``Amma` word shouldn`t be construed as reference to Jaya`

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 13:30

An impleading petition has been filed in the Madras High Court stating that the `Amma` mineral water and canteen programmes were state government schemes and they did not mean to refer to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.

SC rejects PIL seeking details of Narendra Modi`s marital status

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 14:19

The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a PIL accusing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of filing incomplete details by leaving blank the column meant for specifying marital status in the 2012 assembly polls.

PIL against Virbhadra Singh on corruption charges

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 16:25

A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking a CBI probe against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh for corruption he allegedly indulged in when he was the central steel minister.

SC notice to RBI, EC, centre on PIL delinking LPG from Aadhar

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 14:17

SC had earlier said in a ruling that Aadhaar should not be linked to domestic gas subsidy has only angered them more with no clarity coming from the district administration on the issue.

SC notice to Centre, RBI, SEBI on PIL on regulating chitfunds

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 14:02

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre, RBI and SEBI seeking their response on a PIL for putting in place a proper mechanism to regulate functioning of chit funds in the country.

SC notice to Centre on commuting death sentence

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 13:55

The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Centre and the Home Ministry on a petition challenging former president Pratibha Patil`s decision commuting the death sentence of five people convicted of child rape to life imprisonment.

Supreme Court rejects PIL on Telangana

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 13:05

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a PIL challenging the cabinet decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to carve out a new state of Telangana.

Muzaffarnagar riots case: SC notice to Centre, UP govt

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 11:56

The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh while responding to a PIL seeking the transfer of probe into the recent communal violence in Muzaffarnagar from state police to an independent agency.

PIL seeks probe in Congress, BJP`s foreign funding

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 22:12

A public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a probe into foreign contributions made to the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was Wednesday filed in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court (HC).

HC dismisses PIL on CHOGM; says it cannot interfere in policy matter

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 19:11

Madras HC Bench dismissed a PIL seeking to restrain the Centre from sending a delegation to CHOGM scheduled in Sri Lanka from November 15.

HC rejects PIL alleging role of CBI sleuths in extortion cases

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 18:56

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL alleging connivance of CBI officials with con men posing as CBI sleuths to extort money from various persons including Bollywood filmmaker Rakesh Roshan.

Speedy probe, trials of high & mighty: States told to respond

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 00:40

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from all the states on a PIL seeking framing of guidelines for speedy probe and subsequent fast-track trials in cases involving influential public functionaries who manage to prolong the investigation and judicial processes.