File photo: Supreme Court of India NEW DELHI: Moving towards promptly answering litigants’ midnight knocks on the doors of constitutional courts for protection of life and liberty, Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to attempt devising a standard operating procedure (SOP) to expeditiously hear such petitions even after the courts’ official working time.A bench of CJI Surya…
File photo: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh’s draft uniform civil code (UCC) says couples entering a live-in relationship will be required to register it with the registrar of the district in which they reside. The registration must also be formally cancelled if the relationship ends. Failure to register a live-in relationship…
File photo: Ships in Hormuz NEW DELHI: With an Indian national reported dead and two more critically injured in fresh attacks on commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, India summoned the Iranian deputy chief of mission to lodge a strong protest against the attacks. Urging de-escalation, the govt sought an immediate end to…
File photo: Hardeep Singh Nijjar NEW DELHI: India welcomed remarks by Canada’s RCMP that there’s no link between Indian govt and the charges announced by the US against Lawrence Bishnoi and other India-based gangs, including the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in 2023.The external affairs ministry said the remarks are consistent with the…
File photo: Air India crash NEW DELHI: More than a year after Air India’s London flight crashed in Ahmedabad, killing 260 people, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Tuesday told SC that the complex inquiry involving international agencies could be completed in six weeks, but the draft final report would be ready only by October…
NEW DELHI: After the recent row over remarks by government officials that a passport is not proof of citizenship, the MEA reiterated Tuesday that it is a document that, per Passports Act, 1967, is issued by Indian government to regulate the departure of citizens from India.“…The issue of passports to Indian citizens or any other…
The bench further directed that no structural alterations be made to the complex without the apex court’s permission NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stay a Madhya Pradesh high court judgment declaring the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex a temple and disallowing Muslims from offering namaz there. However, it agreed to hear three petitions…
NEW DELHI: The government has reiterated its position on the South China Sea issue, saying India emphasises the importance of upholding freedom of navigation and overflight, other lawful uses of the sea and unimpeded commerce consistent with United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).The ministry of external affairs (MEA) was responding to…
Phu Quoc chief rejects allegations of delayed rescue CHENNAI: “It all happened in the blink of an eye, and only those who were seated at the front of the speedboat and jumped into the water after the captain jumped managed to survive,” Nirmal Kumar, one of the survivors of the July 11 Vietnam boat tragedy,…
File photo: Supreme Court of India NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday raised the issue of whether English could be considered an indigenous language as it refused to stay the implementation of CBSE’s decision to make the three-language scheme mandatory for Class 6 from the current academic session.CBSE’s plan, it said, appeared to advance the…