The Supreme Court on Monday expressed displeasure over failure of the Prime Minister’s Office to hold a meeting for resolution of the Cauvery water-sharing dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death penalty awarded to Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist convicted for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, holding him guilty of waging war against India and saying capital punishment was the only suitable sentence for him.

The Delhi high court on Friday directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to file an action-taken-report over the removal of unauthorised construction by a MLA and his supporters near Jama Masjid here, where the remains of a Mughal-era mosque are alleged to have been excavated.

Dismissing the anticipatory bail plea of former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda, who has been absconding to evade arrest in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, the Delhi high court strongly rebuked the city police on Friday for deliberately being slack in arresting him. “Because of actions of the police, the concerned accused appears to be sitting comfortably somewhere without any apprehension of his arrest by the police,” said Justice P.K. Bhasin, rejecting Mr Kanda’s application for anticipatory bail.

Opposing the anticipatory bail plea of Gopal Kanda, who has been absconding to evade arrest in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, the city police told the Delhi high court on Tuesday that the former Haryana minister’s conduct reveals that his presence in custody is essential to carry out investigation in the case.

Ending the long drama surrounding the country’s first-ever paternity suit involving a political figure, veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari was on Friday officially declared the biological father of 32-year-old Rohit Shekhar by the Delhi high court, which made public the result of a DNA test conducted on the politician.

“I wanted to tell him that I am not his illegitimate child, he is my illegitimate father. It is very clear today,” said Rohit Shekhar after the Delhi high court declared octogenarian Congress leader N

Brushing aside attempts to communalise the dispute over a centuries-old structure near Chandni Chowk, the Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to allow prayers at the mosque that has been illegally constructed at the site and directed the police to ensure law and order in the area.

The Delhi government on Monday dismissed as “irrational and unconstitutional” the report prepared by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) criticising the 5.8 km BRT corridor between Ambed-kar Nagar and Moolchand.

The standoff between Air India and its agitating pilots finally reached a resolution on Monday with the national carrier withdrawing all legal proceedings filed by it in the Delhi high court against t