Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been summoned by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team to appear before it on March 21 for questioning in post-Godhra riots in the state in 2002.

Days after M F Husain was conferred Qatar citizenship, the Government on Tuesday said it would be very happy to see the eminent painter return to India and that it would not allow any threat to him.

Rejecting Law Commission's recommendation for setting up of four Supreme Court regional benches, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Saturday said he did not favour the "disintegration" of the apex court.

Chief Justice of India K G said on Monday that the Supreme Court Collegium did not make a mistake in recommending the name of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran for appointment to the apex court, but maintained that any judge found to have tresspassed any land is not fit to be elevated.

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to Gujarat government and Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructre Limited on a petition filed by 52 land owners alleging meagre compensation awarded to them for acquiring their plots at Gothan village of Surat district.