Tag Archives: Supreme Court

In a landmark judgement which gives a strong message to the society and also raises some long due critical questions about how to draw a line between rights and exploitation, the Supreme Court of India recently emphasized that financially qualified women should aim to be self-reliant rather than seeking large sums in interim maintenance from their spouses—especially when the marriage …

Communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said government has no plans to provide any relief on the AGR (adjusted gross revenue) front to telecom companies after the Supreme Court struck down their plea for a waiver of interest and penalty. In an interview with TOI, the minister also made it clear that beleaguered Vodafone Idea will not receive any further equity conversion …

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday stayed the liquidation process for Bhushan Power & Steel (BPSL) before NCLT and ordered to maintain status quo after JSW Steel, whose resolution plan was rejected by SC, told the court that it was filing a review petition against the order.As JSW’s limitation period for filing a review against the SC judgment is not …

NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and its foreign partners have moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court‘s February ruling quashing an arbitral award in their favour in the dispute with the Centre’s $1.7 billion claim over alleged siphoning of gas from a Krishan=Godavari field off the Andhra coast.RIL filed the lead petition on May 14, while its …

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump can continue to deport Venezuelan migrants under an 18th-century wartime law, but ordered that they be granted “reasonable time” to appear before a judge. In a 5-4 ruling, the US top court on Monday overturned an order from a lower federal court that sought to temporarily …

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has allowed audit regulator National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) to continue its proceedings against chartered accountants and firms where no audit quality review reports have been prepared and final orders are yet to be passed.During a hearing in a case challenging an order passed by the Delhi HC, a bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna …

An assailant has opened fire near the Supreme Court headquarters in the Iranian capital, Tehran, killing at least two judges. Two Supreme Court judges were shot dead in Tehran on Saturday and another judge was wounded, the judiciary’s Mizan news website reported. In a statement, the Judiciary’s media office identified the victims as Hojjatoleslam Ali Razini, head of Branch 39 …

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a 2008 corruption case, overturning a previous 10-year prison sentence. In 2018, the country’s High Court had convicted Zia and others of misappropriating funds meant for orphans when she was last prime minister, from 2001 to 2006. But following an appeal, a five-judge panel led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat …