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Ration cards have become popularity cards, observes SC

Ration cards have become popularity cards, observes SC

New Delhi: Observing that ration cards have become a “popularity card”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday wondered if the...

19 March 2025 8:11 PM

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Damage was caused by the Bench, not by my allegations, says Prashant...

The CJI continued with the hearing even after he was asked to recuse himself from the case, says Prashant Bhushan.

18 Nov 2017 7:06 PM

CBI interim director Rakesh Asthana at Parliament House. (Photo: PTI)

Appointment of Rakesh Asthana illegal: Prashant Bhushan in PIL

Asthana had also handled the probe in the case relating to the burning of Sabarmati Express at Godhra railway station in...

2 Nov 2017 7:19 PM

Members of Myanmars Muslim Rohingya minority sit in a boat to cross a canal at Shah Porir Deep, in Teknak, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Supreme Court order on Rohingyas September 11

An estimated 40,000 Rohingya are living in India and like the Petitioners many others, are even registered with the UN...

4 Sept 2017 11:49 PM

The Supreme Court also referred to the National Crime Records Bureau Data stating every six hour a woman is raped in the country. (Photo: File | ANI)

SC to hear Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie's plea on Rafale today

Two ex-union ministers have sought registration of complaint into Rafale deal alleging 'criminal misconduct' by high...

31 Oct 2018 2:33 AM

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Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie, Prashant Bhushan move SC, seek FIR in...

They have sought direction to CBI to probe offences mentioned in their complaint in time-bound manner, submit periodic...

24 Oct 2018 3:37 PM

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Supreme Court scraps mining leases across Goa

The top court in its April 2014 judgment has stated that all leases had expired in 2007 and fresh leases had to be...

7 Feb 2018 8:45 PM

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Centre tells top court not to intervene in Rohingya issue

Counsel Prashant Bhushan told the court that the remaining 20 per cent of the Rohingya refugees too should be allowed to...

31 Jan 2018 8:15 PM

Justice Chelameswar, in his letter written on March 21, cautioned that the bonhomie between the judiciary and the government in any state sounds the death knell to democracy. (Photo: AP/File)

Justice Chelameswar won't hear Bhushan's plea

Bhushan told Mr Chelameswar that the PIL had sought recusal of the CJI both in he administrative and judicial side.

13 April 2018 12:48 AM

Justice J. Chelameswar

Unhappy over affairs, SC judge refuses to hear plea citing...

Justice J Chelameswar said he was facing a relentless campaign against him just before his retirement.

12 April 2018 8:21 AM

Senior advocate Shanti Bhushan has stated that master of roster cannot be unguided and unbridled discretionary power, exercised arbitrarily by the CJIby hand-picking benches of select judges or by assigning cases to particular judges.

Clarify CJI's role as master of roster: Shanti Bhushan files PIL in SC

Shanti Bhushan filed PIL through Prashant Bhushan who asked SC's secretary general not to list the matter before a bench...

6 April 2018 9:45 AM

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Supreme Court asks states to fill info commission vacancies

It was submitted that the Centre had invited applications to fill vacancies in the Central Information Commission by...

29 July 2018 12:05 AM