Jallikattu is conducted during the Pongal festival as thanksgiving for a good harvest and subsequent festivals are conducted in temples which shows that the event has great cultural and spiritual significance, it has added.
The Supreme Court has set aside the Telangana High Court order which issued various directions to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to proceed with the investigation in the alleged Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLAs poaching case and not reports before any authority, be it political or
The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Centre on the appointment of former IAS officer Arun Goel as the new Election Commissioner at a "lighting speed" saying the process was completed within 24 hours.
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to form a constitution bench to conduct proceedings on pleas relating to polygamy and nikah-halala, practised among Muslims.
The Supreme Court has directed all State Regulatory Commissions to frame Regulations under Section 181 of the Electricity Act on the terms and conditions for the determination of tariff within three months while it dismissed an appeal filed by Tata Power Company Limited-Transmission (TPC-T).
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice KM Joseph emphasised that the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and the Election Commissioners should be "procedure-based and transparent".
Legal experts said that appointments to constitutional posts is a fundamental principle of good governance after the Centre appointed bureaucrats as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (EC).
Burning issues of the country must be discussed in the bar associations of Supreme Court, high courts and lower courts, said Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Attorney General R Venkataramani, appearing for the Centre, objected to the mixing up of the appointment of Goel with the larger issue of the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) already being heard by the court.
A review petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the judgement upholding the Centre's decision on EWS issues by the Madhya Pradesh Congress leader.