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New Delhi: The Supreme Court remarked Tuesday the change of government in Delhi might ‘solve all disputes’ surrounding the Yamuna, including cleaning the river of pollutants and ensuring neighbouring Haryana, through which the rivers flows into the national capital, gives a fair supply of the water. The top court had, in January 2021, taken suo…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said the National Medical Commission (NMC) guidelines requiring students with specified disabilities to have “both hands intact” to pursue MBBS course was “completely antithetical” and reeked of “ableism”. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan observed the guidelines prescribed “both hands intact, with intact…
PTI leaders said they met Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi on Friday and urged the top justice to sort out issues in the judiciary and not to pack the Supreme Court (SC) with judges. After the arrival of new eight Supreme Court judges, CJP Afridi on Monday had reshuffled several committees which had…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Monday said a meeting called by the central government to elect the next Election Commission chief should have been deferred until the final verdict by the Supreme Court on the formation of a selection panel.“Today, a meeting related to the election of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) was held….
The Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily on a man for throwing his estranged wife and minor daughters out of their matrimonial home, equating his behavior to that of an animal. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh lambasted the man, saying, “What kind of a man are you if you…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold a law that forces TikTok to divest its Chinese ownership to avert a nationwide ban set to take effect on Sunday, in an opinion issued Friday. “There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression, means of…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday emphasised the urgent need for a pan-India policy to standardise the management of tiger reserves, addressing issues such as vehicular disruptions and illegal activities that threaten wildlife conservation efforts. During a hearing on irregularities in Corbett Tiger Reserve, a bench led by Justice B R Gavai, stressed the importance…
A suspended Vancouver lawyer who lost a “frivolous” lawsuit against her neighbour over a glass deck divider has been ordered to pay the woman nearly $30,000 in costs, likely ending a case that legal experts had described as highly unusual. Naomi Arbabi had claimed trespass against her neighbour, Colleen McLelland. McLelland declined an interview, but her lawyer spoke…
After learning Hai Huang and his wife had signed away ownership of their half-million-dollar home to their son for one dollar, the man to whom Huang owed $436,000 had questions. A jury awarded Jian He the money in 2018 after finding Huang had assaulted him, perforating He’s eardrum and causing post-traumatic stress disorder. He has been unable to collect…
TikTok made a last-ditch effort on Monday to continue operating in the United States, asking the Supreme Court to temporarily block a law intended to force ByteDance, its China-based parent company, to divest the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban. TikTok and ByteDance filed an emergency request to the justices for an…
