The elections in the CCB, which is located in the residential area of Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state Legislative Assembly, are scheduled on 15 December. Around 430 candidates will contest in 108 seats of the CCB.
The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a petition seeking directions to the Centre and states to immediately clear the blockage of National and state highways
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has urged the Supreme Court to consolidate all the cases against e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart in the country to expedite the antitrust probe.
The special bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan will take up for hearing a batch of petition at 3.30 PM on December 12.
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to the eight Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel who were convicted by the Delhi High Court in the infamous 1987 Hashimpura massacre case.
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, which was inserted to give effect to the Assam Accord and formed the basis of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam in 2019.
Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, heading a bench also compromising Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra ,said that it will list the case.
Previously, the bench observed that Section 6A was introduced as a humanitarian response to the aftermath of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, a key historical event.
In an initiative shedding the colonial imprint and traditional attributes, the statue of Lady Justice, in the judges' library of the Supreme Court, now holds a copy of the Indian Constitution, instead of a sword, and the blindfold has come off to leave her with open eyes.
“Why are the states shying from prosecuting people for stubble burning and allowing them to escape with nominal fines," the bench remarked.
