Supreme Court
Illegal sand mining has created environmental crisis in National Chambal Gharial Sanctuary: SC
Slamming the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh for their utter failure in dealing with the issue, th...
SC directs EC to issue supplementary electoral roll in WB to include voters whose appeals allowed
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, in an order passed on April 13, said the mere pendency ...
SC rejects pleas of Anil Ambani challenging Bombay HC order on declaration of accounts as fraud
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi permitted Ambani to pursue his ple...
SC directs police to ensure protection of serving Delhi judicial officer, kin facing threats
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi also directed the Gujarat Police t...
Gold smuggling case: SC upholds detention order of Kannada actress Ranya Rao
A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh dismissed the appeals filed by Rao's mother and another accused Sa...
SC notice to Centre on PIL against Muslim personal law sections being 'discriminatory' against women
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Panchol sought the Union Ministry of Minori...
Obligation of husband to maintain spouse primary and continuing duty: SC
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih said maintenance must be fair, reasonable and commensurate w...
SC refuses to entertain plea to earmark up to 50 percent posts in judicial services for women
"Don't embarrass us and don't create complications for yourself," the CJI told advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, who was app...
SC flags poor translation of documents, directs HCs to seriously examine issue
A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh passed the direction while approving a Standard Operating Procedur...
SC refuses to entertain plea of Army veterans against current pay-fixation rules
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, however, allowed lawyer Ashwini U...
SC flags lack of trust between Bengal govt & EC, rejects plea against transfer of officers
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi also observed that it was the "mis...
SC notice to Centre on PIL against Muslim personal law sections being 'discriminatory' against women
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Panchol took note of the submissions made b...
SC dismisses plea challenging transfer of officers by EC in poll-bound West Bengal
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi also said that the question of law...
SC rejects pleas of Anil Ambani challenging Bombay HC order
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi permitted Ambani to pursue his ple...
SC rejects pleas of Anil Ambani challenging Bombay HC order
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi permitted Ambani to pursue his ple...
Disciplinary action by Armed Forces cannot be initiated after an accused has been discharged by a criminal court for the same misconduct
Supreme Court Overturns Wrongful Dismissal, Restores Honour to Ex-Squadron Leader, Supreme Court rules that disciplinary...
Prevention of Corruption - Proof of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification by a public servant is a sine qua non
Supreme Court Reinstates Conviction in Kerala Corruption Case, High Court's Acquittal Overturned; Demand and Acceptance ...
Consumer Banking - Failure of bank to re-present cheques within their validity period amounts to deficiency in service
Supreme Court Upholds Consumer Rights in Banking Negligence Case, Canara Bank Found Liable for Deficiency in Service Ove...
Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 - The benefit of Section 4 is available even to offenders sentenced only to payment of fine
Supreme Court Extends Probation Benefits to Offenders convicted under Sections 323 and 324 IPC, Supreme Court emphasizes...
SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking directions to make voting compulsory in polls
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi asked PIL petitioner Ajay ...
SC permits petitioner to withdraw 17 PILs
On April 10, when 25 separate PILs came up for hearing, the apex court told Gupta that he should approach the authoritie...
SC refuses to entertain plea seeking guidelines for display of Ashoka Chakra
A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi told the petitioner...
PIL against sale of liquor in tetra packs in UP; SC asks petitioner to approach authorities
Uttar Pradesh recently approved the new excise policy with several key changes, including the introduction of an e-lotte...
SC revokes illegal termination of ex-IAF official after 32 years; restores honour
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and K V Viswanathan found that disproportionate punishment was given to ex-squadron l...
Banks act as agents for customers, presenting stale cheques constitutes deficiency in service: SC
A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan held the Canara Bank guilty of deficiency in service for failing to ...
Most difficult task for court is to declare belief of millions wrong: SC
A nine-judge Constitution bench was hearing petitions related to discrimination against women at religious places, inclu...
SC refuses to entertain plea against fresh detention order for YouTuber, asks him to move HC
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma heard the matter and observed that the high court would be ...
Supreme Court Resolves CIBIL Score Discrepancy for Petitioner
SC Disposes of SLP After Banks and CIBIL Correct Erroneous Credit Reporting...
Supreme Court Restricts Provisional Exam Participation to Single Candidate
Rajasthan Public Service Commission's Application Leads to Modification of Earlier Order, Limiting Benefits to Surajmal ...
Supreme Court Upholds Rejection of EWS Certificates in UP Health Worker Recruitment
Apex Court rules invalid EWS certificates cannot be grounds for reservation claims, emphasizes need for compliance with ...
SC stays Telangana HC order granting one-week transit anticipatory bail to Pawan Khera
A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and A S Chandurkar issued notice to Khera and others seeking their responses on the p...
Courts can't sit in judgement in matters of religious belief of denomination: TDB to SC
A nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant was told by the board, which is a statutory autonomou...
Supreme Court Denies Set-Off of Losses in Company Amalgamation
Aspinwall and Co. Ltd. Cannot Claim Losses of Amalgamating Company Under Kerala Agricultural Income Tax Act...
Criminal prosecution can proceed simultaneously with civil remedies where allegations disclose cognizable offences
Supreme Court Reverses Karnataka High Court’s Decision to Quash FIRs in Property Fraud Case, The Supreme Court reinstate...
Bail granted in corruption case considering overlapping allegations in split prosecutions and substantial custodial incarceration
Supreme Court Grants Bail to Former Minister Anosh Ekka, Bail Granted Amidst Allegations of Corruption and Overlapping P...
SC to hear on Apr 15 plea of Assam govt against anticipatory bail to Cong leader Pawan Khera
On April 10, the high court granted one-week transit anticipatory bail to Khera with certain conditions and gave him a w...