SC grants bail to 2 more convicts in 1987 Hashimpura massacre case

SC grants bail to 2 more convicts in 1987 Hashimpura massacre case

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to two more convicts in the infamous 1987 Hashimpura massacre case in which 38 Muslim men were primarily kidnapped and then shot dead by Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel in Uttar Pradesh. This decision comes after the Court granted bail to eight other convicts on December 6. The … Read more

SC Says Coconut Oil In Small Packages Can Be Classified As Edible Oil; What Does It Mean?

SC Says Coconut Oil In Small Packages Can Be Classified As Edible Oil; What Does It Mean?

Last Updated:December 18, 2024, 15:05 IST The SC ruling clarifies a long-standing ambiguity on whether coconut oil sold in small packages (typically below 200 ml or 500 ml) should be categorised as edible oil or cosmetic oil. The SC ruling has settled a 15-year-old dispute on coconut oil classification. The Supreme Court has ruled that … Read more

NIA can probe unscheduled offences linked with scheduled offences: SC

NIA can probe unscheduled offences linked with scheduled offences: SC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is empowered to investigate an offence, which is not included in the schedule of the NIA Act, if it is connected with an offence which is included in the schedule of the NIA Act. A division bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna … Read more

US asks court to reject TikTok’s bid to stave off law that could ban the app

US asks court to reject TikTok’s bid to stave off law that could ban the app

The Justice Department late on Wednesday asked a US appeal court to reject an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest the short-video app by January 19 or face a ban. TikTok and ByteDance on Monday filed the emergency motion with the US … Read more

Court denies TikTok’s request to halt enforcement of potential US ban until Supreme Court review

Court denies TikTok’s request to halt enforcement of potential US ban until Supreme Court review

By HALELUYA HADERO A federal appeals court on Friday left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States, rejecting a request made by the company to halt enforcement until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge of the statute. Attorneys for TikTok … Read more

SC to deliver verdict on Partha Chatterjee’s bail plea

SC to deliver verdict on Partha Chatterjee’s bail plea

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Friday its verdict on a plea filed by former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee seeking bail in connection with the money laundering case linked to the alleged cash-for-school-job scam matter. As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a bench … Read more

EVM memory checking demand picks up with 100+ petitions in Maharashtra

EVM memory checking demand picks up with 100+ petitions in Maharashtra

New Delhi: Data from the first assembly elections after the Supreme Court allowed candidates to inspect EVM burnt memory for suspected ‘tampering or modification’ shows growing political interest in the mechanism. According to data collated as of December 4, 2024, by the Maharashtra wing of the Election Commission of India, a record 104 Checking & … Read more

Amid Atul Subhash row, SC says mere harassment not sufficient to find accused guilty of abetting suicide

Amid Atul Subhash row, SC says mere harassment not sufficient to find accused guilty of abetting suicide

Mere harassment is not sufficient to hold someone guilty of the offence of abetting suicide, and there must be clear evidence of direct or indirect incitement, the Supreme Court has said. The observations came from a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and P B Varale while delivering a verdict on an appeal challenging a Gujarat … Read more

Chinese police can use text message evidence in crackdown on domestic violence

Chinese police can use text message evidence in crackdown on domestic violence

Police issuing warnings in domestic violence cases could use video and audio recordings, text messages, testimony from children or neighbours, and medical records as evidence, Chinese authorities said in new national guidelines. The guidelines were recently issued by nine government agencies – including the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme Court and the All-China Women’s … Read more

‘What is sauce for goose ought to be sauce for gander’: SC grants relief to woman army officer, orders permanent commission | India News

‘What is sauce for goose ought to be sauce for gander’: SC grants relief to woman army officer, orders permanent commission | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday granted permanent commission to a woman Army officer, pointing out that the authorities had wrongly excluded her from the consideration extended to similarly placed officers.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan, delivering the verdict, highlighted the principle of fairness, stating that all soldiers, irrespective of litigation … Read more