Supreme Court
SC orders establishment of special courts for expeditious trial in NIA cases
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed the Centre to approach the chief justice of the...
'Large-scale banking fraud' involving Anil Ambani's ADAG requires thorough probe, says SC
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for agencies, said two FIRs were registered against Reliance Telecom Ltd on co...
SC grants bail to murder convict after noting 'disturbing order' passed by Orissa HC
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan said the High Court should have taken a "practical and sympathetic" v...
Enough is enough, says SC; directs MP govt to decide on prosecuting its minister for Col Qureshi remarks
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi termed the objectionable statement of Shah as the "most ...
SC seeks Centre's response on AAP Gujarat unit's plea against blocking of social media accounts
A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe issued notice on the plea and tagged it with other similar pending pet...
Supreme Court Upholds NCLAT Decision Against Bank in Debt Recovery Case
Supreme Court Dismisses Dhanlaxmi Bank's Appeal, Emphasizes Proper Forum for Contractual Disputes...
Contractual para-teachers not entitled to blanket regularisation
Supreme Court Denies Blanket Regularisation for Jharkhand Para-Teachers, Contractual Para-Teachers Must Follow Statutory...
Supreme Court Overturns Tribunal's Appointment Directive in Durgapur Steel Plant Case
Apex Court Rules Non-Preservation of Recruitment Records Not Grounds for Adverse Inference Against Employer...
Lakhimpur Kheri violence case: SC expresses disappointment over non-production of witnesses in trial
The bench said at least 7-8 witnesses should be summoned instead of three or four for a day, so that even if some of the...
Lakhimpur Kheri violence case: SC expresses disappointment over non-production of witnesses in trial
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said the status report filed before it by the Uttar Prad...
CJI's advice to aspirant: Join the bar, become a lawyer, don't hanker for judicial services post
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi on Friday dismissed a plea filed by Prerna Gupta...
CJI's advice to aspirant: Join the bar, become a lawyer, don't hanker for judicial services post
However, the story took another turn the following day and the judge summoned him again, this time offering a piece of a...
SC asks student arrested for Noida violence to approach HC; observes 93,000 cases pending in apex court
The counsel appearing for Chaudhary submitted that grounds of arrest were not given by the police to the accused and sou...
Bail conditions such as requiring accused persons to clean police stations as a prerequisite for bail held unconstitutional
Supreme Court Nullifies Unconstitutional Bail Conditions Imposed by Odisha Judiciary, Supreme Court directs courts to re...
Advocates excluded from voters' list for Bar Council elections must be provided reasons and given an opportunity
Supreme Court Mandates Inclusion of Advocates in Bar Council Voter List, Court Orders Bar Council to Provide Reasons for...
Lakhimpur Kheri violence case: SC expresses disappointment over non-production of witnesses
On October 3, 2021, eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Tikunia in Lakhimpur Kheri district during a pr...
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 - Acid attacks victims who suffer internal injuries are "acid attack victims"
Supreme Court Expands Definition of Acid Attack Victims Under Disability Act, Internal Injuries Included as Supreme Cour...
Mis-declaration in MCI Declaration Forms by a medical professional cannot be condoned
Supreme Court Reduces Punishment for Mis-declaration by Senior Doctor, Apex Court replaces three-month suspension with a...
Supreme Court Rules on Executability of Specific Performance Decree in Habban Shah v. Sheruddin
Supreme Court declares decree inexecutable due to non-compliance with stipulated conditions, emphasizing the discretiona...
Virtually no debate took place in Par while passing law on CEC, EC appointments, SC told
Lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), argued that the Chief Election Comm...
SC expresses concern over female genital mutilation practice among Dawoodi Bohra community
A nine-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, which was hearing petitions challenging this practic...
Questioning every religious practice in courts will 'break' religion, civilisation: SC
The Kerala government, which has taken contradictory stand on the issue of entry of women into Sabarimala temple, submit...
Consumers can't be required to pay for service which they no longer received: SC
The apex court set aside a February last year order of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) which had directed...
Executive must eliminate ad-hocism in public employment: SC
The apex court was hearing a batch of appeals filed by para-teachers challenging an order of Jharkhand High Court which ...
Rani Kapur-Priya Kapur dispute: SC appoints ex-CJI DY Chandrachud to act as mediator
Her plea submitted that she was the sole beneficiary of the entire estate of her late husband, Surinder Kapur, who was t...
Questioning religious practices will break religion and civilisation: SC in Dawoodi Bohras case
Justice Nagarathna went on that what sets apart India from any other region is that "we are a civilisation" despite havi...
Rani Kapur-Priya Kapur dispute: SC appoints ex-CJI DY Chandrachud to act as mediator
Asking the parties to participate in the mediation proceedings with an open mind, the apex court said they may not make ...
CIRP - Assets of a subsidiary company cannot be treated as assets of the holding company
Supreme Court Upholds Resolution Plans for Stalled Greater Noida Projects, SC Dismisses GNIDA's Appeals, Orders Waiver o...
SC asks can it direct Parliament to make law to regulate appointment of CEC, ECs
The remarks were made by a bench of justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma during the final hearing on a clut...
SC questions maintainability of 1986 PIL on excommunication of members among Dawoodi Bohras
The nine-judge Constitution bench is hearing petitions related to discrimination against women at religious places, incl...
Mysuru's historic Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building should be protected: SC
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi passed the order on May 4 after examining a report of the Indian Ins...
SC refuses to adjourn hearing on pleas against EC law, says this matter is more important
Earlier on March 20, CJI Surya Kant recused himself from hearing the petitions. "I will be accused of conflict of intere...
SC to hear on May 20 pleas on legislative power to tax mineral rights
In September 2024, the apex court had dismissed the pleas seeking review of its July 25, 2024 nine-judge bench verdict, ...
2024 Haldwani riots case: SC sets aside order granting default bail to two accused
Having gone through the record, we find that the high court has completely gone wrong in casting aspersions on the condu...
SC to hear on May 20 pleas on legislative power to tax mineral rights
In September 2024, the apex court had dismissed the pleas seeking review of its July 25, 2024 nine-judge bench verdict, ...
Excommunicating Parsi women for entering interfaith marriages discriminatory: SC
A nine-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said the right of conscience under Article 25 (1) of the ...