Source – livemint.com New Delhi: The state is using Aadhaar as an “enabler of the citizens’ right to life including their right to food, livelihood, pension and other social assistance benefits”, the centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. In its opening argument in support of the 12-digit unique identification number, attorney general K.K. Venugopal said the

Source – dnaindia.com The Delhi High Court sought responses from the CBI and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin’s plea alleging that he has been kept in solitary confinement at Tihar Jail since February last year against the law and without any court order. The apex court on February 15

Source – indianexpress.com NOTING THAT there were “instances of abuse” of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, by “vested interests” for political or personal reasons, the Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down stringent safeguards, including provisions for anticipatory bail and a “preliminary enquiry” before registering a case under the

Source – indianexpress.com Claiming that Aadhaar impinges on his religious beliefs and was against the tenets of the Bible, a Christian man on Tuesday has sought exemption from applying for the 12-digit biometric ID from the Supreme Court. In his petition, before a five-judge Constitution bench hearing the Constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act, petitioner

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: While stating that the Supreme Court was firmly against gagging the media, a three-judge bench headed by CJI Dipak Misra on Thursday said a section of the press, especially the electronic media, had crossed the line by “writing what they think.” The bench of CJI Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: In a peculiar case, a human resources manager from Bengaluru on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the UIDAI to hand him back the biometric data of his late father collected for Aadhaar card. Santosh Min B said he wanted the biometric details as these would be of

Source – financialexpress.com Young Indian Pvt Ltd, whose major stakeholders are Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi, today moved the Delhi High Court seeking a stay on the Rs 249.15 crore income tax proceedings against it. Sonia, Rahul, Young Indian (YI) and others were earlier summoned as accused by a trial court in

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ousted BJP leader Subramanian Swamy from being a part of the politically and communally sensitive case relating to the Hindu-Muslim ownership battle over the 2.77 acre Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi disputed plot. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer

Source – autocarindia.com Months after the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways had banned the fitment of bullbars on vehicles  in India, the Delhi High Court has stayed the government order. PTI reports that a two-member bench of the Delhi High Court – which is hearing a plea filed by a supplier and manufacturer of bullbars in India

Source – economictimes.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Foreign lawyers cannot carry out any litigation or non-litigation work in India on a permanent basis, the Supreme Court held in a ruling, which also gives the Bar Council of India (BCI) regulatory control over overseas legal professionals even if they are in the country on temporary assignments. Foreign lawyers or