SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA

Supreme Court asks Delhi govt about mechanism to cross-check COVID-19 data

The apex court was told by Delhi government that it has taken “earnest steps” to deal with the COVID-19 situation and issues such as availa...

SC concerned over violations of Covid-19 guidelines on wearing for face masks, social distancing

A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan also asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre and other stakeholders to give...

Covid-19 patients treated as untouchables once posters pasted on their homes, says SC

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said however that its guidelines do not contain any instructions or guidance regarding af...

SC slams large political gatherings, seeks stricter measures to curb Covid

“Most people are not wearing masks. Rest have masks hanging on their jaws,” the bench observed. “There are SOPs, policies and guidelines, b...

2G case: Delhi HC upholds appointment of SPP, ASG for CBI appeal against acquittal of accused

The Delhi High Court has held that the appointments of Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) and Additional Solicitor General (ASG) - to file and...

Banks to credit interest benefits: Govt tells SC

The government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that banks would on their own reimburse the difference between simple and compound intere...

Centre seeks time for decision on appealing against Vodafone int'l arbitration award

Additional Solicitor General's reply came on the Delhi High Court's query raised on October 7 as to whether it intends to abide by the inte...

SC notice to IT Dept on appeals by Karti Chidambaram, his wife in tax evasion case

The high court had dismissed the petitions filed by Karti and his wife to quash two criminal complaints under the Income Tax Act and the pr...

Plea against appointment of SPPs in Delhi riots cases; HC seeks Centre, AAP government's stand

Senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, representing the DPWA, told the court that the question of jurisprudence being raised in the instant plea was ...

Government tells SC can’t have referendum on whether to build new Parliament

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that while the government welcomes scrutiny of the project it also needs some leeway when it decides ...

SC defers hearing to November 5 on pleas related to loan moratorium scheme

​​The Reserve Bank of India and the Finance Ministry have already filed separate additional affidavits in the apex court saying that the ba...

Supreme Court asks Centre to file status report on proceedings in UK for extradition of Vijay Mallya

A bench of Justices U U Lalit and Ashok Bhushan asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to file status report in the matter in six weeks and p...

Tamil Nadu Governor clears 7.5% quota Bill, govt school students to get preference in medical admissions

A day after the state government took the executive route to implement the quota regime from the current 2020-21 academic year itself and i...

New beginnings: Harish Salve to exchange wedding vows with UK artist in London

The 65-year-old lawyer divorced his wife of 38 years earlier in June this year.

Parties demand Central government's order permitting CBI to file an appeal

Describing the application as “abuse of process”, Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain opposed the demand stating that the said order c...

No slum dwellers along railway tracks in Delhi will be removed till decision is taken: Centre to SC

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that a final decision would be taken in consultati...

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta lauds PM Modi's 'responsive' leadership during Covid-19 crisis

Speaking at a virtual interactive session organised by Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad (Supreme Court unit), Mehta said that he was not ...