The Centre on Wednesday defended the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act before the Supreme Court and informed the top court that Rs 17,000 crores amount has been restored to victims, especially in bank fraud cases.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday was told that the promise of pre-election freebies by political parties is a corrupt practice and bribe under the Representation of the People Act.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear in January a batch of pleas challenging Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises the offence of sedition.
After the Supreme Court cautioned Patanjali Ayurved against making "misleading" claims in advertisements for its medicines, the company's co-founder Yoga guru Swami Ramdev on Wednesday said that is an agenda and propaganda going on against his company to defame it.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested that the farmers who engage in stubble burning be deprived of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) benefits as a part of the economic repercussions of their actions.
The apex court on Tuesday rejected the National Investigative Agency's (NIA) plea against the Chhattisgarh police's probe into the Jheeram Ghati killings of Congress leaders in the state.
Senior Congress leaders like Vidyacharan Shukla, Nandkumar Patel, Mahendra Karma and many others inclu
In 2013, 27 people, including Congress leaders, were killed in the Naxalite attack in the Jheeram Ghaati in Bastar district. Then state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel, former leader of the opposition Mahendra Karma and former Union minister Vidyacharan Shukla were among those killed.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday while hearing issue relating to the air pollution in the Delhi-NCR suggested that the farmers who engage in stubble burning should be deprived of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) benefits as a part of the economic repercussions of their actions.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia however put the order in abeyance for a week and said that the order would come into force if the Delhi government did not provide the required funds for the project.
"The governor is nothing; he will be changed. The governor's role is to uphold democracy; he is a part of democracy and his role is to uphold democracy not kill democracy. So whatever the Supreme Court said is right. He has to reply to the Supreme Court," DMK leader T. K. S. Elangovan told A
Pakistan's upper house of parliament passed a motion against the Supreme court's verdict on civilians trial in the military courts, calling for halting implementation of the judgement "unless it is considered by a larger bench". The resolution backs the military trial of civilians arrested i