On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued direction ordering Allahabad High Court to monitor the CBI probe into the Hathras case where a 19 year old Dalit woman was allegedly gangraped and murdered in the Uttar Pradesh city. The court also said that decision regarding plea for transferring the case out of the state will be ...

According to health experts, a huge scale of stubble burning could compound the Covid-19 crisis in northern states; particularly the Delhi-NCR area as it’s facing a smoky and hazy atmosphere every year winter. The Central Pollution Control Board is preparing to check on environmental pollution violators. Along with its new Micro Level Action Plan, the ...

Their shrill, vitriolic coverage has come to roost with Republic TV and its Editor-in-Chief on the receiving end of a barrage of lawsuits and notices lately. From Mumbai Police to the Maharashtra legislature and Bollywood collectives to individual litigators, Republic TV and its Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami have been swamped with legal trouble over their irresponsible ...

The Supreme Court went after lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan for two tweets that reportedly spoke Prashant Bhushanof the judiciary. In a culmination of the show cause notice the apex court had issued on July 22 against Prashant Bhushan, it pronounced him guilty of criminal contempt of court for two of his tweets against the ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed environmental groups and petitioners to file fresh pleas to challenge the June 17 environmental clearance granted to the Central Vista redevelopment project, under which a new Parliament House and other Ministry buildings will be constructed across the 3-km stretchin Lutyens’ Delhi. The three-judge top court bench headed by Justice ...

Delhi is one of the worst coronavirus-affected states in the country and its hospitals are buckling under the strain. Delhi was among the four states pulled up by the Supreme Court on the condition of hospitals for COVID-19 patients on the basis of media reports. Seeking a detailed status report, the court admonished the states ...

The Supreme Court has stepped in to help with the state of migrant workers in India. They have been considered the worst hit by the pandemic. According to the Supreme Court ruling, the Centre has to now ensure it registers all the migrant workers, and give them the facility to board any train or bus ...

In refusing to entertain a plea asking for government help for those migrants who are striking out on their own to reach their homes, the Supreme Court once again failed to weigh in on the issue. A three-judge bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao and comprising Justice S K Kaul and Justice B R ...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has filed an intervention in the Supreme Court on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and informed India’s Permanent Mission in Geneva about it, the Ministry of External Affairs said. As India continues to boil over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, the United Nations Commissioner ...