Kanimozhi’s bail plea verdict on May 20

In temporary relief for the politically battered first family of Tamil Nadu, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Saturday deferred till May 20 its verdict on the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar in connection with their alleged involved in the spectrum case. CBI Special Judge O.P.  [ Read More ]

Supreme Court reserves verdict in Red Fort shootout case

The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition by Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq challenging his death sentence in the Dec 22, 2000 Red Fort attack case. The apex court bench of Justice V.S. Sirpurkar and Justice T.S. Thakur reserved the verdict on the conclusion of arguments by Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium  [ Read More ]

Apex court reserves verdict on plea to cancel 2G licences

The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition for cancellation of 2G licences illegally granted in 2008 after it was told considerations of ‘chaos’ and ‘loss’ of foreign investments if the licences were quashed could not outweigh the concerns over national security. The posituion was made clear to the apex court bench of  [ Read More ]

Ayodhya verdict challenged in Supreme Court

The Allahabad High Court’s Sep 30 verdict on the Ayodhya dispute was Monday challenged by a petitioner in the Supreme Court. The appeal was filed by Mohammad Siddiq alias Hafiz Mohammad Siddiq on behalf of 90-year-old organisation Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH). Siddiq is the general secretary of the JUH, which had taken part in the country’s  [ Read More ]

Apex court reserves verdict in Ghaziabad courts’ scam

The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for transfer of the trial in the Ghaziabad district courts provident fund scam from Ghaziabad to Delhi. The apex court’s special bench headed by Justice D.K. Jain discharged District Judge V.C. Gupta from the charge that he was  [ Read More ]

Apex Court’s verdict on street vendors cheered

The National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court’s verdict on vendors’ right to carry on their business. Representing more than 540 street vendors organisations across 23 states of the country, it further demanded that a comprehensive legislation on the lines of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) must be  [ Read More ]

Apex court clears way for verdict in builder’s murder case

The Supreme Court Tuesday cleared the way for the pronouncement of a special TADA court’s verdict in the 1995 murder of real estate builder Pradeep Jain. Underworld don Abu Salem is the prime accused in the case. The judgment was given by Justice R.M. Lodha. The apex court had earlier asked the trial court to  [ Read More ]

Devotees back in Ram Lalla temple after verdict

With security worries over, the makeshift Ram Lalla temple here in Uttar Pradesh saw hundreds of devotees lining up for ‘darshan’ Friday, a day after the Allahabad High Court ruled on the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi dispute. In the first three hours from 7 a.m., nearly 1,300 devotees visited the temple, built on the site of the  [ Read More ]

Ayodhya verdict: Okay to Ram temple, land to Muslims too

A 125-year-old Hindu-Muslim dispute that repeatedly frayed Indias secular fabric was sought to be settled Thursday with a court ruling that the place where the Babri mosque in Ayodhya stood before it was razed by Hindu mobs in 1992 was indeed the birthplace of Ram revered by millions. A three-judge bench, comprising a Muslim and  [ Read More ]

Ayodhya verdict not about Hindus, Muslims: Babri panel

The Ayodhya verdict will not be about Hindus or Muslims, but will reflect the victory of the rule of law and independence of the judiciary, Zafaryab Jilani, the Babri Masjid Action Committee convenor, said ahead of the Ayodhya verdict Thursday. “These cases relating to the title and possession of Babri Masjid are apparently between two  [ Read More ]