Row over appointment of EC: SC to hear plea of NGO on Friday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on March 15 a plea of an NGO challenging the exclusion of the Chief Justice of India from a panel meant for selecting the CEC…
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Good health of prisoners is constitutional obligation of State: Chief Justice
Mega health camp held at Central Jail Kot Bhalwal for inmates STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: In a significant event, the Chief Justice, High Court of J&K and Ladakh, Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, who is also…
No immunity for MPs, MLAs taking bribe to vote, make speech in House: SC
New Delhi: MPs and MLAs taking bribes to vote or make a speech in the House are not immune from prosecution, the Supreme Court said on Monday in a landmark, unanimous verdict that overrules its…
Liberty of citizen is of paramount importance, says SC
New Delhi: The liberty of a citizen is of paramount importance and not deciding a matter pertaining to it expeditiously will deprive a person of the precious right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution,…
Chief Justice launches website of legal portal ‘Courtrooms’
STATE TIMES NEWS Srinagar: The Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, N. Koteshwar Singh, on Thursday launched the website for the legal platform “Courtrooms” in the presence of judges…
Let us know if any prosecution carried out under death penalty provision of SC/ST Act: SC to AG
STATE TIMES NEWS New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Attorney General R Venkataramani to inform it whether anybody has been prosecuted under the penal position that stipulates mandatory capital punishment for a person…
Court takes cognizance in ED complaint against IAS, others
STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Special Judge CBI Bala Joyti on Monday took cognizance against IAS and others in ED complaint and directed all accused to appear on April 26, 2024.The instant complaint under section 45…
Can Preamble of Constitution be amended without altering the date, asks SC
STATE TIMES NEWS New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday questioned whether the Preamble of the Constitution could be amended while keeping the date of adoption, November 26, 1949 intact.A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna…
HC directs Govt to treat all 5300 POJK DP families residing outside J&K at par with POJK DP families
STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: In a landmark judgment, Justice Rahul Bharti of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Friday observed that as the Government of India has now volunteered to revisit and reorient…
State can’t be selective in granting quota to backward classes as it will lead to appeasement: SC
STATE TIMES NEWS New Delhi: The Supreme Court, examining whether states can sub-classify the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for the grant of a quota within a quota, said on Thursday that the state governments…