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Supreme Court urged by amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium to take steps for transparency in BCCI
• 8 years agoGopal Subramanium has sought issuance of contempt notice to the existing office bearers of BCCI, including acting president C K Khanna, for obstructing the implementation of the judgement of the court.
Supreme Court issues notice to BCCI office-bearers for failure to implement its order on Lodha recommendations
• 8 years agoThree top officer bearers of the BCCI, including its acting President CK Khanna and acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary, were on Wednesday directed by the Supreme Court to appear before it to explain why its order on Justice RM Lodha panel recommendations have not yet been implemented.
NEET 2017: Supreme Court denies exemption for Tamil Nadu, directs govt to finish counselling by 4 September
Fp Staff • 8 years agoIn a setback to Tamil Nadu, Supreme Court on Tuesday said medical colleges in the state will have to use National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) as the only basis for admissions.
Data of every individual is an extension of personality and resides in Article 21, says Central govt.
Ians • 8 years agoThe Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that the data belonging to an individual was intimate to and an extension of one's personality that resides in Article 21 of the Constitution guaranteeing protection of life and personal liberty.
2012 Delhi gangrape verdict: Did Supreme Court rely too much on 'collective conscience'?
Sauravdatta • 8 years agoIt is the first time that the court was dealing with a case where there were four offenders instead of one, where they collectively raped.
Panama papers case: SC asks Centre to file 6 reports of Multi-Agency Group
• 8 years agoSolicitor General appearing for the Centre, told the court that the bench should first go through reports of the MAG and thereafter decide whether it could be shared with the petitioner
Cauvery water dispute: SC upholds maintainability of appeals by TN, Karnataka, Kerala
• 8 years agoOn Friday, the Supreme Court upheld the maintainability of appeals filed by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala against the 2007 award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT) on sharing the river water.
SC's National Anthem order raises questions about an individual's fundamental rights
Fp Staff • 8 years agoCurrent laws don't force a person to stand up or sing the national anthem — case in point, this judgment of apex court in the case of Bijoe Emmanuel v. State of Kerala
SC’s National Anthem order: The seven commandments of ‘constitutional patriotism’
Ritwika Sharma • 8 years agoThe 1971 Act does not envisage any of the restrictions on the use of the National Anthem as commanded by Justice Misra
Of erotic sorties, beaut damsels: Language of court rulings can be quite dense
Samarth Moray • 9 years agoIntoxicated by the exuberance of their own verbosity, our Courts have been guilty of making their decisions virtually impenetrable by the common man for whom they are purportedly written