West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee speaks during a meeting with leaders from the Muslim community regarding the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, in Kolkata. (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee took a jab at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing them of having contrasting stances towards…
‘If you de-notify waqf by user, it’ll be an issue’: SC to Centre during hearing on Waqf Amendment Act, 2025The Supreme Court heard several petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. The court observed that reversing “waqf by user” would lead to various complications.Whilst seeking the central government’s response to more…
NEW DELHI: In a case that echoes the persistent struggle of daughters claiming equal rights to ancestral property, the Supreme Court has put its weight behind the Allahabad High Court’s decision to discard a decades-old adoption deed, calling it a “calculated move” to deny two sisters their inheritance.At the heart of the legal fight was…
File photo: Allahabad high court NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court has granted bail to a rape accused as the complainant “herself invited trouble” by agreeing to go to his house after consuming alcohol with friends. The order, passed by justice Sanjay Kumar Singh, noted that being an MA student, the woman was “competent enough…
Supreme Court on Friday directed that terror convict Yasin Malik will have to cross-examine witnesses through video conferencing from the Tihar jail in cases related to the assassination of Indian Air Force officials and the kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed in 1989. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan set aside a trial…
New Delhi: The poem posted online by Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi preached non-violence and love and there was nothing objectionable to initiate criminal proceedings against him, SCsaid on Friday.“No prima facie case can be said to have been made out against the appellant qua the sections invoked. In such a case, registration of the FIR…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused urgent mentioning of a plea seeking direction to Delhi Police to register an FIR over the alleged discovery of burnt wads of cash from the official residence of Delhi high court judge Yashwat Varma.The Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna-led bench, however, assured petitioner advocate Mathews J…
A day after the Supreme Court made the unprecedented move of publically releasing a comprehensive report detailing allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court, following a fire incident at his residence on March 14 that resulted in the alleged discovery of unaccounted cash, videos are surfacing online of burnt currency notes that…
File Photo: Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court on Thursday emphasised that courts should not delay matters related to liberty for extended periods. A bench consisting of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih made this remark after learning that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had scheduled the hearing of a plea…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday directed states to devise a policy to prevent private hospitals from fleecing patients by forcing them to buy medicines, implants and consumables from their pharmacies at inflated prices. The court, however, said such policy decisions shouldn’t become a deterrent for private entities wanting to enter the healthcare sector.Disposing of…