SC asked government to treat Sanskrit as additional language
As reported in Mathrubhumi, Supreme Court asked the government not to treat Sanskrit as a third language for the students of Kendriya Vidyalayas from class 6 to 8 and instead…
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Private Schools to set their own guidelines for nursery admissions in Delhi
Justice Manmohan of the Delhi High Court, disposing of the writ petitions moved by the groups representing the schools and parents, set aside the Lieutenant Governor’s previous guidelines issued in…
Death Sentence for rape and murder of a 4 year old
As reported in Times of India, Supreme Court’s 3 Judge Bench of Justices Dipak Misra, R F Nariman and U U Lalit sent a 47-year-old man to the gallows for…
Why Chennai Super Kings can’t be banned from IPL
Supreme Court special bench of Justice T S Thakur and F M Kalifullah, while hearing the IPL scam case, asked BCCI that, whether Chennai Super Kings franchise should be disqualified…
RBI Guidelines for setting up payment banks and small banks by corporate houses
As reported in the Economic Times and First Post, RBI announced the final Guidelines for setting up payment and small banks in order to attract serious players as well as…
IPL Sport-fixing, Srinivasan should step down: SC
Supreme Court on Thursday suggested that the present President-in-exile N. Srinivasan and his team should step down and not contest elections for the BCCI. The Bench of Justices T.S. Thakur…
Supreme Court gives 2nd thought on death penalty
Mahima Gherani Showing increasing distress in awarding death penalty, the Supreme Court found two main questions bothering it after Sonu Sardar was awarded death penalty by the trial court, which…
Bar Council of India (BCI) not bound to grant license to practice law
A bench of justices M Y Eqbal and Abhay Manohar Sapre of Supreme Court held that, “Pursuing law and practicing it are two different things”. Supreme Court has said and made it clear that…
SIT to probe against ‘godman’ Rampal
Controversial ‘godman’ Rampal, who was taken into custody last night after days of confrontation with police, was sent to judicial custody by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The next…
Supreme Court orders CBI Chief to keep off 2G cases
In an unprecedented order, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered CBI director Ranjit Sinha to completely keep off the 2G case as it found prima facie “credible” the charges that…