scandal bigger than Bofors and even the "biggest India has ever seen."
Want to apologise to Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav: Kapil Mishra
New Delhi, May 21 (IBNS): After levelling corruption charges against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, sacked minister Kapil Mishra on Sunday apologised to former party members Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav for not paying heed to their concerns that the Aam Aadmi Party is being polluted.
Prashant Bhushan retreats, apologises for comment on Lord Krishna
New Delhi, Apr 4 (IBNS) : Facing the heat of Hindutva followers over his comment on Lord Krishna in the context of the anti-Romeo drive in Uttar Pradesh, senior lawyer and politician Prashan Bhushan on Tuesday apologised, saying his tweet on the Hindu God was 'inappropriately phrased.'