Supreme Court
SC refuses to entertain Jairam Ramesh's plea on retrospective environmental clearances
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi questioned how can the petitioner seek a review of its e...
Reserved Forests - Procedure for removal of unauthorised encroachments from reserved forests established
Supreme Court Mandates Fair Process for Eviction from Assam's Reserved Forests, Balancing Environmental Protection and R...
Right to Fair Compensation Section 74 does not bar the application of Section 5 of the Limitation Act
Supreme Court Upholds Applicability of Section 5 of Limitation Act to Appeals under Section 74 of the Land Acquisition A...
Arbitration proceedings held during the moratorium period under Section 14 of the IBC cannot be declared as nullity
Supreme Court Overturns Bombay High Court's Nullification of Arbitration Proceedings, Apex Court Affirms Validity of Tra...
SCST Act - Appellate court must balance protection under SCST Act and prevent its misuse.
Supreme Court Quashes SCST Act Charges Against Dr. Anand Rai, Supreme Court finds insufficient evidence to support caste...
Mandatory for accused to disclose criminal antecedents while seeking bail: SC
A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R Mahadevan said an accused or applicant seeking bail is under a solemn obl...
SC invokes Article 142, asks HCs to take over consumer cases in states with low pendency
Article 142 of the Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to pass any order necessary for doing "complete justice" in a...
SC declines to restrain Zydus from selling biosimilar of cancer drug Nivolumab
"You can be adequately compensated at any stage. See, the ones who need this medicine will not be able to get yours," th...
SC asks NIA to file report in Calcutta HC on invoking UAPA in case linked to Murshidabad violence
Disposing of an appeal of the West Bengal government, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya B...
SC asks Centre to file report on procedural protocol followed in Air India plane crash probe
The court was hearing three petitions filed by an NGO, a law student and the father of the deceased pilot, seeking an in...
Court's process can become punishment if responsibility not exercised with care: SC
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal and advocate Sumeer Sodhi appeared for Rai, an ophthalmologist from Madhya Pradesh and one o...
SC pulls up woman lawyer for language used in FB post, asks her to move HC
The bench said the language was the most derogatory of a woman and asked how can a woman write like this against another...
SC agrees to hear judicial officer's plea against critical remarks made by HC
Article 142 of the Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to pass any decree or order as is "necessary for doing comple...
Nothing alarming in Wangchuk's condition, can't release him on health grounds: Centre tells SC
Nataraj stated that Wangchuk referred to the violent agitation in Nepal and said the same thing can happen in India....
SC agrees to list another plea against Assam CM for alleged hate speeches
On Tuesday, a bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant had agreed to list for hearing a separate plea of Communist Party...
SC dismisses plea alleging absence of mechanism to make people aware of TDS obligation
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta refused to entertain the plea that had claimed that honest purchasers ...
2007 Rampur CRPF camp terror attack case: SC agrees to hear UP's plea against HC order
The high court had set aside a trial court order that awarded capital punishment to four persons and life imprisonment t...
Rampur CRPF camp terror attack case: SC agrees to hear UP's plea against HC order
Eight CRPF personnel had died and five were injured in the attack on the their camp at Rampur on the night of December 3...
SC notice to Delhi Police on Tasleem Ahmed's bail plea in 2020 riots case
It had said that except in cases of palpable violation of fundamental rights or breach of constitutional rights, bail ca...
Supreme Court Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Its Own Judgment
Article 32 Writ Petition Deemed Non-Maintainable for Impugning Coordinate Bench's Decision...
SC slashes faulty haircut compensation to Rs 25 lakh, says damages can't be based on whims
The verdict said it was not a case where the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission was considering a small iss...
SC asks NIA to file report in HC over invoking UAPA in case linked to Murshidabad violence
The top court said the Calcutta HC can also examine the state government's challenge to the Centre's decision to order t...
Supreme Court Dismisses Special Leave Petition Without Opinion on Parties' Rights
Petition by M. Imam Hussain Dismissed; Court Refrains from Commenting on Parties' Legal Entitlements...
SC seeks Centre's reply on pleas for exclusion of creamy layers of SCs, STs from quota benefits
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and N V Anjaria was hearing the petitions filed...
Remarks in sexual assault cases: Will ask National Judicial Academy to prepare report, says SC
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and N V Anjaria orally said that it would set a...
SC asks Madhya Pradesh AG to ensure lawyers from marginalised communities, women
A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh was hearing a petition alleging a lack of adequate representation o...
SC allows Assam to constitute committee to decide unauthorised occupants in Golaghat
A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe said the committee will issue notices to the alleged unauthorised occu...
SC asks EC to consider suggestions on curbing excessive poll spending, disposes of PIL
The bench noted that the poll panel has explained that expenditure observers and assistant expenditure observers are app...
SC seeks response of 17 states on MHA's proposal to set up special NIA courts
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant sought responses from the states after the Union home ministry submi...
Appointments in CIC: SC refuses to direct disclosure of LoP's dissent
Bhushan said, "The names are in public domain but not their qualifications. There is a dissent note by the leader of opp...
Ascertain if any nationwide network is behind children going missing: SC to Centre
The top court remarked that as the adoption process is rigorous, it is bound to be flouted, and people go for illegal me...
SC refers to practical difficulties of IT sleuths if advance search notice served on offenders
"Suppose you go after the lawyer, then you go after the clerk's phone. Please see, it is not only the evading assessee w...
SC agrees to hear plea of Left leaders against Assam CM over 'shooting' video
The controversial post sparked widespread outrage and political condemnation. It was deleted by the BJP after it drew ac...
SC quashes charges under SC/ST Act against VYAPAM whistleblower
Anand Rai had challenged the Madhya Pradesh high court order upholding the framing of charges in a case of caste-based a...
I-PAC raids: SC adjourns to Feb 18 ED's plea against 'interference' by Mamata Banerjee
It has further alleged that the ED action against I-PAC, the election consultant of the party, was aimed at accessing co...
SC refuses to entertain Sengar's plea in case of death of Unnao rape survivor's father
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, said Sengar's appeal was pending before the high court and it was...