‘Orchestrated confrontation to capture judiciary’: Opposition slams Centre’s suggestion to include govt nominee on judges’ appointment panel Law minister Kiren Rijiju had written to the CJI, suggesting the inclusion of a government nominee in the panel for… 3 years agoJanuary 16, 2023
Supreme Court refuses plea to declare Joshimath subsidence a national disaster A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala asked petitioner Swami… 3 years agoJanuary 16, 2023
Unnao rape case: Delhi High Court grants interim bail to Kuldeep Sengar to attend daughter’s wedding A bench of Justices Mukta Gupta and Poonam A Bamba suspended the sentence from January 27 to February 10 and… 3 years agoJanuary 16, 2023
Marital rape: Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on pleas, hearings to begin by March-end Some petitions before the top court challenge the exclusion of marital rape as a criminal offence under Section 375 of… 3 years agoJanuary 16, 2023
Centre writes to CJI, seeks govt nominee on panel to shortlist Supreme Court and HC judges In his letter, Law minister Kiren Rijiju made a suggestion on how best to streamline the Memorandum of Procedure for… 3 years agoJanuary 16, 2023
‘No chargesheet, 5 months to file FIR’: SC pulls up Delhi Police for tardy progress in Dharm Sansad case CJI DY Chandrachud directed the Delhi Police to file an affidavit on its investigation into the Dharm Sansad hate speech… 3 years agoJanuary 13, 2023
Explainer: The Bhopal gas tragedy curative petition A little over 33 years after reaching an out-of-court settlement with Union Carbide over the total compensation amount for victims… 3 years agoJanuary 13, 2023
Ram Setu a national heritage monument? Supreme Court asks Centre to file reply by first week of February The plea, filed by Subramanian Swamy, seeks directions to the Centre to declare ‘Ram Setu’ as a national heritage monument. 3 years agoJanuary 12, 2023
‘Are we a democratic nation?’ Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s fresh critique of Supreme Court on judicial appointments Speaking about the NJAC Act, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar said that it is a scenario that is perhaps “unparalleled in the… 3 years agoJanuary 12, 2023
Is Section 6A of Citizenship Act valid? Supreme Court’s Constitution bench to decide, hearing likely next month Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955 deals with the special provisions as to the citizenship of persons covered by… 3 years agoJanuary 10, 2023
Uniform Civil Code panels in Gujarat, Uttarakhand get Supreme Court go-ahead The BJP-ruled states of Gujarat and Uttarakhand have formed committees to study aspects of implementing Uniform Civil Code in the… 3 years agoJanuary 10, 2023
Religious conversion a very serious matter, don’t politicise it, Supreme Court tells Tamil Nadu Appearing for Tamil Nadu, senior advocate P Wilson termed the petition “politically motivated” and argued that the matter should be… 3 years agoJanuary 9, 2023
Google challenges Android antitrust ruling in India’s Supreme Court A Google spokesperson did not immediately respond. 3 years agoJanuary 7, 2023
Supreme Court puts HC order staying Assam-Meghalaya border pact on hold CJI Chandrachud noted that the interim stay ordered by the Meghalaya High Court was “unwarranted” and directed that it be… 3 years agoJanuary 6, 2023
Judges appointments: Centre signals a climbdown, says pending SC Collegium recommendations to be cleared soon The Supreme Court has lately been openly critical of the Centre for “sitting on names” recommended by the Collegium for… 3 years agoJanuary 6, 2023
‘Harassment, invasion of privacy’: Jamiat moves Supreme Court challenging constitutionality of anti-conversion laws The petitioner has argued that the provisions of anti-conversion laws enacted by states are acting as a tool to harass… 3 years agoJanuary 6, 2023
Calcutta High Court upholds dismissal of 59 primary teachers On a prayer by some of the persons who lost their jobs, the Supreme Court had directed that these 269… 3 years agoJanuary 5, 2023
Haldwani protest: Supreme Court stays HC’s eviction order, says ‘can’t uproot thousands overnight’ The Railways maintain that 29 acres of land in Haldwani have been encroached upon, and there are 4,365 encroachers on… 3 years agoJanuary 5, 2023
‘Not every resourced owned by an individual can be said to be material resource of community,’ says SC
Justice Sanjiv Khanna appointed as new Chief Justice of India, to take oath on Nov 11 – All you need to know about him
Supreme Court pulls up Centre for making environmental laws ‘toothless’, says ‘penalty provision not implemented’
Kolkata Metro Rail project: No felling or transplantation of trees without CEC nod, rules Supreme Court
