SCmay extend Aadhaar deadline

The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated that it may extend the deadline for linking of Aadhaar to mobiles from February 6 to March 31, 2018, DHNS reports from Delhi.

A five-judge bench presided over by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the court would pronounce its order on Friday on a batch of PILs, questioning the Centre's notifications that made it mandatory for all to link their Aadhaar number with bank accounts, mobiles.

SCokays 12 special courts for tainted netas

The SC on Thursday approved the Union government's proposal to set up 12 special courts in the country to deal with 1,571 criminal cases pending against MPs and MLAs.

Parsi woman allowed to enter fire temple

A Parsi woman, who married a Hindu man, was on Thursday allowed by the Supreme Court to enter a Zoroastrian fire temple after the Mumbai-based trust conceded for it. A five-judge Constitution bench presided over by Chief Justice Dipak Misra recorded an undertaking given by senior advocate Gopal Subramanium on behalf of Valsad Parsi Trust, allowing petitioner Goolrokh M Gupta, to attend the funeral of her father and offer prayers.