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Hanky-panky in appointment? Election commissioner Anil Goel under SC scanner
Rediff.com23 Nov 2022The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to produce before it the file related to the appointment of Election Commissioner Arun Goel, who was appointed on November 19.
SC bats for including CJI in picking chief election commissioner to avoid 'yes man'
Rediff.com23 Nov 2022The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the inclusion of the Chief Justice of India in the consultative process for the appointment of chief election commissioner would ensure independence of the poll panel.
Need strong CEC like TN Seshan, says SC, calls for different selection process
Rediff.com22 Nov 2022The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Constitution has vested enormous powers on the "fragile shoulder" of the chief election commissioner and the two election commissioners and it wants a CEC of strong character like late T N Seshan.
Vijay Hazare: Five-star Unadkat lifts Saurashtra to win
Rediff.com20 Nov 2022The dominance of Saurashtra's bowlers could be gauged from the fact that Himachal lost their first seven wickets for just 22 runs.
SC orders Navlakha house arrest within 24 hours, with additional security measures
Rediff.com18 Nov 2022The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the NIA's application and ordered social activist Gautam Navlakha to be put under house arrest within 24-hours after shifting him from Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai.
Language of the court is English, SC tells petitioner who argued in Hindi
Rediff.com18 Nov 2022The Supreme Court on Friday told a litigant, who appeared in person and started arguing his case in Hindi, that the language of the court was English.
Drishyam 2 Review: Nothing Believable About It!
Rediff.com18 Nov 2022Subtlety has never been a strong suit of Bollywood remakes. They cannot resist adding that extra something or going overboard, sighs Sukanya Verma.
NIA opposes Navlakha's house arrest in SC, says he doesn't deserve any leeway
Rediff.com18 Nov 2022The anti-terror agency, while referring to the evidence on record, claimed Navlakha was working in urban areas and assigned the job to unite intellectuals against government forces to defeat them.
SC to hear on Friday Navlakha's plea against delay in house arrest
Rediff.com17 Nov 2022The Supreme Court agreed to list for hearing on Friday a fresh plea of activist Gautam Navlakha, who has not been put under house arrest despite the apex court's direction in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case.
IPL 2023: Who Has Most Cash To Spend?
Rediff.com16 Nov 2022SunRisers Hyderabad has the biggest purse while Kolkata Knight Riders has the slimmest purse.
IPL: Williamson, Bravo among big names let go
Rediff.com15 Nov 2022In other big movements, Punjab Kings have released their last edition's captain Mayank Agarwal, while West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran was released by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
SC waives solvency certificate for activist Navlakha's house arrest
Rediff.com15 Nov 2022The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the hurdle for the release of activist Gautam Navlakha from Navi Mumbai's Taloja prison, where he is lodged in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, by waiving the requirement of a solvency certificate for availing the benefit of house arrest.
Vijay Hazare: Samarth Vyas hits blazing double century
Rediff.com14 Nov 2022The duo of Vyas and Desai took the opposing bowlers to the cleaners throughout the innings while stitching a massive first-wicket partnership of 282 runs.
SC discharges U'khand govt, DGP from contempt plea in hate speech cases
Rediff.com11 Nov 2022It, however, asked the Delhi police to file its response on action taken in the hate speeches made here within two weeks.
SC approves Navlakha's house arrest, with strict conditions
Rediff.com10 Nov 2022The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed jailed activist Gautam Navlakha's request for house arrest, saying prima facie there is no reason to reject his medical report.
Corrupt people are destroying nation, who takes action, remarks SC
Rediff.com9 Nov 2022Corrupt people are destroying the country and they get away with corruption by taking the help of money, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday.
SC may allow Navlakha's house arrest in Elgar case
Rediff.com9 Nov 2022The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it was considering allowing the house arrest request of activist Gautam Navlakha incarcerated in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case.
Justice Lalit delivered key verdicts during 74-day stint as CJI
Rediff.com8 Nov 2022CJI Lalit concurred with the minority view of Justice S Ravindra Bhat who held the EWS quota as "unconstitutional" for excluding poor among SCs, STs and OBCs.
'Without an independent judiciary, we will become a banana republic'
Rediff.com7 Nov 2022'Is the idea of a committed judiciary once again being floated, though surreptitiously, unlike in the past when it was direct?'
Mili Review: Chilling!
Rediff.com4 Nov 2022Mili establishes Janhvi Kapoor as an actor striving to be taken seriously, observes Sukanya Verma.
Chanderpaul's son Tagenarine in West Indies Test squad
Rediff.com30 Oct 2022West Indies all-rounder Roston Chase and middle-order batsman Shamarh Brooks were on Saturday recalled to the squad for their two-Test series in Australia, while former captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul's son Tagenarine earned his maiden call-up.
SC asks Delhi, UP, Uttarakhand to crack down on hate speech, warns of contempt
Rediff.com21 Oct 2022Holding that the Constitution of India envisages a secular nation, the Supreme Court Friday directed the Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to come down hard on hate speeches, promptly registering criminal cases against the culprits without waiting for a complaint to be filed.
T20 WC: Joseph, Holder star in Windies' thumping win
Rediff.com19 Oct 2022Alzarri Joseph led West Indies' inspired fast bowling display with a four-wicket haul to help them beat Zimbabwe
Sparkling Diwali For Hotels, Tour Operators
Rediff.com17 Oct 2022'Consumers are willing to increase travel spends by 20-30 per cent versus pre-pandemic.'
Collegium reveals names of judges opposing CJI's method of appointment
Rediff.com10 Oct 2022In an unprecedented development, the Supreme Court Collegium has made public the names of the two judges on the panel who objected to the method of 'circulation' adopted for eliciting the views of its members on the appointment of judges to the apex court.
1st T20I: Australia edge past WI after Finch fifty
Rediff.com6 Oct 2022Chasing 146, Australia lost wickets at regular intervals. WI pacers Sheldon Cotrell and Alzarri Joseph dismissed opener David Warner (14) and Mitchell Marsh (3), reducing Australia to 21/2.
He Gives The Blind The Gift of Sight
Rediff.com5 Oct 2022'It is so gratifying that I was able to help donate 130 eyes to those who needed them.'
Sibal says activist Navlakha has cancer, SC orders shifting him to hospital
Rediff.com29 Sep 2022The top court said receiving medical treatment is a fundamental right of a prisoner.
Military must have mechanism to punish officers for adultery: SC
Rediff.com29 Sep 2022The Supreme Court on Thursday said that armed forces must have some kind of mechanism for disciplinary proceedings against their officers for adultery as "this is a conduct that can shake up the life of officers."
PFI, 8 other outfits banned under UAPA for 5 years for terror links
Rediff.com28 Sep 2022The Centre has imposed a ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and several of its associates for their alleged terror activities.
PFI involved in 'disturbing' India's secular fabric: Officials
Rediff.com28 Sep 2022The PFI is alleged to have been continuously involved in anti-government propaganda and spreading the narrative that Muslims were being persecuted in India.
Silence is better, says professor whose hand was chopped off by PFI activists
Rediff.com28 Sep 2022Professor TJ Joseph, whose hand was chopped off by activists of the Popular Front of India for alleged blasphemy 12 years ago, on Wednesday declined to respond to the Centre's ban on the radical Islamic outfit, saying observing silence was better at times than always talking.
PFI, its activities were under radar of govt agencies for long
Rediff.com28 Sep 2022Officials said PFI has been under the radar of security agencies for its alleged role in violent protests in different parts of the country.
Elgar case: SC notices to NIA, Maha on Navlakha's plea for house arrest
Rediff.com27 Sep 2022The petition came up for hearing before a bench of Justices K M Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy which issued notices to the NIA and the state seeking their responses.
SC flays hate speech on TV debates, blames anchors, asks govt why no law against it
Rediff.com21 Sep 2022Voicing displeasure over hate speech on TV news channels, the Supreme Court on Wednesday wanted to know why the government was a "mute spectator" and whether it intends to enact a law to curb hate speech, as recommended by the Law Commission.
SC stays sacking of IPS officer who probed Ishrat Jahan encounter case
Rediff.com19 Sep 2022The Supreme Court on Monday stayed for a week the Centre's order dismissing Satish Chandra Verma, a senior IPS officer who assisted the Central Bureau of Investigation in its probe in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, a month before his scheduled retirement.
'BJP spent Rs 40-50 crore on each MLA'
Rediff.com16 Sep 2022'Since we defeated their evil designs on July 10, their poaching approach became more aggressive with using blackmail and money power as tools to finish off the political opposition in Goa.'
No Russell, Narine in West Indies squad for T20 World Cup
Rediff.com14 Sep 2022All-rounders Andre Russell and Fabien Allen, who last featured in the format during the World Cup last year, and Sunil Narine, who last played for West Indies in 2019, are absent from the squad.
'I kept her picture in my temple at home'
Rediff.com9 Sep 2022'I worked closely with Mother for decades, not once did she say become a Christian.'
Remembering Mother Teresa, 25 Years On
Rediff.com9 Sep 2022Twenty five years after her passing, Mother Teresa's congregation continues to work selflessly in the homes she set up for abandoned babies, leprosy victims and the dying destitute, reports Payal Singh Mohanka.