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June 6, 2024 5:26 PM

Delhi water crisis: SC directs Haryana to facilitate flow of surplus water released by Himachal to Delhi

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the state of Himachal Pradesh to release 137 cusecs of surplus water available with it and directed the Haryana government to facilitate the flow of the surplus water from Hathnikund barrage to Wazirabad uninterruptedly to Delhi to mitigate the drinking water crisis in the national capital. A vacation bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and KV Viswanathan asked Himachal Pradesh to release surplus water on June 7 with prior intimation to Haryana. The co...

May 29, 2024 1:03 PM

Delhi excise policy case: SC Registry refuses urgent listing of Kejriwal’s plea seeking 7-day extension of interim bail

The Supreme Court's Registry on Wednesday refused to accept the urgent hearing request of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea for the extension of his interim bail by seven days on medical grounds in the Delhi excise policy case. The registry said that the apex court's previous order gave him the liberty to move the trial court for regular bail. The top court on May 10 had granted interim bail to Kejriwal till June 1 to campaign for the Lok Sabha election and asked him to surrender on ...

May 25, 2024 7:11 PM

ECI defends timely release of voter turnout data amid false narrative claims

The Election Commission of India (ECI) welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to refrain from issuing directives on a plea for uploading Form 17C data, asserting that voter turnout data has been promptly shared and remains transparent. The ECI emphasized that attempts to create false narratives are designed to undermine the electoral process. The ECI clarified that there has been no delay in releasing voter turnout data. Constituency-wise data has consistently been available to candidates and th...

September 16, 2024 6:42 PM

Supreme Court declines to direct Election Commission to publish data of votes polled per booth

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to pass any direction on a plea seeking the uploading of Form 17C data on the Election Commission of India website and publication of booth-wise voter turnout data. A bench of Justices Dipankar Dutta and Satish Chandra Sharma refused to grant any interim relief to petitioners and said it could not interrupt the polls. The bench said that of the seven-phase elections, five phases are over, and the sixth phase is scheduled for Saturday. The "hands-off" approac...

September 16, 2024 6:07 PM

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking disqualification of PM for alleged hate speech in campaigns

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to disqualify Prime Minister Narendra Modi for six years from elections for allegedly making hate speeches and invoking religion during campaigns. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Satish Chandra Sharma later allowed the petitioner to withdraw the plea. "You must approach authority. If you want to withdraw, we will permit you," the bench told the petitioner who had approached the apex court request...