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.
#ResignNishankPokhriyal trends on Twitter after Centre goes ahead with NEET, JEE exams
New Delhi/IBNS: Twitterati, presumably students, on Saturday started trending a hashtag demanding the resignation of Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank on Twitter, after the central government decided to go ahead with the JEE and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) amid Covid-19 pandemic.
SC rejects petition seeking inquiry into conduct of ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking setting up of a three-judge panel to inquire into the conduct of former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, as a judge of the apex court.
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 rejects plea against panel probing Vikas Dubey encounter
New Delhi/UNI: Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea seeking the removal of its retired judge, Justice BS Chauhan, from the three-member commission set up to inquire into the killing of Kanpur gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides in a police encounter.
Delhi/Mumbai/Patna/IBNS: Hours after the Supreme Court ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the unnatural death of Sushant Singh Rajput, family members of the Bollywood actor on Wednesday said that they were hoping to get justice following the direction of the country's apex court.
CBI for SSR: Truth will come out soon, says Nitish Kumar after SC order
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said he hopes the truth about the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput will come out soon as the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of onscreen Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Supreme Court orders CBI probe into Sushant Singh Rajput's death
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court ordered a probe into actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday.
Supreme Court reserves verdict on pleas seeking cancellation of UGC final term exams
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on pleas challenging UGC guidelines that mandating to conduct final year examinations by the end of September.
Supreme Court rejects plea seeking transfer of funds from PM CARES to NDRF
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea, seeking transfer of contributions made to the PM CARES Fund for battling the Covid-19 pandemic to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).
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.
Attempts to talk to late actor were thwarted by accused: Sushant Singh Rajput's father tells SC
New Delhi/IBNS: Late Indian actor Sushant Singh Rajput's father KK Singh on Thursday told the Supreme Court the attempts to contact his son from Patna during the latter's lifetime were thwarted by the accused, media reports said.
Vikas encounter case: SC reserves order in plea seeking removal of inquiry commission
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rapped a lawyer for questioning sanctity of Inquiry Commission headed by Justice B S Chauhan, formed by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe gangster Vikas Dubey encounter case and reserved the decision.