Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan urged the Centre to refrain from encroaching on the State's economic autonomy. He cautioned that if the Centre does not stop its encroachment on the state's economic autonomy, the State would head towards a financial disaster.
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of IAS Saumya Chaurasia in a money laundering case, and also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on her for misrepresenting the facts to get a favourable order.
The order was passed by a bench led by Justice Surya Kant. The court, however, allowed Afzal Ansari to attend the proceedings but imposed various conditions. Ansari's conviction will remain suspended till the final disposal of his plea, the court clarified. A detailed order is awaited.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stressed the need to stop crop residue burning, which affects air quality in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and asked state governments to take steps to curb pollution.
A day after the Supreme Court, in a landmark judgment, upheld the central government's move to revoke Article 370 from the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, BJP MP Hema Malini on Wednesday said the people of Jammu and Kashmir are with the Centre on this decision.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that all FIR filed in relation to the Bitcoin scam should be consolidated, transferred them to the CBI for further investigation and directed that a trial be held in Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi.
Rejecting the statement issued by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) over the Supreme Court judgment, upholding the Centre's decision to revoke Article 370 from the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Wednesday said it
Kerala government has approached the Supreme Court against the centre's alleged interference in states' finances and said that due to such interference, the state is not able to fulfil the commitments in its annual budgets.