Supreme Court Of India: News

26 Sep 2016

Madhya Pradesh

Highly-qualified girl from MP seeks euthanasia from PM

Laxmi Yadav, a specially-abled girl from Madhya Pradesh, wrote to PM Modi seeking euthanasia after being rejected for employment across the state.

16 Sep 2016

India

Should convicted politicians be banned : SC asks government, EC

The Supreme Court has officially sought the viewpoints of the Modi government and the Election Commission regarding the lifetime ban on "convicted politicians after a quick trial which should end in a year."

12 Sep 2016

Jammu

SC to hear petition to stop funding J&K separatists

The Supreme Court agreed to listen to a petition seeking a legal injunction to the government to discontinue funding the security and other expenses of separatists in J&K.

04 Sep 2016

India

DLF exits the cinema business

India's largest real estate firm, DLF has been offloading its cinema business in tranches.

31 Aug 2016

West Bengal

Supreme Court strikes down Left's Singur land deal

In a major set-back to Tata Motors, SC cancelled the CPI(M) government's 2006 land acquisition made for Tata Nano factory in Singur and asked the West Bengal Government to reclaim and distribute it to farmers within 12 weeks.

27 Aug 2016

Tamil Nadu

Chancellor of SRM University arrested

Chancellor of SRM University, TR Pachamuthu (TRP), was arrested by the Crime Branch, Chennai Police.

18 Aug 2016

India

Army Chief, Dalbir Singh, makes stunning revelation

India's current Army Chief, attacked his predecessor VK Singh, for deliberately tarnishing his service record to stall his promotion.

16 Aug 2016

Kerala

Gold worth 186 crore missing from Kerala temple

A report by former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Vinod Rai, revealed that due to financial irregularities and corruption in the temple administration, 769 pots of gold have gone missing.

12 Aug 2016

Jammu And Kashmir

NGT seeks report on waste management at Vaishno Devi

National Green Tribunal (NGT) sought a report on solid waste management from the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board.

09 Aug 2016

IIT Roorkee

Drop-outs across IIT & IIMs fall sharply

Academic year 2015-2016 saw 256 and 198 students drop out from IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur respectively; the remaining students dropped out from the 21 other IITs.

08 Aug 2016

Saudi Arabia

Iran executes nuclear scientist on the charge of treason

Government sources confirmed on Sunday that Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri was hanged for treason for providing "vital information" to the US.

06 Aug 2016

Gujarat

Gujarat Govt to appeal against HC's EBC order

Gujarat High Court (HC) quashed a 10% quota for Economically Backward Classes (EBC) announced by the Gujarat Government.

06 Aug 2016

India

Life Imprisonment for Milk Adulteration finds backing by SC

On 5th August, 2016, the Supreme Court heard a PIL stressing on the sale of adulterated and synthetic milk found across the country.

MHA to SC: Hate speech law necessary

Responding to a petition filed by BJP-leader Subramanian Swamy, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told SC that hate speech should be treated as a criminal offence.