A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar while hearing the petitions observed that being socialist in the Indian sense is understood only to be a "welfare state."
Rajoana was awarded the death sentence for his involvement in the assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh on August 31, 1995 at Chandigarh.
A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih also directed Delhi-NCR states to immediately constitute teams for monitoring steps/actions which are required under GRAP-IV.
A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan told the Ajit Pawar faction that they must fight the elections under their own identity and refrain from using Sharad Pawar’s name during the electioneering.
The opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh has received a boost in the bypoll campaigning following the Supreme Court's adverse comnent on the Yogi government's bulldozer action and putting a break on this trend
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Bihar deputy Chief Minister, Tejashwi Yadav has said that his party will hold an agitation on September 1, demanding the inclusion of the findings of the caste survey, conducted in 2023
A bench of Justice B R Gavai and Justice K V Viswanathan was told by the Uttar Pradesh government that the cases that were registered in or were transferred to the state stood closed, as closure reports had been filed by the authorities.
In the last hearing of the matter, the top court had asked the Maharashtra government to make a reasonable offer of compensation to the person who was illegally deprived of his land, failing which it would summon the presence of the Chief Secretary.
Prem Prakash who is in incarceration for the last 18 months, had moved the top court against Jharkhand High Court order denying him bail in the matter.
Farmers from Punjab have been agitating at the Shambhu border between the two states at Ambala since February 13, 2024, seeking statutory backing for the Minimum Support Price for their agricultural produce, mainly wheat and rice.
