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MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought the central government's response to a petition filed by the mother of an Agniveer, M Murali Naik, who was killed during the armed conflict against Pakistan in May, challenging the disparity in death compensation and service benefits between Agniveers and regular soldiers of the Indian Army. A division bench of justices Ravindra Ghuge and Ashwin Bhobe has posted the matter for further hearing on January 15. The petition, filed on November 26, sta ...Read More >
New Delhi: The three-member inquiry committee headed by Supreme Court Judge Aravind Kumar has asked Justice Yashwant Varma, facing removal motion in the Lok Sabha in the aftermath of discovery of wads of burnt and unaccounted currency notes from his official residence, to respond to the memo of charges against him.In its Dec 5 proceedings, Justice Varma sought eight more weeks to respond to the charges of misconduct framed against him by the committee - comprising Justice Kumar, Madras HC Chief ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in connection with a petition filed by former Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Verma, who has challenged the legality of a three-member inquiry committee constituted by the Lok Sabha to probe corruption allegations against him. Challenge to Lok Sabha Inquiry Committee Justice Yashwant Verma, in his petition before the Supreme Court, argued that the inquiry committee formed by the Lok Sabha under the Judge ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed, on Thursday claimed that Muhammad Yunus, who is heading Bangladesh's interim government, will not be able to kill Hasina. He further asserted that "Yunus cannot touch my mother and he cannot do anything to her." This comes as the fate of Sheikh Hasina, the former Bangladeshi Prime Minister now in exile in India, remains uncertain after a tribunal court in her country awarded her the death pena ...Read More >
The Supreme Court will hear the DMK's challenge to the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu on November 11. The DMK argues the exercise, initiated by an October 27 notification, is unconstitutional and threatens democratic rights. The party seeks to quash the EC's order, citing violations of fundamental rights and electoral laws. The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on November 11 the plea of DMK challenging the decision of the Election Commiss ...Read More >
Guwahati: Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre, the Assam govt, and other authorities, asking for their responses to a plea seeking completion of the remaining statutory steps under the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updating process in Assam, which have been pending for over six years since the publication of the final list.The petitioners -- Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and the All Assam Minorities Students' Union (Aamsu) -- have filed a writ petition seeking directions to complete ...Read More >
Dharwad: In a major setback to the Congress-led government in Karnataka, the High Court's Dharwad Bench on Tuesday issued an interim stay on the order, which made prior approval from authority's mandatory for holding events in public and state-owned venues. The government had issued the order recently following a letter from Minister for RDPR, IT and BT Priyank Kharge to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, urging a ban on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activities in public places and government-own ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: CJI B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant, the next CJI, on Thursday stoutly defended the much-criticised collegium system for selecting constitutional court judges and said it has helped the judiciary preserve its autonomy and independence in administration of justice.CJI Gavai was speaking at Royal Institute of Management in Thimphu, Bhutan, while Justice Kant was addressing Sri Lankan Supreme Court in Colombo. The CJI cited SC's 2015 judgment striking down the National Judicial Appointm ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Friday asked the government and the State Election Commission (SEC) when will be the rural local body elections would be conducted, and gave them two weeks to reply with regard to the revised poll schedule. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin was hearing a petition filed by Renka Surender, advocate from Mancherial district, who challenged the SEC's notification dated October 9, which put the local body e ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said a plea concerning the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act be placed before the chief justice of India for appropriate orders. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih noted that a similar issue relating to the RTE Act was pending adjudication before the apex court. The bench was hearing a PIL filed by Nitin Upadhyay who has sought a direction that schools providing both religious and secular education are covered ...Read More >
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha also directed that all information gathered, since the survey began on September 15, must remain confidential and not be disclosed to any third party. The court was hearing a petition filed by the Anita Humanitarian Foundation, which sought to quash government notifications authorising the 'Gender Minority Survey'. The foundation argued that the exercise violated the Transgender Persons Act, 2019, as well as Articl ...Read More >
Jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, arrested under NSA, demands an independent judicial inquiry into the killing of four people in Ladakh, vowing to remain incarcerated until it's completed. He reiterated support for Ladakh's constitutional demands for Sixth Schedule and statehood, urging peaceful struggle. An advocate criticized the administration for hounding people and demanded Wangchuk's release. Jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, in a message from jail, has demanded an independent ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Sep 30 (PTI) The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with a single-judge order that had stayed the operation of the Karnataka Cinemas (Regulation) (Amendment) Rules, 2025 that sought to cap cinema ticket prices at Rs 200. On September 23, a single judge had granted an interim stay on the rules following a plea by the Multiplex Association of India and others. Hearing an appeal filed by the Karnataka State Film Chamber of Commerce, a vacation bench comprising Justice ...Read More >
X has locked horns with New Delhi in the past, equating the government's mechanisms with censorship. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the new system tackles a proliferation of unlawful content and ensures accountability online. Social media platform X said on Monday it plans to appeal an Indian court order that would allow over two million police officers nationwide to issue arbitrary takedown requests via a secretive online portal called the Sahyog. "We will appeal this ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Social media platform X Monday said it was "deeply concerned" by a Karnataka high court order that, according to the company, empowers "millions of police officers" to issue arbitrary content takedown notices through a new portal called Sahyog.X has said it will appeal the Sept 24 order as part of its broader effort to defend free expression in India but did not indicate whether it would be filed before Karnataka high court or Supreme Court.The Elon Musk-owned firm said it respects an ...Read More >
New Delhi: Social media platform X will appeal against Karnataka High Court's verdict dismissing its petition challenging the authority of government officials to issue content takedown orders under the Information Technology Act. Elon Musk-owned X through its official handle said orders issued by police officers to arbitrarily take down content from its platform through a "secretive online portal called the Sahyog" is a violation of Indian citizens' constitutional rights to freedom of speech a ...Read More >
New Delhi: Microblogging platform X plans to challenge the recent Karnataka High Court ruling, regulating its content, along with other social media platforms in the Supreme Court. The High Court had upheld the Government of India's content takedown effort. X has warned that this would enable millions of police officers across India to issue arbitrary directives for content removal. In a post on the platform, X described the ruling as "deeply concerning," adding that it would defend free expre ...Read More >
Bangalore Gold Rate Today: Shattering all hopes of retail jewellery buyers of some relief amid the ongoing Navratri festival, gold rates in Bangalore, and other Indian cities broke another record on Monday, September 29. The price of gold in Bangalore, aka Bengaluru, witnessed a sharp surge bringing 24 karat gold Rs 16,000 above the historic Rs 1 lakh mark. The gold price rally in Karnataka capital mirrored the surge in gold rate in India and across the world. The sharp rally in precious metal ...Read More >
CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas on Friday wrote to Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golchha, seeking a high-level, impartial probe into the alleged assault and humiliation of two students from Kerala near the Red Fort on September 24. Brittas claimed the students - Aswanth I T and Sudhin K, both studying at Zakir Husain Delhi College and hailing from Birbhum district - were falsely accused of theft, beaten by a mob and allegedly subjected to custodial brutality by police. In his letter, Brit ...Read More >
The Telangana government on Friday formally issued orders providing 42% reservation for Backward Classes (BCs) in rural and urban local bodies across the state, marking a significant move towards enhancing political representation for the community. The decision follows recommendations by a commission led by retired IAS officer Busani Venkateshwara Rao, which conducted a detailed Socio-Economic, Educational, Employment, Political, and Caste (SEEEPC) Survey. According to the government, the enha ...Read More >
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in Delhi High Court by an organisation and an individual petitioner seeking its direction to authorities to remove the graves of terrorists Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt from Tihar jail. Bhatt was hanged in 1984. Guru was executed in Feb 2013.The PIL, yet to be listed, sought relocation of their remains, if necessary, to a secret location to prevent the "glorification of terrorism". The plea by Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh and Jitendra Singh said t ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), an amalgam of Muslim religious organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday said the Supreme Court's interim order on Waqf Amendment Act has not addressed the broader constitutional and religious concerns raised by this legislation. The Supreme Court on Monday put on hold some key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, including a clause that only those practising Islam for the last five years could create a waqf, but refused to stay the ent ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sep 16 (PTI) The Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), an amalgam of Muslim religious organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday said the Supreme Court's interim order on Waqf Amendment Act has not addressed the broader constitutional and religious concerns raised by this legislation. The Supreme Court on Monday put on hold some key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, including a clause that only those practising Islam for the last five years could create a waqf, but refused to ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 16 (ANI): Former Union Minister and BJP leader V. Muraleedharan on Tuesday supported the Supreme Court's interim order regarding the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. He said that the Opposition was saying that the Waqf Amendment is unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court has said that there's nothing unconstitutional in that. Speaking to ANI, Muraleedharan asserted, "All these days, the opposition was saying that the Waqf Amendment is unconstitutional, ...Read More >
Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], September 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's interim order regarding the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 and said that the legislation has proven to be correct. Speaking to ANI, Ghosh said, "Those who took this matter to the court, the court has proved that the law which has been passed is correct." The apex court has put a stay on certain provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, while uphol ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 in its entirety, though it put on hold some of its contentious provisions. Among those suspended are the provisions empowering District Collectors to decide whether a property claimed as Waqf actually belongs to the government, and the stipulation that only a lawful property owner who has been practising Islam for at least five years can create Waqf through a formal deed. Reading out the operative part of the ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has partially stayed the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, to balance the interests of involved parties. Certain provisions related to determining Islamic practice duration, property status, and collector's powers are suspended. The court also addressed the composition of the Central Waqf Council and boards, ensuring non-Muslim representation limits. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that no case is made out to stay all provisions of the recently passed Waqf Amendment Act, 2025. A ben ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15: The Supreme Court on Monday put on hold several key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, including the clause that only those practising Islam for the last five years can dedicate a property as Waqf, but refused to stay the entire law. "We have held that presumption is always in favour of constitutionality of a statute and intervention (can be done) only in the rarest of rare cases," a bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih said in its in ...Read More >
Lucknow: The Supreme Court's interim verdict on the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 has drawn widespread attention and cautious optimism from Muslim leaders, who see it as a step toward protecting religious rights and ensuring justice for the community.Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahli, a senior member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and Chairman of the Islamic Centre of India, hailed the decision as "reassuring." Speaking from Lucknow, he emphasized that while the court did not ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Describing the Supreme Court staying key provisions of the BJP government's amendments to the Waqf Act, Chief Minister M K Stalin said Monday's order was a major step towards undoing unconstitutional and illegal amendments made to laws by the BJP government. In a message on his X page, Stalin said the DMK had consistently opposed the amendments from the time the Bill was introduced in Parliament and after it became an Act, the DMK challenged it in the Supreme Court and succeeded, along ...Read More >
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