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SC closes case against former PM Manmohan Singh in coal block allocation case
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana accepted the CBI's closure report ...
Can't stop creativity, art over views of few people: SC allows release of film 'Mahaprabhu Jagannath'
Justice Nagarathna, however, said the court could not sit in judgment over artistic choices. "Though we passed an order,...
Gallantry award to ex-cop: Will come up with positive solution by Aug 7, Centre tells SC
On July 20, the apex court had expressed its displeasure over the Centre's non-compliance with a Madhya Pradesh High Cou...
SC quashes 2021 OM granting Centre, others power to grant retrospective green nod to projects
Setting aside the OM, Justice Bagchi, who authored the verdict, said even otherwise, having “a perpetual amnesty scheme”...
SC dismisses former AP minister's plea seeking anticipatory bail in liquor transportation scam
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana upheld the order passed by the Tel...
SC quashes 2021 OM granting Centre, others power to grant retrospective environmental clearances
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, in its unanimous verdict,...
SC to pronounce verdict on Wednesday on pleas related to retrospective green clearance for projects
When Agnihotri had cited the Rio Declaration and other international conventions and their resolutions on environmental ...
National Commission for Scheduled Castes can’t issue binding orders in service matters: Top court
The powers entrusted to NCSC are limited in nature. Clearly NCSC and its other compatriots under Articles 338A and 338B ...
SC asks Centre to consider defining digital arrest in criminal law, declaring it standalone offence
Digital arrest is a growing form of cybercrime in which fraudsters pose as law-enforcement officers, court officials or ...
SC slams CBI, Delhi Police EoW over silence in Indiabulls probe, calls their conduct 'shocking'
The CJI said, "What has the CBI been doing from January to July? We don't want to hold an investigation against innoce...
NEET protest: SC to hear pleas on pellet firing, food volunteer detention on Aug 3
Malik claimed he was confined inside a police vehicle for nearly five to six hours, during which he was allegedly threat...
'SC gate par kya lagana hai, hum dekh lenge': CJI dismisses plea on Ashok Chakra emblem
Hearing a plea filed by petitioner-in-person Badaravada Venugopal, also known as Baba Khatarnak, the CJI said, "'Supreme...
SC urged to set up SIT headed by ex-judge to fix liability of police for attack on protesters
Stressing the need for a fair and independent probe, the top court, while issuing a slew of interim directions, restrain...
NEET protests: SC orders release of detained, arrested protestors below 18 with no criminal record
Hearing a batch of petitions alleging police brutality during demonstrations against irregularities in exams and the NEE...
Draft final probe report of AAIB in Ahmedabad plane crash will be filed in October, SC told
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana also took note of the submissions ...
NEET protests: SC bars coercive action against those with no criminal action
Miscreants involved in murder, rape and NDPS cases entered the students protests and perpetrated violence on police pers...
Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petition in Chintada Anand Case
Defects in Petition Waived in Interest of Justice; No Error Found on Record...
SC orders release of protesters below 18 with no criminal record, bars coercive action
The bench, also including Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, directed all states where protests were held to preserv...
NEET protests: SC says SIT may be set up to probe police excesses
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said students will not indulge in violence against police personnel, but some miscreants ...
Custodial Interrogation; No continuous presence of Advocate, No Continuous videography, No locational restrictions
Supreme Court Mandates Flexibility in Custodial Interrogation Conditions for Effective Investigation, Apex Court Modifie...
Multiple FIRs ; No quashing under Article 32; Approach the High Court under Article 226 or Section 482
Supreme Court Denies Quashing of Multiple FIRs Against Merchant Seaman, Apex Court Declines Relief Under Article 32, Emp...
SC to hear Odisha govt plea challenging release of animated film 'Mahaprabhu Jagannath'
The high court had observed that the objections raised over its portrayal of Lord Jagannath require detailed judicial sc...
SC asks Parsvnath Developers to file report on pending cases against it
The top court also directed the real estate firm to complete within one week the work of a dwelling unit booked by Rita ...
Custodial death case: SC modifies conditions imposed while granting police custody of accused
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta delivered its verdict on an appeal filed by the Andhra Pradesh governm...
NEET paper leak: RJD MP moves SC against use of 'excessive police force' on protesting students
We have filed a writ petition with comprehensive information, including Bihar firing," Shakil said, adding that police i...
SC allows states with under 1,000 consumer cases to rationalise district forums, subject to HC nod
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant issued the direction in an order passed on July 22 while continuing ...
Ram temple donation row: SC takes note of setting up of SIT, asks UP to include forensic auditor
Senior advocate Devdatt Kamat, appearing for one of the petitioners, said that people have given Rs 500 and Rs 1000 note...
Right to peaceful protest guaranteed, agitation can't justify police excesses: SC
A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant also said it will hear on Tuesday a batch of pleas alleging police excesses a...
SC seeks Centre's reply on Kapil Sibal's plea on interpretation of anti-defection law
A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, which issued a notice to the Centre, observed that there are several ...
SC rejects plea seeking direction to prevent cruelty to dogs in animal birth control centres
The apex court dismissed the plea which also sought a direction to the Centre, all states and Union Territories (UTs) to...
SIT set up to probe alleged embezzlement of donations at Ram temple, UP govt tells SC
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana took note of the submissi...
Rave parties: SC stays Himachal HC order directing lodging of FIR, probe against Kullu officials
On June 24, the high court took a serious note of the alleged nexus between district officials and organisers of large-s...
SC issues notice on MoS Suresh Gopi's plea against Kerala HC order
Gopi, the lone BJP MP from Kerala, has challenged the April 1 judgement of the High Court, which held that the election ...
SC reserves order on Abu Salem's plea seeking release from custody
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was hearing Salem's plea challenging an April order of the Bombay Hi...
SC junks review plea against verdict on loss of SC status upon religious conversion
The top court had explained that when a person ceases to be a member of a Scheduled Caste by virtue of the Order of 1950...
Will see what Nilekani-led task force suggests on online NEET exam: SC
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, informed the bench that the Union government has taken a very ...