New Delhi, May 14 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Thursday:
3.19 PM
The SC asked late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's mother Rani Kapur and his wife Priya Kapur, embroiled in a dispute over the family trust, not to do anything that could directly affect mediation proceedings.
7.05 PM
The SC said the power of judicial review is a constitutional duty and it can't give up its responsibility in matters of social reform and welfare.
2.21 PM
A medical body has urged the Supreme Court to direct restructuring or replacement of NTA with a robust and autonomous system to conduct NEET-UG, citing a "direct assault" on the fundamental rights of over 22.7 lakh students through recurring paper leaks.
New Delhi, May 12 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Tuesday:
1:59 PM
The SC agreed to hear the Enforcement Directorate's plea challenging the grant of anticipatory bail to the director of a private firm in a money laundering case linked to alleged illegal coal excavation and pilferage.
3:27 PM
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has decided to set up a high-powered committee headed by Supreme Court judge Aravind Kumar to prepare a blueprint for the modernisation of courts across the country and secure government allocation of funds.
4:19 PM
The SC has agreed to hear a plea of a TVK lawmaker challenging the Madras High Court's order restraining him from participating in floor test in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
5:48 PM
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has decided to set up a high-powered committee headed by Supreme Court Justice Aravind Kumar to prepare a blueprint for the modernisation of courts across the country and secure a government allocation of Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000 crore for the purpose.
6:55 PM
Right to Freedom of Religion cannot be breached in the name of social reform, the SC said, while emphasising that the framers of the Constitution drafted laws keeping in mind the requirements of society and a nine-judge bench cannot "upset" it.
New Delhi, May 11 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Monday:
4:47 PM
The SC said former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and others can file fresh applications regarding their claim that the victory margins in 31 constituencies in the recent assembly polls were less than the deletion of votes there during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
11:39 AM
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant announced the launch of a major digital initiative aimed at strengthening judicial data integration and improving public access to court services across the country.
12:18 PM
The SC asked a petitioner to approach the Centre with his plea seeking directions to regulate all institutions that impart education or religious instructions to children below the age of 14 years.
12:50 PM
The SC refused to entertain a plea challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Hindu Marriage Act that grants only the wife the right to seek divorce if cohabitation has not resumed for one year or more after a maintenance decree against the husband.
2:48 PM
The SC asked the National Investigation Agency to complete within two months its probe into the April 1 violence in West Bengal's Malda district, in which a mob confined seven judicial officers for nine hours.
3:18 PM
In a setback to former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, the SC refused to interfere with a Madras High Court order directing a CBI probe into an alleged Rs 397-crore scam in the procurement of transformers during his tenure as the state's electricity minister between 2021 and 2023.
3:42 PM
The SC granted anticipatory bail to a Canadian citizen accused in a rape case, saying that based on unverified allegations, it cannot be held that he is required to be morally condemned.
5:08 PM
Flagging the mounting pendency of bail applications in high courts across the country, the SC suggested various measures, including evolving a mechanism for automatic listing and fixing an outer timeline for disposal of such pleas.
5:43 PM
The SC deprecated the practice of filing petitions to stall developmental projects, asking how the country will progress if such pleas are filed.
5:47 PM
The SC permitted the filing of a probe report of an SIT before a Gurugram court in connection with the horrific rape of a three-year-old girl.
6.25 PM
The bar and the bench are two indispensable wheels of the chariot of justice, the Supreme Court said on Monday while emphasising that a friction-less relationship between the two furthers justice and forwards the cause of litigants.
6.35 PM
Extending a "final act of forgiveness", the Supreme Court on Monday suspended an April 2024 order of the Gujarat High Court convicting Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association president Yatin Oza and sentencing him till the rising of the court for making scandalous remarks against the state judiciary.
New Delhi, May 8 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Friday:
11:35AM
The Supreme Court expressed disappointment over the non-production of witnesses in the ongoing trial against Ashish Mishra, son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra, and others in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.
12:19PM
The Supreme Court refused to grant bail to a student accused of inciting violence during the industrial workers' protest in Noida on April 13.
1:10PM
The Supreme Court expressed disappointment over the non-production of witnesses in the ongoing trial against Ashish Mishra, son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra, and others in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.
3:41PM
The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response on a plea by the Gujarat unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) challenging the suspension of its social media accounts.
3:57PM
"Enough is enough", an anguished Supreme Court observed Friday as it asked the Madhya Pradesh government to decide on granting sanction to prosecute its minister Kunwar Vijay Shah for his objectionable remarks targeting Army officer Col Sofiya Qureshi made in aftermath of Operation Sindoor.
4:21PM
Taking note of a "disturbing order" passed by the Orissa High Court, the Supreme Court has granted bail to a murder convict while voicing serious concern over its approach which junked his appeal on the ground of delay.
4:48PM
The Supreme Court on Friday said the matter concerning alleged large-scale banking fraud involving Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and its firms required a "thorough investigation" after the CBI said the total loss estimated in seven cases was around Rs 27,337 crore.
5:05PM
The Supreme Court on Friday directed that at least one special court be established to deal with 10 to 15 pending trials in cases probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
5:12PM
The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over the rising drug menace situation in Punjab, saying human toll was "alarming" and called for a fundamental shift in how the state tackles narcotics.
6:41PM
The Supreme Court on Friday registered a case treating a resolution passed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) as a PIL after the bar body expressed concern over an Andhra Pradesh High Court judge reportedly sending a young advocate to 24-hour judicial custody for a procedural lapse.
7:12PM
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the West Bengal governor R N Ravi to appoint vice chancellors to three state universities from the names shortlisted by a search-cum-selection committee headed by former CJI UU Lalit.
7:12PM
Actor Vijay-led TVK on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to invite his single-largest party to form the government in the state.
7:12PM
Observing that public employment, particularly in the police force, cannot be converted into an "instrument of fraud", the Supreme Court on Friday restored the dismissal of a Jharkhand constable accused of impersonation, fraud, and dual employment.
New Delhi, May 7 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Thursday:
1.35PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday remarked that if individuals start questioning certain religious practices or matters of religion before a constitutional court then there will be hundreds of petitions questioning different rituals, leading to the breaking of religions and the civilisation.
2.19PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed former Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud to act as a mediator in the dispute between late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's mother Rani Kapur and his wife Priya Kapur over the family trust.
6.50PM
Observing that strengthening education is the need of the hour rather than subsidising it with ad-hoc measures, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Jharkhand government to notify 50 per cent of total vacancies of assistant teachers and sahayak acharyas exclusively for para-teachers within four weeks across the state.
7.29PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday said consumers cannot be required to pay for a service which they no longer received, and tariff determination is not merely a mathematical exercise but a regulatory balancing act.
New Delhi, May 6 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Wednesday:
12:22 PM
The SC held a Full Court reference to pay tribute to former acting Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Vijay Kumar Jhanji, who passed away on February 23 this year.
2:03 PM
The SC collegium has approved a proposal for appointment of 10 advocates as judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
3:52 PM
The SC said it would consider on May 20 the pleas related to legislative power to tax mineral rights, after the Centre said its curative petition in the matter was pending.
4:12 PM
The SC said it would consider on May 20 the pleas related to legislative power to tax mineral rights, after the Centre said its curative petition in the matter was pending.
6:36 PM
The SC that the over a century-old Devaraja Market and the Lansdowne Building in Mysuru should be protected, with necessary renovation and restoration work carried out.
6:40 PM
Observing that it has to be "consistent" and cannot change "colour", the SC questioned the maintainability of a 40-year old PIL filed by the Central Board of Dawoodi Bohra Community that had raised the question whether the supreme leader of the close-knit community can excommunicate any of its members and if it is constitutionally protected as a religious practice.
New Delhi, May 5 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Tuesday:
5.55PM
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the Unclaimed Deposits - Gateway to Access Information (UDGAM) portal facilitates the registered user to search unclaimed deposits across multiple banks.
1.31PM
Commenting on the misuse of PILs, the Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked that Public Interest Litigation has now become 'Private Interest Litigation', 'Publicity Interest Litigation', 'Paisa Interest Litigation' and 'Political Interest Litigation'.
11.57PM
"Are you the chief priest of the country?" The Supreme Court remarked on Tuesday while slamming the Indian Young Lawyers Association over its 2006 PIL challenging the prohibition of women aged 10 to 50 from entering the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala.
New Delhi, May 4 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Monday:
6.22PM
The Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on Odisha courts for imposing "regressive", "degrading" and "abhorrent" bail conditions like asking the accused, especially those belonging to Scheduled Tribes, to clean police stations and set them aside.
5.32PM
Flagging the "alarming increase" in the cases of "barbaric" acid attacks, the Supreme Court on Monday suggested that the Centre consider enhancing the punishment for such offences besides shifting the onus on the accused to prove that he is not guilty.0
5.21PM
The Supreme Court on Monday said the issuance of new Aadhaar cards only to citizens up to the age of six years require legislative intervention and appropriate amendments in the existing legal framework.
4.20PM
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant relief to a Dubai-based Indian national who alleged harassment by local authorities there, claiming he had been wrongfully subjected to a travel ban.
1.41PM
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the plea of alleged middleman Christian Michel James in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case seeking his release from jail.
1.24PM
The Supreme Court on Monday granted liberty to Lok Sabha MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav to approach the Patna High Court requesting it to list his pending petition seeking upgradation of his security cover from 'Y' to 'Z' category.
12.41PM
In a rare and scathing rebuke of its own back-office, the Supreme Court on Monday lashed out at the apex court Registry, terming its conduct “nasty” and saying its officials think they are acting as “super Chief Justice of India”.
New Delhi, Apr 30 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Thursday:
1.02 PM
A child cannot be forced to bear a pregnancy, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while pulling up the Centre and asking it to amend the law to permit rape survivors to terminate unwanted pregnancies even beyond 20 weeks.
5.09 PM
Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera on Thursday likened Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to a "constitutional cowboy or a Rambo" in the Supreme Court for his alleged remarks against him in relation to a criminal case.
2.24 PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred to May 8 the hearing on a PIL alleging large-scale banking fraud involving the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and its firms.
3.41 PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Centre for not filing its affidavit on a petition which sought regulatory guidelines to control the "unpredictable fluctuations" in airfare and ancillary charges imposed by private airlines in India.
5.33 PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed former chief justice of India Sanjiv Khanna as sole mediator to resolve a dispute involving prominent businessman Ashokbhai Haribhai Gajera and others in a case linked to textile market projects at Surat.
2.41 PM
Coming to the rescue of a senior citizen suffering from cancer, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Allahabad High Court to grant an urgent hearing to his plea regarding pension and post-retiral benefits that has been pending for the last nine years.
12.17 PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre and others on a PIL seeking directions to establish a revenue judicial service, and prescribe minimum legal qualification and training module for public servants adjudicating land disputes.
12.57 PM
Taking note of the repeated strikes at the Gautam Buddha Nagar district court, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the committee of judges at the Allahabad High Court to take action against Bar Association officials on receipt of a report from the district judge.
6.34 PM
Taking strong note of an objectionable social media post by a lawyer on women's quota in bar bodies, the Supreme Court on Thursday initiated suo motu criminal contempt proceedings against him, asking why his licence to practise law not be revoked.
4.42 PM
The Supreme Court decided on Thursday that the Advocates-on-Record Examination shall not be conducted in 2026, keeping in view the overall strength of the AoRs.
2.07 PM
Terming the situation "grim", the Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the delay in approval of resolution plans by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) benches.
New Delhi, Apr 29 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Wednesday:
7.00 PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the existing framework of criminal law adequately addresses the issue of hate speeches and no "legislative vacuum" exists warranting intervention.
7.00 PM
The Supreme Court made it clear on Wednesday that its objective was to ensure that 22,000 homebuyers of the ailing Unitech Ltd got their dream homes and asked the new Centre-appointed board of the real estate group, banks and financial institutions to give suggestions for an amicable resolution of the long-pending dispute.
1.52 PM
How can a non-believer in North India claim the right of entry to the temple in Sabarimala? The Supreme Court questioned on Wednesday and said that while deciding the issue regarding the right to enter temples, it has to examine whether a devotee or a non-devotee is claiming that right.
5.04 PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of activist Teesta Setalvad's application seeking release of her passport and said she may file a fresh plea as and when she fixes the itinerary to travel abroad.
6.12 PM
The Shabari story in the Ramayana found mention before a nine-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday while hearing petitions related to discrimination against women at religious places, including the Sabarimala temple in Kerala.
New Delhi, Apr 28 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Tuesday:
12.35 PM
Observing that there cannot be anarchy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said the right to manage a religious institution cannot mean absence of structure and there has to be a modality and norms devised for its functioning.
1.07 PM
A multi-pronged action involving telecom regulators, service providers, the RBI, tech giants and the CBI has been taken to tackle the rising menace of digital arrest scams, besides WhatsApp banning 9,400 accounts involved in such offences, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.
3.07 PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that a meeting be convened on May 6 to deliberate on the aspect of utilisation of funds by the states on installation of CCTVs in police stations across the country.
4.29 PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a look out circular issued by the CBI against a man who is facing prosecution in separate cases lodged by the probe agency and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
5.41 PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said an inept investigation or a scripted enquiry both are fatal to criminal prosecution but the latter has "lethal consequences" when there is a possibility of innocent persons being crucified.
6.13 PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that it would ask the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to constitute a committee to examine the suggestions given by a petitioner relating to the procedure of declaring a patient brain dead.
6.33 PM
Observing that admission into pre-primary class must be a "national mission", the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, "neighbourhood schools" are constitutionally and statutorily obligated to admit students allotted by the state government without any delay.
New Delhi, Apr 27 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Monday:
5.39 PM
The Supreme Court on Monday took note of the brutal assault on a woman advocate allegedly by her husband and directed the Delhi Police commissioner to hand over the probe to a senior officer, preferably a woman officer in the rank of assistant or deputy commissioner of police.
6.11 PM
Observing that the reproductive autonomy of a mother-to-be must be accorded the highest importance, the Supreme Court has allowed a 15-year-old girl to medically terminate her pregnancy of more than 28 weeks.
5.18 PM
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the appellate tribunal to accord out-of-turn hearing and decide an appeal filed by a man challenging the deletion of his name from the voter list after the Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal.
4.38 PM
Where is the question of an offence when a relationship is consensual? the Supreme Court on Monday asked a woman who had challenged an order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court that had quashed an FIR against her former live-in partner in a case of alleged sexual assault on a false promise of marriage.
4.22 PM
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered status quo till May 4 on the land allotted to self-styled "godman" Asaram's ashram in Ahmedabad that the Gujarat government wants to take over to develop sports infrastructure ahead of the 2030 Commonwealth Games.
1.51 PM
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition against the ongoing demolition drive in Gurugram, and asked the petitioners to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
New Delhi, Apr 24 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Friday:
6.43 PM
The SC granted the last opportunity to the Centre to apprise about its stand on a plea seeking to bring back some people who were earlier deported to Bangladesh.
6.12 PM
The SC said right to speedy trial is a precious constitutional right but it cannot be exercised to grant bail in matters governed by special enactment such as the NDPS Act, particularly where the recovery is of commercial quantity.
5.39 PM
Ten Indians have died while fighting alongside Russian forces in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the Centre told the SC.
4.38 PM
The SC permitted the NIA to file its charge sheet on completion of investigation in the sensational incident of April 1 in West Bengal in which seven judicial officers were illegally confined by a mob in Malda district.
4.07 PM
The SC asked the appellate tribunals to give out-of-turn hearing to those who make out a case of urgent hearing against deletion from voter lists after the special intensive revision of rolls in West Bengal.
3.27 PM
The SC directed the Uttar Pradesh DGP to constitute an all-women SIT headed by a commissioner or inspector general-rank officer for a time-bound probe into the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl in Ghaziabad last month.
1.09 PM
The SC refused to entertain pleas filed by several individuals from West Bengal, including 65 persons on election duty, against the deletion of their names from the voter list following the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
2.39 PM
The SC refused to entertain a fresh plea filed by Indrani Mukerjea, accused of killing her daughter Sheena Bora, seeking to travel abroad.
12.34 PM
Observing that no court can force a woman, especially a minor, to carry a pregnancy against her will, the SC allowed a 15-year old girl to medically terminate her over seven-month pregnancy.
11.49 AM
The SC referred to another bench a plea of alleged middleman Christian Michel James in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case seeking his release from jail.
New Delhi, Apr 23 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Thursday:
8.07 PM
Urging the courts not to judicially determine religious practices, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) told the SC that Islam does not restrict women from coming to mosques for namaz, but it is preferable that they stay home.
7.03 PM
Alleging a complete breakdown of law and order in West Bengal, the Enforcement Directorate told the SC that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee used the state machinery to obstruct its probe against the I-PAC office in Kolkata related to a Rs 2,700-crore coal smuggling case.
4.59 PM
In a major relief to Amit Jogi, the SC stayed a Chhattisgarh High Court order that had handed down life imprisonment to the son of former chief minister Ajit Jogi in the 2003 murder case of NCP leader Ramavatar Jaggi.
New Delhi, Apr 22 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Wednesday:
2.02 PM
The SC asked the Centre to file within two weeks its affidavit on a plea by Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of the then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, seeking commutation of his death sentence to life term due to the delay in deciding his mercy petition.
5.20 PM
The alleged obstruction by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a raid conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata came under intense scrutiny on Wednesday, with the Supreme Court saying that democracy is put in peril if a chief minister intervenes in a probe.
New Delhi, Apr 21 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Tuesday:
6.41 PM
Expressing concern about the future of a child with disputed paternity, the SC directed the Delhi government to determine the well-being of the tween and ensure the availability of basic material goods required to maintain a minimum standard of living.
6.20 PM
The SC asked an NGO to file composite documents detailing alleged shortcomings in the 2024 rules that were framed to streamline the approval process for clinical trials of vaccines and new medicines in the country.
6.20 PM
The SC sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea challenging the validity of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008.
5.09 PM
The SC asked the secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment to file an affidavit giving details of the action taken to address the issue of inter-state trafficking of bonded labourers, including minors.
3.25 PM
Why is your investigating officer playing "hide and seek" with this court, the SC asked the Uttar Pradesh government while expressing displeasure over the compliance affidavit filed by the police in a case of alleged hate crime in Noida in 2021.
2.32 PM
The SC issued notice in a contempt petition alleging non-compliance of its landmark December 2024 judgment on illegal constructions, bringing renewed focus on enforcement gaps in urban planning norms, particularly in Haryana's Gurugram.
1.17 PM
The SC asked the chief priest of the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple if the Constitution will not come to the rescue of a believer who is not allowed to touch the deity.
New Delhi, Apr 20 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Monday:
6.55 PM
The SC asked all states and union territories to provide details of terror and narcotics cases being probed by Central and state agencies, including the NIA and the NCB, as a step towards setting up special exclusive courts for early disposal of the cases.
6.25 PM
The SC said it would hear on April 24 a plea filed by the father of a four-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and killed in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad last month, seeking a court-monitored probe either by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) or the CBI in the case.
6.21 PM
The SC dismissed activist Umar Khalid's plea seeking a review of a verdict denying him bail, while observing that there are reasonable grounds to believe the allegations levelled against him in connection with a conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots.
3.52 PM
"We can't have a fishing inquiry," the SC after it was mentioned that five to seven lakhs voters have allegedly been added by the Election Commission (EC) in poll-bound West Bengal.
3.31 PM
The SC said it would call for a report from the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court today itself after it was alleged that the appellate tribunals constituted for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal were "not functioning".
12.28 PM
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said it was shocking that well-educated people were getting duped in cases of digital arrests.
12.26 PM
Terming the petitioner "incorrigible", the SC dismissed a PIL seeking to declare Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose a "National Son" and to credit the Azad Hind Fauj (INA) for India’s independence.
New Delhi, Apr 17 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Friday:
3.48 PM
Flagging rampant illegal sand mining in National Chambal Gharial Sanctuary, the Supreme Court on Friday directed governments of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to install CCTV cameras at routes frequently used for such activities, saying the apex court cannot remain a "silent spectator".
4.27 PM
In two consecutive legal setbacks, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain Congress leader Pawan Khera's plea seeking protection from arrest till April 20 in a case lodged against him for levelling charges against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife that she possesses multiple passports.
4.32 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday said the statutory framework is well-armed to deal with mining mafias, but apparently, the administrative authorities are "dragging their feet" for reasons which are not difficult to discern.
5.00 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday termed "startling and disquieting" the bizarre submission of the Madhya Pradesh government pleading helplessness that its forest officials lack adequate firepower to match the weaponry of the sand mafia.
New Delhi, Apr 16 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Thursday:
11:34AM
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a PIL seeking a ban on sale of liquor in tetra packs in Uttar Pradesh and asked the petitioner to move the state authorities with the grievances.
11:53AM
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre and others to frame guidelines for the display of the Ashoka Chakra on the national flag.
12:06PM
A lawyer, who was reprimanded last month for "frivolous and baseless" public interest litigations, sought the Supreme Court's nod to withdraw 17 of the 47 separate PILs he had filed and said he would first approach concerned authorities.
12:15PM
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to make voting compulsory in the country, saying such a mandate falls within the "policy domain" and cannot be issued by the judiciary.
1:18PM
The Supreme Court dismissed the pleas of industrialist Anil Ambani challenging the Bombay High Court order that allowed the proceedings initiated by banks against him and Reliance Communications Ltd to classify their bank accounts as fraud to continue.
3:49PM
The Supreme Court sought the Centre's response on a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, on the ground that those are allegedly discriminatory against women.
4:19PM
Flagging the lack of trust between the West Bengal government and the Election Commission, the Supreme Court dismissed a plea challenging the transfer of more than 1,000 administrative and police officers by the poll panel in the election-bound state.
4:26PM
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea filed by a group of ex-servicemen challenging the validity of the current pay-fixation rules, alleging that the existing framework unfairly penalises Army veterans who join civil services after their retirement.
5:55PM
The Supreme Court expressed concern over poor translation of documents for filing appeals in legal aid matters and directed high courts across the country to seriously examine and decide the issue within four weeks.
6:06PM
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to consider eligible women candidates to fill up to 50 percent posts in judicial services and for their appointment as law officers and government counsels.
6:22PM
The Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to a software firm owner accused of sexually harassing an employee and attempting to frame her and her husband in a criminal case.
6:30PM
A plea was filed in the Supreme Court in the aftermath of allegations of religious conversion and sexual harassment at a multinational company (MNC) in Nashik seeking directions to control deceitful religious conversion.
New Delhi, Apr 15 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Wednesday:
12.42 PM
The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages the historic Sabarimala temple in Kerala, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that religion is a set of beliefs and practices followed by a denomination with a broadly similar identity and the court cannot sit in judgement of that belief.
2.16 PM
In a setback to Congress leader Pawan Khera, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Telangana High Court order granting him one-week transit anticipatory bail in a case registered for levelling allegations against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife.
6.18 PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a petition challenging the preventive detention of YouTuber and journalist Savukku Shankar under the Tamil Nadu Goondas Act, directing the petitioner to seek relief before the Madras High Court.
New Delhi, Apr 13 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Monday:
11:50AM
The Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea to accord weightage to states' proposal on the exact cost of cultivation while fixing minimum support price (MSP).
12:02PM
The Supreme Court sought the responses of the Centre, states and all union territories on a PIL seeking implementation of RTE law which mandates free and compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14 years.
12:20PM
The Assam government has moved the Supreme Court against the Telangana High Court order granting one-week transit anticipatory bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera in a case registered against him for levelling allegations against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife.
12:28PM
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea challenging the validity of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2025.
12:57PM
The Supreme Court sought a response of the Centre on a PIL challenging provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 that allegedly dilute transparency under the 2005 Right to Information Act.
3:09PM
The Supreme Court made it clear that it would not make "any structural changes" to the present arrangement with regard to religious practices at the famous Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan.
3:16PM
In a setback to Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Supreme Court refused to quash a CBI FIR in the land-for-jobs case involving the RJD chief and his family members.
3:17PM
The Supreme Court declined to entertain a plea by a group of 13 people seeking its intervention in the deletion of their names from the voter list during the Special Institutional Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, where polling for the first phase of the assembly election will be held on April 23.
3:17PM
The Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre, Election Commission and others on a plea seeking to implement finger and iris biometric identification systems at polling stations to prevent duplicate voting.
4:01PM
The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a three-judge bench activist Teesta Setalvad's application seeking the release of her passport that was deposited in court as a bail condition in a matter of alleged fabrication of documents to frame innocent people in post-Godhra riot cases of 2002.
4:20PM
The Supreme Court said the high-powered election supervisory committee headed by former apex court judge Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia will determine the manner in which women candidates are to be co-opted in state bar council elections to fulfil the 30 per cent representation mandate.
4:53PM
The Supreme Court flagged the "reluctance" of the Ghaziabad police in lodging an FIR and conducting an investigation in the rape and murder case of a four-year-old girl.
4:54PM
Student activist Umar Khalid has moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of a verdict that denied him bail while observing that there were reasonable grounds to believe the allegations levelled against him in connection with the conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots.
6:32PM
The Supreme Court reserved the posts of secretary, joint treasurer and two executive positions for women lawyers in the upcoming elections of the Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record Association (SCAORA).
New Delhi, Apr 10 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Friday:
3.56 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday lambasted Ghaziabad police's "insensitive approach" in the investigation of the rape and murder case of a four-year-old girl and summoned senior officials, including the police commissioner, on April 13 with case records.
3.50 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the bail plea of suspended Punjab Police DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar, who was arrested by the CBI in October last year in connection with a corruption case.
2.25 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear a plea challenging the denial of extension of parole granted to convict Santosh Kumar Singh in the 1996 Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case.
4.31 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea seeking directions to the Centre to take steps to facilitate the safe repatriation of 26 Indian citizens who have allegedly been detained in Russia and forced to fight in the ongoing war with Ukraine.
6.35 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday said parameters governing suspension of sentence post-conviction are qualitatively distinct from those applicable at the stage of pre-trial bail.
12.51 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed criminal proceedings and summons against a priest, who claimed that Christianity was the only true religion.
12.34 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on April 13 a fresh plea along with pending ones challenging the freezing of electoral rolls by the Election Commission ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal.
11.48 AM
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to stop caste Census, and slammed the petitioner for the language used in the PIL.
11.31 AM
The Supreme Court on Friday confirmed its earlier order of granting interim bail to journalist Mahesh Langa in a money laundering case linked to a matter involving an alleged financial fraud lodged by the Enforcement Directorate at Ahmedabad.
New Delhi, Apr 10 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Friday:
3.56 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday lambasted Ghaziabad police's "insensitive approach" in the investigation of the rape and murder case of a four-year-old girl and summoned senior officials, including the police commissioner, on April 13 with case records.
3.50 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the bail plea of suspended Punjab Police DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar, who was arrested by the CBI in October last year in connection with a corruption case.
2.25 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear a plea challenging the denial of extension of parole granted to convict Santosh Kumar Singh in the 1996 Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case.
4.31 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea seeking directions to the Centre to take steps to facilitate the safe repatriation of 26 Indian citizens who have allegedly been detained in Russia and forced to fight in the ongoing war with Ukraine.
6.35 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday said parameters governing suspension of sentence post-conviction are qualitatively distinct from those applicable at the stage of pre-trial bail.
12.51 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed criminal proceedings and summons against a priest, who claimed that Christianity was the only true religion.
12.34 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on April 13 a fresh plea along with pending ones challenging the freezing of electoral rolls by the Election Commission ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal.
11.48 AM
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to stop caste Census, and slammed the petitioner for the language used in the PIL.
11.31 AM
The Supreme Court on Friday confirmed its earlier order of granting interim bail to journalist Mahesh Langa in a money laundering case linked to a matter involving an alleged financial fraud lodged by the Enforcement Directorate at Ahmedabad.
New Delhi, Apr 9 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Thursday:
5.28PM
Everybody must have access to all temples and 'maths' and excluding a denomination will negatively affect Hinduism and divide the society, the Supreme Court on Thursday said.
1PM
The Supreme Court has voiced grave concern over rising cases of child trafficking, saying gangs are operating across the country and if States and Union territories do not take immediate action, thing will go beyond control.
12.15PM
The Centre on Thursday backed the restriction on the entry of women of menstruating age into Kerala's Sabarimala temple, saying that the top court's 2018 judgement proceeds on the assumption that men are superior and women are on a lower pedestal.
6.42PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking constitution of a national task force or committee to monitor and ensure effective compliance with food safety enforcement measures across the country.
5.18PM
A petition filed in the Supreme Court has sought direction to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to issue new Aadhaar cards only to citizens up to the age of six years, and frame stringent guidelines for its issuance to adolescents and adults, to stop infiltrators from masquerading as Indian citizens.
New Delhi, Apr 8 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Wednesday:
5.31PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre how persons who are not devotees of Lord Ayyappa could challenge the customs of the Sabarimala temple in Kerala.
4.51PM
The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the two landmark judgements on decriminalising adultery and same-sex consensual relationships were based on the subjective application of "constitutional morality" and should be declared as "not a good law".
1.49PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it has the right and jurisdiction to hold what is a superstitious practice in a religion.
6.22PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain the bail plea of an advocate, arrested for allegedly demanding bribe of Rs 30 lakh for securing a favourable judicial order in a divorce case, saying he was "selling the judiciary".
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Terming a decade-long dispute between estranged spouses as “a matrimonial battle of Mahabharata”, the Supreme Court has provided a "complete quietus" to the bitter legal warfare and annulled the marriage.
New Delhi, Apr 7 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Tuesday:
7.20 PM
The Centre on Tuesday vehemently contended before the Supreme Court that the issue of restriction on the entry of women aged between 10 and 50 years at the Sabarimala temple falls within the domain of religious faith as well as denominational autonomy and is beyond the scope of judicial review.
7.15 PM
The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that voluntary retirement is not a mere act of leaving or discontinuing but is rather a distinct right of an employee that is available on completion of the requisite number of years of service.
6.50 PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a plea of Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association (GHCAA) president Yatin Oza against a high court verdict convicting and sentencing him till the rising of the court for making scandalous remarks against the state judiciary.
4.01PM
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that all issues concerning the installation of CCTVs in police stations across the country would be sorted out within two weeks.
New Delhi, Apr 6 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Monday:
7.27 PM
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over cases related to the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda, observing that the bureaucracy's credibility was being lowered and politics was being injected into the West Bengal secretariat and government offices.
4.55 PM
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the implementation of the Adani Group's Rs 14,535-crore bid to acquire the debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL), but provided a safeguard by restraining the firm's monitoring committee from taking any "major policy decisions" without prior nod of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal.
7.23 PM
The Supreme Court on Monday said around 60 lakh claims and objections of those removed from voters' lists in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal will be decided during the day, observing that central forces will remain deployed.
5.51 PM
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Madras High Court order which directed that all plastic/PET bottles and packaging used for selling water, salt and sugar should contain a label stating that these food items "may contain micro/nano plastics".
5.29 PM
The three academics, who were barred from offering their expertise following the row over an NCERT book chapter containing "offending" contents on corruption in the judiciary, approached the Supreme Court on Monday to explain their stand, saying no individual had the sole say in the drafting of the content and it was a collective process.
5.06 PM
Other than sermons, what research have you done before filing this PIL, the Supreme Court on Monday asked a petitioner who sought the constitution of a national task force or committee to monitor and ensure effective compliance with food safety enforcement measures.
3.22 PM
The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea seeking direction to the authorities to ensure that stray cattle is kept away from national and state highways across the country.
2.49 PM
The Supreme Court has asked the Union home secretary to remain present before it on Tuesday so that appropriate assistance could be drawn from him in implementation of the scheme for installation of CCTVs in police stations.
4.22 PM
The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to the first week of May the hearing on a petition filed by the CBI challenging the suspension of life imprisonment of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case.
New Delhi, Apr 2 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Thursday:
6.42 PM
Terming West Bengal the "most polarised state", the Supreme Court Thursday slammed the administration for its "complete failure" and inaction over the "deplorable" gherao and attack on seven judicial officers in Malda district during the electoral rolls revision drive and directed a CBI or NIA probe besides deployment of central forces in the poll-bound state.
5.06 PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the bail granted to businessman Satinder Singh Bhasin in connection with a multi-crore rupee alleged Grand Venice Mall scam in Greater Noida and directed him to surrender before the jail authorities within a week.
4.48 PM
The Supreme Court told market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Thursday to close proceedings against Sterling Biotech Limited (SBL) and its promoters, Chetan and Nitin Sandesara, or else it will be compelled to take a serious view of the matter.
4.16 PM
Slamming the Rajasthan government for "facilitating" illegal sand mining, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed its notification de-notifying 732 hectares of the National Chambal Sanctuary, saying it will not allow de-notification of any reserve land for protected species.
6.17 PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted an aspiring candidate of the Congress to approach the newly constituted appellate tribunal in Kolkata against the deletion of his name from the electoral roll following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
New Delhi, Apr 1 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Wednesday:
1.01 PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed optimism over the progress of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, noting that approximately 47.4 lakh objections out of a total of 60 lakh have been disposed of as on March 31.
1.42 PM
What is your "deep-rooted agenda", an irate Supreme Court asked a petitioner on Wednesday while dismissing his plea related to the preliminary investigation report on the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last June.
6.51 PM
Rapping the Centre for getting into unnecessary litigation, the Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed costs of Rs 25,000 on it for challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order setting aside a CISF official's dismissal.
2.59 PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Madhya Pradesh High Court will consider the objections raised by the Muslim side relating to the ongoing Archeological Survey of India’s survey, including videography and colour photographs of the disputed Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque premises in the state.
6.47 PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed trial-court proceedings against Tamil Nadu minister and DMK general secretary Durai Murugan in a disproportionate-assets case.
4.33 PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions, including review pleas, relating to grant of retrospective environmental clearance (EC) to the projects violating green norms.
6.32 PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday requested the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court to take a holistic policy decision to ensure a productive timeline for adjudication of sensitive cases like those relating to racial discrimination against people from the north-east.
New Delhi, Mar 25 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Wednesday:
12:12PM
Stating that the constitutional guarantee of just compensation cannot be diluted, the Supreme Court said solatium and interest in a land acquisition matter cannot be contingent on the magnitude of the financial burden.
12:54PM
The Supreme Court upheld the anticipatory bail granted to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in a case of rape and forced abortion against him.
1:15PM
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea against a home ministry circular on singing of national song Vande Mataram at official events, saying that a directive was not mandatory.
2:14PM
Castigating the Haryana Police for its "shameful" and "insensitive" approach in the rape case of a three-year-old, the Supreme Court constituted a Special Investigation Team of women IPS officers to conduct a fair investigation into the crime that took place in Gurugram.
4:29PM
The Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and bar bodies including the Bar Council of India on a petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) seeking the creation of a dedicated welfare fund for advocates appearing before the apex court.
6:05PM
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea against a recent home ministry circular on singing of national song Vande Mataram at official events and schools, saying the directive was not mandatory.
6:49PM
The grant of "prior" environmental clearance to projects is not a mere formality but a substantive safeguard and the principle of "polluter pays" must not be reduced to "pollute and pay", the Supreme Court was told
6:58PM
The Supreme Court granted interim relief to Indian Revenue Service (IRS) Officer Sameer Wankhede in his plea challenging disciplinary proceedings initiated against him in relation to the 2021 Cordelia cruise drug bust case.
New Delhi, Mar 24 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Tuesday:
8.22 PM
The SC that women Short Service Commission (SSC) officers in the Army, Navy, and Air Force denied permanent commission due to a "systemic disparity" would be entitled to full pensionary benefits.
8.19 PM
In a significant decision, the SC held that a Scheduled Caste community person converting to a religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism loses the SC status from the moment of conversion regardless of birth.
7.38 PM
The SC expressed serious concern over the delay in appointing legal aid counsel to assist the victims of the 2023 Manipur ethnic violence in the ongoing trial of the cases.
6.48 PM
The SC asked litigants including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to approach the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court with their grievances pertaining to the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal.
6.36 PM
The SC asked 17 states, including Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra, to endeavour that dedicated NIA courts complete trials in UAPA cases in one year.
5.55 PM
The SC quizzed the West Bengal government over its objection to the maintainability of the Enforcement Directorate's plea on the alleged obstruction by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a raid, asking about the fundamental rights of ED officers.
2.19 PM
The SC refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to include the Denotified Nomadic Tribes (DNTs) as a distinct category in the upcoming national Census.
New Delhi, Mar 23 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Monday:
7.14 PM
The SC decided to examine a significant constitutional challenge involving gender discrimination within religious personal laws, questioning whether a Parsi woman can be stripped of her religious identity following the inter-faith marriage.
6.59 PM
Questioning the "insensitive" approach of Gurugram Police and the magistrate who examined a three-year-old rape victim, the SC directed the Gurugram commissioner of police and the investigating officer to appear before it on March 25 with all the probe records of the alleged shocking offence.
6.27 PM
Asking PMK founder S Ramadoss to approach the civil court, the SC upheld a Madras High Court decision dismissing his two petitions for a direction to the EC to either let his faction use the 'mango' symbol during the upcoming assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry or freeze the symbol.
4.13 PM
The SC expressed displeasure over the reluctance shown by the CBI and the ED in probing the alleged large-scale banking fraud involving the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and its firms, and directed them to conduct a fair, dispassionate, transparent, and time-bound investigation into the matter.
1.55 PM
The SC refused to entertain a PIL seeking installation of the national emblem on the dome of the apex court's building, saying that the matter falls within its administrative jurisdiction.
1.44 PM
The SC pulled up the West Bengal government for creating roadblocks in the ongoing construction of a corridor of a Kolkata Metro rail project and asked it not to politicise a developmental issue which is beneficial for the common man.
1.33 PM
The SC disposed of a plea filed by Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, against the latter's detention under the National Security Act (NSA).
New Delhi, Mar 20 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Friday:
11.40 AM
The Supreme Court on Friday quashed the proceedings pending before a Jharkhand court against filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh in an alleged copyright infringement case over his movie 'Kahaani 2'.
12.05 AM
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea seeking a CBI or SIT probe into the rape of a 4-year-old girl in Gurugram.
12.17 PM
A plea concerning a runaway couple seeking protection was mentioned on Friday before the Supreme Court, which asked the lawyer to move the Delhi High Court for the relief.
3.13 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a petition that alleged threats orchestrated by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to capture a property.
3.16 PM
The Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it had constituted an expert committee comprising two former apex court judges and an ex-attorney general to review the class 8 NCERT book with a chapter on corruption in the judiciary.
4.24 PM
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday recused himself from hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of a 2023 law that removed the CJI from a committee responsible for appointing the chief election commissioner and the ECs to the poll panel.
4.58 PM
Taking serious note of the destruction of habitats of aquatic animals due to rampant illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary, the Supreme Court on Friday said such destruction in a protected area would attract offences and penalties under various laws including the Wild Life (Protection) Act.
5.22 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to interfere with the Bombay High Court order which permitted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to remove over 45,000 mangroves for the Versova-Bhayander road project in North Mumbai.
5.23 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday emphasised the need to find ways to assist people with disabilities, and suggested that cab services should be equipped to accommodate wheelchairs and other assistive devices for them.
5.27 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday granted regular bail to Muppidi Avinash Reddy, a key accused in the multi-crore Andhra Pradesh liquor policy scam.
New Delhi, Mar 19 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Thursday:
12:43PM
The Supreme Court quashed an FIR and subsequent proceedings against YouTuber Elvish Yadav under the Wildlife (Protection) Act in the snake venom case registered by Uttar Pradesh Police in 2023.
2:27PM
The Supreme Court quashed an FIR and subsequent proceedings against YouTuber Elvish Yadav who was arrested for allegedly using snake venom at a rave party in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, in 2023, and said the case cannot be sustained in law.
4:30PM
A nine-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court reserved its verdict on the contentious issue of defining the word "industry" under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
5:42PM
Observing that movie making is a high risk business, the Supreme Court quashed criminal proceedings for cheating against a producer after he failed to return money to a financer.
New Delhi, Mar 18 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Wednesday:
1:13PM
The Supreme Court has granted an additional nine months to complete the trial in the Sheena Bora murder case, while making it clear that no further extension will be entertained.
4:17PM
A consortium of secured lenders including banks of Sterling Biotech Ltd of promoters Chetan and Nitin Sandesara has moved the Supreme Court for disbursal of their claim amounts from Rs 5,100 crore deposited in the apex court registry while highlighting their total outstanding against the Group companies was at Rs 19,283.77 crore.
5:55PM
The Supreme Court has come down heavily on members of the Barabanki District Bar Association in Uttar Pradesh for vandalising a toll plaza and ransacking a fellow advocate's office after he appeared for the toll employees, saying that legal profession is now tainted by such acts of "hooliganism".
6:30PM
The Supreme Court has set aside a Himachal Pradesh High Court order that had quashed an FIR alleging fraud, forgery and criminal conspiracy to grab ancestral property worth crores of rupees in Shimla district.
6:33PM
A nine-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday said its verdict on the correctness of a 1978 judgment which gives an expansive interpretation of the term "industry" to govern labour relations will apply to existing cases under the now-repealed Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
New Delhi, Mar 17 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Tuesday:
5.34 PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday urged the Centre to come up with a law recognising paternity leave as a social security benefit, observing that parenthood is not a solitary function and while the mother is central to a child's development, it would be unjust to overlook the role of the father.
6.20 PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking a national holiday on the 10th Sikh guru Guru Gobind Singh's birth anniversary, which is celebrated as 'Prakash Parv'.
6.23 PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India why details of the bank accounts of deceased persons could not be disclosed to heirs, and said the government must come up with a policy on the issue.
6.31 PM
Observing that adoption is part of the right to reproductive autonomy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a law which said a woman would be eligible for maternity leave if she legally adopts a child below the age of three months, holding it is discriminatory.
6.55 PM
A nine-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will examine the legal correctness of the 1978 judgment of a seven-judge bench giving an expansive interpretation of the term "industry" to govern labour relations.
New Delhi, Mar 16 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Monday:
11:30AM
The Haryana government told the Supreme Court that it has decided to show one-time magnanimity and close the issue against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was booked for social media posts on Operation Sindoor.
12:00PM
The Supreme Court said it would hear next week a suo motu case concerning victims of digital arrest.
12:17PM
The Supreme Court refused to interfere with a plea alleging risk of contamination of land and groundwater due to possible leakage of mercury from incinerated waste linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy.
12:50PM
The Supreme Court agreed to hear in April a PIL seeking the establishment of a Legal Education Commission to reform the legal education system and provide for a four-year LL.B instead of five-year course after Class 12.
3:37PM
The Haryana government told the Supreme Court that it has decided not to grant sanction to prosecute Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was booked last year for social media posts on Operation Sindoor, as a one-time magnanimity.
4:00PM
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea filed by journalist Ravi Nair challenging a notice issued by the Gujarat Crime Branch on a complaint by Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd over an alleged defamatory article in a newspaper.
4:07PM
The Supreme Court appointed former Chief Justice of India U U Lalit as the sole mediator to amicably resolve the dispute over the execution of a money decree of Rs 500 crore passed by the UAE court in favour of Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) and against Hyderabad-based industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad.
6:05PM
There is a need to get out of the mindset that only the national capital needs to have greenery and other states are lesser mortals, the Supreme Court said while hearing a matter related to the Delhi Ridge.
6:20PM
Over three-and-a-half decades after a petty bribery case began, the Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a former Uttarakhand excise constable but reduced his sentence.
6:24PM
The Supreme Court dismissed a plea of the West Bengal government against a Calcutta High Court order that had refused to stay an NIA probe into incidents of violence in Murshidabad district in January.
6:41PM
The Supreme Court has held that the Air Force Group Insurance Society (AFGIS) is a 'State' under Article 12 of the Constitution as it performed public duty by protecting and looking after the welfare of armed forces personnel and their family.
New Delhi, Mar 13 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Friday:
5.01PM
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a part of the December 19, 2025 order of the Delhi High Court permitting the Lokpal to consider granting sanction to the CBI to file a charge sheet against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in the alleged cash-for-query scam.
3.47PM
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a nationwide policy providing paid menstrual leave for women students and workers, observing no one would give them jobs in such a scenario and that such a provision would unintentionally reinforce gender stereotypes.
3.38pm
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking action against individuals or organisations allegedly spreading misinformatio through posters or public statements about the Tirumala laddu controversy.
3.31PM
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre on a fresh plea challenging the validity of a provision of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
2.08PM
Why should we pretend that we know medical science, the Supreme Court on Friday said while refusing to entertain a plea seeking mandatory Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (NAT) in all blood banks to ensure supply of infection-free blood to recipients.
11.37PM
The Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognisance of illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary and threats to endangered aquatic wildlife.
4.34PM
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order of the Telangana High Court which directed the state government to notify any film ticket price hikes at least 90 days before the movie’s release date.
5.30PM
You want us to run the entire country, the Supreme Court on Friday said while dismissing a plea seeking "sweeping" directions to ensure public safety by maintaining roads, bridges and electric wiring, among others.
New Delhi, Mar 12 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Thursday:
11.49PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror funding case, in which he was arrested by the National Investigation Agency on June 4, 2019.
1.49PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea filed by the grand nephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, seeking directions to bring back to India the ashes believed to be those of Bose from Tokyo's Renkoji temple.
6.57PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to two persons accused in the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in 2022.
6.50PM
The Centre on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that experts have opined against dilution of guidelines that bar transgenders, gay men and sex workers from donating blood.
5.54PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked two petitioners, who had challenged a provision of a 1882 law which exempts gifts executed under the Muslim law from registration, to approach the Law Commission of India.
4.08PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking quashing of an FIR registered against a man accused of sharing a Whatsapp message that "consuming beef was essential to being a good Hindu''.
3.27PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by an advocate who sought a direction to the Centre to pay him Rs one crore as fee and expenses for filing six cases in 2018 to allegedly "save" then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.
3.22PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday told a petitioner to respect those who died in the line of duty as it refused to entertain a plea concerning a war memorial in Dehradun.
New Delhi, Mar 11 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Wednesday:
5.17PM
Acting tough against three experts involved in drafting of a controversial chapter in NCERT's class 8 social science book containing "offending" contents on corruption in the judiciary, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and all state governments to disassociate from them.
1.04 PM
In its first ever order allowing passive euthanasia, the Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted the withdrawal of artificial life support to a 32-year-old man who has been in a coma for more than 12 years.
5.12PM
Thirty-two-year-old Harish Rana was a gymming and football enthusiast and was pursuing a B.Tech degree at Panjab University in 2013 when he fell from the fourth floor of his paying guest accommodation and sustained a brain injury leading to coma.
5.43PM
To love someone is to care for them not just in times of joy, but in their saddest and darkest hours, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said while hailing the parents and siblings of Harish Rana, who is in coma for more than 13 years, for their unwavering support to him.
6.40PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday took strong exception to social media reactions of some "mischief mongers" over its February 26 order in the NCERT book row matter and said they must realise how to deal with the current CJI.
New Delhi, Mar 10 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Tuesday:
12.13PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine the Centre's plea against the Bombay High Court verdict that struck down the 2023 amendments to the Information Technology Rules aimed at regulating fake and false content on social media against the government.
5.05PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the time has come for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as it termed a plea seeking striking down of provisions of the Shariat law of 1937 for being discriminatory to Muslim women as a "very good case" which advisably only the legislature should look into.
5.15PM
In a fresh set of directions, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered setting up of independent appellate tribunals, headed by former high court judges, to hear appeals against exclusions from voter lists during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.
7.06PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to the father of the minor alleged to have been driving the Porsche car under the influence of alcohol in 2024 in Pune that killed two persons.
7.13PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to former Telangana Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) chief T Prabhakar Rao, who is an accused in a phone tapping case.
5.53PM
Immense public infrastructure has been destroyed and damaged because officers were "dragging their feet", the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while hearing a case on contamination of three rivers in Rajasthan.
4.06PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to folk singer Neha Singh Rathore in a case filed against her over a social media post on last year's Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed.
1.38PM
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea against the holding of buffalo racing sport 'Kambala' in parts of Karnataka other than Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, asking why it be restricted only to a particular area of the state.
New Delhi, Mar 9 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Monday:
5.03PM
The Supreme Court on Monday permitted Unnao rape survivor to be a party in the petition filed by the CBI challenging suspension of life imprisonment of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, saying that the victim has a right to be heard in the proceedings.
6.11PM
The Supreme Court on Monday transferred the FIRs lodged in different states against a woman, accused of sending e-mails threatening blasts including at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, to Karnataka.
7.12PM
The Supreme Court on Monday approved a proposal of the Centre extending the term of chairpersons and members of various tribunals in the country and are due to retire soon, till September 8.
2.13PM
The Supreme Court on Monday trashed five "frivolous" Public Interest Litigations filed by a single lawyer, including one seeking a scientific study on whether onion and garlic contain "tamasic" (negative) energy, and asked if he drafted them in the middle of the night.
12.03PM
The Supreme Court agreed to consider on Tuesday a fresh plea filed by some persons whose names have been deleted from the electoral rolls by the Election Commission during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal.
12.23PM
The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear a plea challenging registration of an FIR against the apex court-appointed 'High-Powered Election Supervisory Committee' set up to oversee state bar council elections.
4.57PM
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL challenging the scope of search and seizure powers under Section 132 of the Income Tax Act on the ground that it has the potential of misuse by the authorities.
New Delhi, Feb 27 Following are the top Supreme Court stories for Friday:
3.53 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the West Bengal government's objection over the training module issued by the Election Commission for judicial officers deployed in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.
4.02 PM
The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Rajasthan Police on Friday for filing an FIR on the charges of blackmailing and extortion against the former regional head of Zee Rajasthan on a complaint from the Zee Media company, and said it was shocked at the manner in which the case was lodged.
4.43 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed a plea of Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year jail term without remission for the murder of business executive Nitish Katara in 2002, seeking to be released from the prison on furlough.
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The Supreme Court on Friday said Parliament has the "absolute prerogative" to enact a law and it is not bound by the undertaking which may have been given by the Centre before the court.
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The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to a doctor arrested for allegedly tampering with the blood samples of a 17-year-old boy, accused of crashing a Porsche car into a motorcycle in Pune and killing two persons.
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The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea challenging several provisions of the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Act, 2025, saying the main dispute raised is between an actual, visible and tangible national interest versus an unfortunate hypothetical loss.
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The Supreme Court collegium has taken a "policy decision" that a judge, who is proposed to take over the high court as its chief justice, may be transferred well in advance, preferably two months before the vacancy arises.
