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SC calls Assam govt's affidavit on foreigners tribunal 'an exercise in futility', directs state chief secy to appear before it on 8 April
• 6 years agoThe apex court directed the Assam chief secretary to appear before it and posted the PIL filed by activist Harsh Mander on the issue for 8 April. The bench was hearing a plea on the condition of detention centres in Assam and the prolonged detention of foreigners there
Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court asks Gujarat govt to take action against errant cops, including IPS officer, in two weeks
• 6 years agoA bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna asked the Gujarat government to complete the disciplinary action within two weeks initiated against the erring officials in the Bilkis Bano case indicted by the Bombay High Court
SC Collegium's focus on discipline, behaviour in judges' appointments commendable, but refusal to set benchmarks reeks of irony
Raghav Pandey • 6 years agoIt is ironical that the higher judiciary routinely sets aside or reinstates appointments to various government offices but refuses to set even a benchmark for appointments to a high court or the Supreme Court
Subramanian Swamy moves Supreme Court for urgent listing of plea seeking 'fundamental right to pray' at Ram temple
• 6 years agoA bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked Swamy to remain present in the court on Tuesday when the main Ayodhya matter will be taken up for hearing
Supreme Court refuses to set up monitoring committee for Saradha chit fund scam probe
• 6 years agoThe Supreme Court on Monday refused to monitor the ongoing CBI investigation into the Saradha chit fund scam in West Bengal
SC gives ED time till 30 January to specify dates on which Karti Chidambaram will be interrogated in Aircel, INX cases
• 6 years agoKarti Chidambaram has sought the court's nod to travel to France, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom for the next few months for international tennis tournaments organised by 'Totus Tennis Ltd'
Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Dinesh Maheshwari enter SC instead of Pradeep Nandrajog, Rajendra Menon: A profile of the jurists
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAlthough the Supreme Court collegium sought to explain the volte-face in a release on 10 January, very few people were convinced provided for taking such a decision.
Supreme Court collegium under fire: Read why Justice Chelameswar's strong dissent in 2015 order on NJAC is relevant today
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe Supreme Court collegium's recommendation to promote two High Court judges to Supreme Court and Centre's subsequent nod which came at "great speed" has been criticised severely.
Former Delhi HC judge protests SC collegium's decision to elevate 2 high court judges; BCI threatens dharna if decision not recalled
Fp Staff • 6 years agoJustice Kailash Gambhir, former Delhi High Court judge, has written to President Ram Nath Kovind against the Supreme Court collegium's recommendation to elevate justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna to the apex court superseding 32 judges.
SC collegium recommends names of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Sanjiv Khanna for elevation to top court
• 6 years agoThe five-member Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi took the decision in its meeting on 10 January.