Supreme Court Of India
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NHRC seminar to review implementation of prison reforms today
India | Nov 13, 2014, 08:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will today organize a two day seminar to review the status of implementation of prison reforms it had recommended. The seminar is expected to be attended by senior
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Uma Bharati to inspect tomorrow 25 drains falling into Ganga
National | Oct 30, 2014, 08:26 PM ISTNew Delh: As part of the Clean Ganga campaign, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati would inspect 25 major drains, which fall into the river at Kanpur tomorrow.Bharati's visit comes against the backdrop of her
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Nithari convict Surinder Koli to be hanged in Meerut jail, SC rejects final plea
India | Oct 28, 2014, 08:03 PM ISTNew Delhi/Meerut: After the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Nithari convict Surinder Koli's petition seeking review of his death sentence, jail authorities inside Meerut prison began arrangements for his execution.The 42-year-old convict has been found
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Gallows only for meticulously executed diabolic murders: SC
India | Oct 11, 2014, 10:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that when an accused executes a meticulously planned diabolic murder, without provocation or acting on the spur of the moment, and becomes a menace to society, then the
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SC questions Centre on way to implement clean Ganga project
India | Sep 24, 2014, 11:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today expressed satisfaction over Centre's blueprint to clean river Ganga but sought response on how it plans to implement the ambitious policy.The bench said outlining short, medium and long term
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Italy hopes for SC reprieve for sick marine
World | Sep 07, 2014, 05:11 PM ISTRome: Italy's foreign minister has appealed to India's Supreme Court to permit one of the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen in 2012 to return home for health reasons.The marine, 47-year-old Massimiliano
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All coal block allocations post 1993 illegal: Supreme Court
Aug 25, 2014, 04:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday cancelled all coal blocks allocated since 1993 observing that the allocation done by screening committee was “not fair and transparent” and suffered from vice of arbitrariness. All coal block
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Campa Cola Society: SC notice to Maharashtra govt, BMC
India | Aug 04, 2014, 10:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought a response from Maharashtra government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on the plea of Campa Cola Housing Society residents seeking another chance to save their illegal flats which
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Coalgate: SC appoints Special Judge, SPP for coalgate
India | Jul 25, 2014, 06:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today appointed Additional Sessions Judge Bharat Parashar to preside over the Special Court set up for exclusively holding trial in cases of coal block allocation scam and named senior advocate
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Abu Salem moves SC challenging conviction in passport case
India | Jul 17, 2014, 05:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: Underworld don Abu Salem today approached the Supreme Court challenging his conviction and seven-year jail term for possessing fake passport. A bench headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, before whom the case came
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SC wants creation of DNA database for unidentified bodies
India | Jul 15, 2014, 07:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to create a road map for setting up of a DNA database to help in identification of bodies and missing persons. The bench of justices Dipak
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SC blocks death sentence of two in Dec 16 gang rape
India | Jul 14, 2014, 05:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday suspended the death sentence of Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur, the two remaining convicts in the Dec 16, 2012, gang rape case, as it extended its March 15 order
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SC directs BSES Yamuna to pay power dues before Jul 15
India | Jul 03, 2014, 11:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today directed Reliance ADAG-owned power distribution company - BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) - to pay the outstanding dues by July 15 to power generating and transmission utilities for the
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SC refuses to entertain PIL in Vodafone case
India | Jul 01, 2014, 03:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking direction to the Centre to recover around Rs 20,000 crore tax dues from UK telecom major Vodafone and to restrain the government from
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Delhi govt plans to put 1.5 lakh more autorickshaws on roads
India | Jun 13, 2014, 06:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi government plans to add over 1.5 lakh autorickshaws to the existing fleet with an aim to improve availability of the three-wheelers in the national capital, a senior Transport department official said.The Transport
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Eyewitness 'unreliable' if lies on key aspects: SC
India | Jun 11, 2014, 09:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: The testimony of an eyewitness, who is either an “interested” witness or “inimical” to the accused, cannot be relied if he lies on key issues like injuries received by offenders, the Supreme Court
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Curative petition filed in SC on Army recruitment policy
India | May 20, 2014, 04:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: A curative petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against its verdict dismissing a PIL which challenged the recruitment policy in Army alleging that it was based on religion, region and caste
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Detention without trial curtails liberty, rights: SC
India | May 12, 2014, 08:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: A person taken to custody under preventive detention without trial cannot be kept in continuous confinement as it curtails his liberty and civil rights, the Supreme Court has said.“Normally, a person who is
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SC ends uncertainity over nursery admission
India | May 07, 2014, 11:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a big relief to hassled parents, the Supreme Court today cleared the decks for nursery admissions in the national capital by ending all litigations on it and directed Delhi government to accommodate
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NGO seeks SC nod for recusal of CBI officer in Coalgate probe
India | May 07, 2014, 10:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: A fresh legal wrangle broke out today when an NGO sought the Supreme Court's nod for recusal of a senior CBI official from Coalgate probe on the ground of conflict of interest and