Supreme Court
If sitting CM commits an offence, can CBI investigate it? ED asks SC to decide
A bench of justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N V Anjaria was hearing a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) a...
State can't take away life in manner incompatible with human dignity, says SC
The top court said in May 2023, it was informed that the government was in the process of considering the constitution o...
Study on cancer-causing chemicals in cars to be completed by May 2027: ICMR to NGT
According to the report, researchers analysed the cabin air of 101 electric, gas and hybrid cars with a model year betwe...
Disqualification pleas to be decided before determining fate of Shiv Sena: Uddhav Thackeray to SC
The bench was hearing final arguments on the sixth day on the pleas of the Thackeray faction against the EC's decision t...
SC rejects plea seeking abolition of practice of execution by hanging
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said the material placed before it does not establish that lethal inje...
SC defers hearing on PIL on appointment process of DGP in Odisha
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was informed by Solicitor General ...
Dr Pramesh to be chief guest at TISS convocation; CJI's calendar is full till Nov, institute told
Earlier, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant was to be the chief guest at the convocation scheduled for August 2, bu...
SC to set up high-powered panel to probe allegations of police excesses during NEET protest
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said an order for constituting the committ...
SC judge Mohana recuses herself from hearing PIL for speedy disposal of cases against lawmakers
As soon as the bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana commenced the hearing...
SC asks CBI to examine all six allegations of dubious transactions involving Indiabulls
On July 28, the top court had pulled up the CBI and Delhi Police's Economic Offence Wing (EoW) for being silent on alleg...
SC dismisses plea seeking abolition of execution by hanging
The counter affidavit, filed by the joint secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, had said that death by hanging was ...
SC notice to Centre, states on plea to confiscate property of offenders in paper leak cases
It said despite the enactment of the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, in June last year, the ...
SC issues notice to Centre on PIL for restraining police from revealing identity of accused online
The petition referred to images or videos showing the accused handcuffed, tied with ropes, beaten with sticks, made to k...
SC says black money compromises democracy; issues directions on speedy probe, trials
Issuing a slew of directions, a bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N K Singh said "any external factors that may influen...
SC notes foreign nationals fleeing on fake sureties, passes slew of directions
Issuing a slew of directions, a bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Augustine George Masih said sureties turn out to be f...
SC directs restoration of AAP Gujarat’s Facebook, Instagram accounts
A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe passed the order on an interim application filed by AAP Gujarat seekin...
NBCC moves SC for RERA exemptions to complete 16 stalled Supertech projects
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana issued notice on the plea filed by the Nat...
Regulator can't run institution sought to be regulated by it, SC told
"This is in the process of being filed," Bhushan told the bench that also comprised Justices Joymalya bagchi and V Mohan...
Right to speedy trial a valuable right of victim too: SC
"The purpose was only to indicate that in the event of clash of dates, the proceedings under the Gangsters Act were to g...
SC asks J-K to compensate for land forcibly taken in 1953 for police station
Land measuring seven kanals and 18 marlas at Kangan was forcibly taken over for constructing a police station way back i...
Are courts precluded from granting fair compensation for nuclear accidents, SC asks Centre
CJI Kant said there was too much apprehension and pointed out that even if Parliament has capped the liability of operat...
Ram Temple donations row: SC asks SIT to conclude probe expeditiously, file status report
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana also directed the SIT to file a status rep...
Transgender ID cards will remain valid till pleas against new law decided: Centre tells SC
The amendment has been challenged, among other grounds, for taking away the right to self-identification of gender that ...
Plea concerning airfares: Fast-tracked framing of rules, Centre tells SC
The government placed the draft rules before a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta in a sealed cover, and sa...
States can't create blockades in elephant corridors: SC
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana made it clear that states cannot construct...
SC declines Nirmohi Akhara plea for reconstitution of Ram Temple Trust
The Akhara recently approached the top court seeking changes to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, including...
SC agrees to examine BJP leader Yogender Chandolia's plea against AAP MLA Vishesh Ravi's election
A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan issued a notice to Ravi on the appeal filed by Chandolia against a ...
Ensure compliance of CWMA directions on Cauvery water release to TN: SC to Karnataka
The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) had directed Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Na...
PIL on lack of toilets for girls in govt schools to be heard by another bench: SC
The January 30 judgment, delivered by Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, had recognised the right to dignified mens...
Are courts precluded from granting fair, just compensation in nuclear accident: SC asks Centre
The bench asked the Centre to clarify its position on appointment of members of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Body (AERB)...
SC asks Allahabad HC not to proceed with hearing DA case against Rahul Gandhi
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana took note of the submissions of se...
SC asks Allahabad HC not to proceed with DA case against Rahul Gandhi
The top court also asked the CBI and the ED not to file any report before the high court in connection with the case lod...
SC refuses to interfere with ECI's decision to keep 2002 as base year for SIR in Sikkim
The NGO contended that electorate data added in 2002 do not match with the demographic data of Sikkim and considering 20...
ISKCON vs ISKCON: SC to consider setting up bench to hear review plea on Bengaluru temple
Later, in November 2025, a bench of Justices J K Maheshwari, since retired, and A G Masih delivered a split verdict on I...
SC to hear on Monday Tamil Nadu's plea for directions to Karnataka to release Cauvery water
The state government, in its plea, claimed that the quantum allocated to it by the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (C...
SC set to hear on Monday Rahul Gandhi's plea against HC order on petition alleging disproportionate assets
Expressing dissatisfaction with the CBI's response, the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench on July 20 had directed the...