All stories by Sanjeev Kumar
Fali Sam Nariman: Indian judiciary's 'Bhishma Pitamah' who minced no words
Rediff.com21 Feb 2024Away from the courtroom and legal circles, Nariman was a familiar figure for residents of Hauz Khas who would see him walk regularly, even in the cold winter months of December and January.
CJI Ramana's tenure saw putting sedition law on hold, probe into Pegasus
Rediff.com26 Aug 2022Creating a record, the CJI headed apex court collegium meetings led to appointment of 11 Supreme Court judges with nine of them, including three women, appointed in one go.
Class 5 girl writes to CJI, lauds SC for saving lives in Covid fight
Rediff.com9 Jun 2021Amid debate whether the Centre's decision to provide free COVID-19 vaccine to all above 18 years was triggered by the Supreme Court's recent remarks on the jab policy, a class Vth student of Kerala, Lidwina Joseph, has written to Chief Justice N V Ramana lauding the top court for its effective intervention and saving lives in the fight against pandemic.
The landmark SC judgment that immortalised Kesavananda Bharati
Rediff.com6 Sep 2020In 1970, Bharati, the hereditary head of Edneer Hindu 'Matha' in Kasaragod district of Kerala, had moved the top court challenging the state government's two land reform Acts meant to restrict the management of religious properties. The case had a number of firsts to its credit.
Why SC didn't apply Law of Limitation to Ram Lalla's suit
Rediff.com10 Nov 2019The Law of Limitation provides for mandatory filing of a lawsuit within a fixed statutory time period after the cause of action arises in favour of an aggrieved person.
Idols surreptitiously put inside Babri masjid, Muslim parties tell SC
Rediff.com3 Sep 2019'The appearance of idols of deities inside Babri was not a miracle. It was a planned and surreptitious attack to put them on the intervening night of December 22-23, 1949'
Ready to forgo 1/3rd share in Ayodhya land: Shia body to SC
Rediff.com31 Aug 2019"I am supporting the Hindu side," lawyer M C Dhingra, appearing for Shia Wakf Board, told the bench.
Difficult to judge Babur's intention after 500 yrs: SC
Rediff.com29 Aug 2019SC was requested to judicially scrutinise whether Babur dedicated the disputed structure in Ayodhya to 'Allah'
Babur neither visited Ayodhya nor constructed mosque: Hindu body tells SC
Rediff.com28 Aug 2019Mir Baki was not the commander who had led the invasion on Ayodhya, Mishra said leading the bench to ask him as to what he was trying to prove by referring to these historical books.
SC: Nirmohi Akhara to lose Ayodhya land rights if...
Rediff.com22 Aug 2019The Allahabad high court, in its judgment of 2010 on four civil lawsuits, had partitioned the 2.77-acre disputed land in Ayodhya equally among the three parties -- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.