Supreme Court sets up 12-member National Task Force to distribute oxygen
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Saturday constituted a twelve-member National Task Force (NTF) to streamline the scientific allocation of Liquid Medical Oxygen across the country to deal with the shortage of life-saving gas amid virulent second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
Centre must give vaccines to states for free: West Bengal govt tells SC
New Delhi/IBNS: The West Bengal government has told the Supreme Court that there should be uniform vaccination policy and the differential policy adopted in the later phase of the vaccination should be scrapped.
SC dismisses plea seeking stay on Central Vista project construction
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a stay on the construction work underway for the Central Vista project in New Delhi as the matter is pending with the Delhi High Court.
EC panel counsel in Supreme Court resigns
New Delhi/UNI: Advocate Mohit D Ram, the panel counsel representing the Election Commission, has resigned from his post, citing his values were not in consonance with the present functioning of the poll body.
Delhi govt opposes O2 use audit: Report
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the oxygen crisis, the Delhi government has opposed the Centre's plea for auditing the oxygen utilisation in the national capital, media reports said.
'Harsh but can’t be expunged’: SC quashes EC's plea against critical remarks of Madras HC
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to expunge critical remarks of the Madras High Court holding the Election Commission responsible for the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
Supreme Court asks Centre to be ready for third wave of Covid-19
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the central government to be ready for the third wave of Covid-19 at a time the country is devastated by the second wave of the pandemic, media reports said.
Putting officers in jail won't bring oxygen: SC as Centre moves top court over HC's contempt notice
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said putting officers in jail won't be a solution to the prevailing oxygen crisis in Delhi, after the Centre moved the top court over Delhi High Court's contempt notice, media reports said.
Aurangabad/Mumbai/UNI: Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday said that today's decision of the Supreme Court on Maratha reservation is unexpected, incomprehensible and disappointing as the state government and Maratha social organizations have strongly defended themselves in the court.
Supreme Court strikes down Maratha reservation quota
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled the Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, 2018 which provided the Maratha community reservation in government jobs and educational institutions, saying it exceeded the 50 per cent cap imposed earlier.
'Enough is enough, will not hear anything except compliance,' Delhi HC raps Centre on oxygen supply
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday admonished the Centre for not implementing its order of supplying a full quota of oxygen to the national capital amid a severe crisis of life-saving gas as Covid cases surged massively during the second wave.
Supreme Court annuls WB's Housing Industry Regulation Act, calls it 'unconstitutional'
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down West Bengal's Housing Industry Regulation Act (WBHIRA) 2017, the law regulating the state’s real estate sector, calling it 'unconstitutional'.
Media can't be stopped from reporting: Supreme Court to Election Commission
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday told India's poll body that media can't be stopped from reporting any court hearing days after the Election Commission of India (ECI) complained about being "castigated without any evidence", while holding the assembly elections this year in the shadow of Covid-19.
Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India has gone to the Supreme Court over Madras High Court's "should be booked for murder" comments, saying that the remarks were "blatantly disparaging".
Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India has gone to the Supreme Court over Madras High Court's "should be booked for murder" comments.