NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed deep shock and anguish over the harrowing video from Manipur. He strongly condemned the disturbing incident and reassured the nation that those responsible for such heinous acts would face the full force of the law.“The video showing atrocity against women in Manipur is the most shameful.…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court collegium has overruled the objections of the Union department of justice to recommend the appointment of four advocates as judges of Bombay, Madras and Karnataka high courts, saying their elevation would increase the representation of women, marginalised communities and tax experts in constitutional courts.The collegium of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to activist Teesta Setalvad in a case of alleged forging of documents and tutoring witnesses to implicate high functionaries of the Gujarat government in post-Godhra riots cases, after terming the high court order denying her relief as “totally perverse”.A single judge bench of the Gujarat…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad over charges of forging documents and tutoring witnesses in cases relating to the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat.The apex court said that since chargesheet has been filed and her custodial interrogation completed, she should be granted bail.The SC bench said…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the Bombay high court ruling in actress Rhea Chakraborty’s case — that giving money to a person for procuring drugs would not mean encouraging illicit trafficking — would not be considered as a precedent while allowing the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)’s plea not to challenge the…

NEW DELHI: Former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was on Tuesday granted two-day interim bail by a Delhi court in in case of alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers. The court also granted interim bail to Vinod Tomar, another accused in the case. Both the accused got interim bail on a bond of Rs…

KOTTAYAM: Former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru in the wee hours of Tuesday. He was 79. Chandy was under treatment for cancer in the hospital. The mortal remains will be brought to the state capital on Tuesday. A public holiday has been declared in the state as a…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday frowned upon advocates of the Delhi high court abstaining from work to protest the transfer of Justice Gaurang Kanth to the Calcutta HC, and asked the Bar Council of India (BCI) to furnish details of strikes called by lawyers’ bodies in the last one year across the country…

NEW DELHI: During Monday’s 14-hour searches on Tamil Nadu higher education minister K Ponmudy and his son P Ashok Sigamani, an MP, ED seized large amounts of cash, including substantial amounts of foreign currency, and froze fixed deposits in entities connected to the minister, official sources said.Responding to the consecutive searches on state ministers by…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday had a piece of advice for both Delhi lieutenant governor V K Saxena and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal – “rise above political bickering.” The top court’s remarks came amid differences between the two constitutional functionaries over the appointment of new Delhi Energy Regulatory Commission (DERC) chairperson.A bench…