Giving relief to Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the impeachment proceedings against him. The apex court issued notices to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari and advocate P.P. Rao. Justice Dinakaran had alleged bias by Rao — one of the members of the impeachment committee — since he [ Read More ]
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High court stays proceedings against YeddyurappaIn a major relief to Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the state high court Friday stayed further proceedings in a lower court on corruption and illegal land deals cases against him. The high court has already stayed a police probe, ordered by the lower court, into one complaint of illegal land deal against Yeddyurappa. Additional [ Read More ] Apex court stays anti-graft hearings against ChautalasThe Supreme Court Friday ordered an interim stay on the trial against Abhay Chautala and Ajay Chautala who have been charged with possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. The court also issued a notice to the prosecution asking why the anti-graft proceedings should not be stopped altogether. Both Abhay and Ajay are [ Read More ] Supreme Court stays Ayodhya verdict for one weekThe Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the verdict in the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit case saying the deferment is in public interest. The apex court stayed the verdict while hearing a special leave petition filed by Ram Chandra Tripathi and posted the matter for further hearing on September 28. “The matter has been kept [ Read More ] Apex court stays fresh probe into Rizwanur caseThe Supreme Court Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court order for reinvestigation into Rizwanur Rehman’s mysterious death and the quashing of the charge sheet in the case. The apex court also stayed all the consequent orders flowing from the high court ruling, including the discharging of Rizwanur Rehman’s father-in-law and industrialist Ashok Todi and others [ Read More ] Apex court stays death sentence of 3 Akshardham attackersThe Supreme Court on Monday stayed the death sentence of three accused in connection with the Akshardham temple attack case of September 24, 2002 in which 34 persons, including two National Security Guard (NSG) commandos were killed. An apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S. Nijjar stayed the death sentence. The [ Read More ] Apex court stays tribunal’s order on military nursesThe Supreme Court has stayed an Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) verdict directing the central government to treat all the commissioned officers of the Military Nursing Service (MNS) on par with the regular army. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M.Lodha passed the order on a petition by the central government challenging [ Read More ] Apex court stays Ishrat killing case transfer to SITThe apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar stayed the transfer after counsel Kamini Jaiswal told the court that the Gujarat High Court by its Aug 12, 2010, order had given the state government 15 days time to issue the notification. Ishrat Jahan, a college student from Mumbai, was allegedly [ Read More ] Court stays CIC order on Delhi Metro pillar collapseIn a reprieve for the Delhi Metro, the Delhi High Court Friday stayed a Central Information Commission’s (CIC) order directing it to disclose the design of a pillar which collapsed last year killing six people. The CIC had last month directed the Delhi Metro to make public all the structural drawings related to the pillar [ Read More ] |
