SC: Vague allegations no basis for dowry case | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Criminal proceedings cannot be initiated merely based on vague and unsupported allegations, ruled SC, quashing a dowry harassment and cruelty case filed against a Kanpur-based couple in their seventies by their daughter-in-law.A bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the case was lodged almost seven years after the […]

EU ‘expects’ US to honour trade deal as Trump hikes tariffs

[ad_1] BRUSSELS: The European Commission called Sunday for Washington to abide by the terms of the trade deal struck last year with the EU, as President Donald Trump announced new global tariff hikes a day after an adverse Supreme Court ruling.“A deal is a deal,” said a commission statement.“As the United States’ largest trading partner, […]

Tariff ruling: Meet the Trump-appointed Supreme Court judges who went against him | World News

[ad_1] President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch stand with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Cheryl Hines, and other family members, with his commission, before he is sworn in as Health and Human Services Secretary in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington. (AP/PTI) In a landmark decision that […]

Magistrate cannot be a judge in his own cause: Supreme Court | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Citing the age-old proverb that ‘No man shall be a judge in his own cause’, Supreme Court has said the same is applicable to a judge also and they cannot pass an order in a case concerning themselves.A railway magistrate had initiated proceedings against railway administration and its officials, issuing a showcause […]

Brother wins Supreme Court case over sale of father’s house despite no share in Will: Here’s why the apex court ruled in his favour | India Business News

[ad_1] AI-generated image for representational purposes NEW DELHI: A decades-old family dispute over a Delhi house near Balmiki Gate recently closed in the Supreme Court, with a verdict that reaffirms a long-standing legal principle — only a registered sale deed can transfer ownership of immovable property, not a Will which isn’t legally proven, General Power […]

AIFF set to hold meeting to draft new constitution in line with SC ruling

[ad_1] The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has convened a Special General Body meeting on October 12 to adopt the draft Constitution and other amendments in line with the Supreme Court ruling. World football governing body FIFA has set an October 30 deadline for the AIFF to adopt the new Constitution. “The SGM has been […]

Explained: US supreme court allows Donald Trump to dismantle education department – why it is a big deal | World News

[ad_1] Image via Mark Wilson/Getty Images TL;DR Trump slashes Ed Department: Supreme Court lets Trump fire 1,300+ employees, gutting the federal education agency. Civil rights hit hard: Office for Civil Rights loses over half its branches. Congress bypassed: Critics say only lawmakers can shut down departments — Trump’s doing it by pink slip. Court gives […]

US deports 8 migrants to South Sudan: Legal challenges overruled by supreme court; critics call move unconstitutional

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump (AP) The Trump administration has deported eight migrants to South Sudan, a US department of homeland security official confirmed, after plans to initially send them to a base in Djibouti were called off.“A district judge cannot dictate the national security and foreign policy of the United States of America,” assistant […]

Gateway jetty is good, SC says, refuses to intervene | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea challenging an order of the Bombay high court which had declined to stay the construction work for a passenger jetty and terminal facilities project near the Gateway of India.A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih noted […]

SC’s TN ruling doesn’t entirely cover Kerala government dispute: Centre

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Centre on Tuesday contended before Supreme Court that its recent ruling in Tamil Nadu governor’s case, which fixed a time period for President and governors to take decisions on bills, does not address all aspects of the legal battle between Kerala govt and its governor.Kerala govt counsel K K Venugopal told a […]