Supreme Court
Compensation, interest on land acquisition payout can't be contingent on financial burden: SC
The court said NHAI sought a review the decision on the grounds that financial liability from solatium and interest to t...
National Green Tribunal cannot abdicate its jurisdiction by delegating decision-making to committees
Supreme Court Overturns NGT Orders, Paves Way for Indian Oil's Petrol Pump Setup The Supreme Court criticizes the Nation...
Arbitration Clause in Contract restricting judicial remedies and arbitration is void
Supreme Court Restores Arbitral Award in ABS Marine Services Case, Emphasizes Legal Remedies Supreme Court invalidates r...
A Motor Vehicle requisitioned by public authority, the liability for any untoward incidents rests with the authority, not the private insurer
Supreme Court Clarifies Liability in Accidents Involving Requisitioned Vehicles Liability for accidents involving requis...
Supreme Court Allows Migration of Reserved Category Candidates to General Category Based on Merit
Supreme Court quashes Bombay High Court judgment, permits meritorious reserved category candidates to be considered unde...
Supreme Court Grants Permanent Commission to Women Officers in Indian Army, Addresses Systemic Inequality
Supreme Court invokes Article 142 to rectify discrimination faced by SSCWOs, breaches 250-vacancy cap for corrective rel...
Supreme Court Grants Pensionary Benefits to Short Service Commission Women Officers of Indian Air Force
Judgment Deems Officers as Having Completed 20 Years of Service; Ensures Transparency in Future Selection Boards...
Supreme Court Affirms Loss of SC Status Upon Conversion to Christianity
Chinthada Anand's Appeal Dismissed; SC/ST Act Protections Not Available to Christian Converts...
SC allows pensionary benefits to women officers, grants permanent commission as one-time measure
Invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 to ensure "complete justice”, the bench granted PC to all women offi...
Person loses Scheduled Caste status on converting from Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism: SC
The bench noted the legislative history of Clause 3 of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 and said that ori...
SC irked over delay in appointment of legal aid counsel to help victims of Manipur violence
"The Advocate General of Manipur assures that the matter will be taken up immediately and legal aid counsels shall be ma...
SC seeks Manipur legal service authority response on legal aid counsel for gangrape victims
A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued a notice to the Manipur State Legal Serv...
West Bengal SIR: SC asks parties to approach Chief Justice of Calcutta HC with grievances
Referring to controversy-ridden SIR process in West Bengal, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joym...
States should endeavour that dedicated NIA courts complete trial of UAPA cases in one year: SC
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said the states may set up dedicated NIA courts where th...
I-PAC raids: SC quizzes Bengal govt, says ED officers also have fundamental rights
The top court remarked that some officers of the ED have filed petitions in their individual capacity seeking to know wh...
Supreme Court of India Orders In-Depth Review in Sensitive Child Victim Case
Judicial Conduct and Investigation Procedures Under Scrutiny Following Allegations of Misconduct in Haryana...
Supreme Court Grants Conditional Stay on High Court Judgment in MLA Participation Case
Appellant Allowed Legislative Participation, But Voting and Monetary Privileges Restricted...
SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking inclusion of denotified tribes in Census
Observing that such classifications fall within the domain of government policy and “not justiciable”, a bench comprisin...
SC status lost after conversion from Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism to other religions: Supreme Court
"No statutory benefit, protection or reservation or entitlement under the Constitution or enactment of Parliament or sta...
SC grants pensionary benefits to women officers denied permanent commission
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh held that the officers would ...
Cabs should be equipped to accommodate wheelchairs: SC
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said apps can have a provision for specified cabs which have been acco...
SC transfers Ilaiyaraaja's copyright suit against Sony Music from Madras HC to Bombay HC
During the hearing, senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Sony Music, argued that since the suit before the Bo...
SC resumes final hearing on pleas related to retrospective environmental clearances
On November 18 last year, a three-judge bench headed by the then Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai reversed by a ma...
SC to examine whether women can be stripped of religious identity after inter-faith marriage
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi heard preliminary submissi...
Rape of 3-yr-old: SC questions police's 'insensitive' approach to probe, summons Gurugram CP
The top court also directed the sharing of the affidavit of the victim's father in a sealed cover to the district judge ...
PMK intra-party dispute: SC upholds HC view, civil court to adjudicate symbol row
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that the Election Commission ...
Rape of 4-yr-old: SC questions police's 'insensitive' approach to probe, summons Gurugram CP
Averments in the affidavit suggest a very disturbing manner in which the victim was examined in court," said the court, ...
Supreme Court Grants Regular Bail to Muppidi Avinash Reddy in Andhra Pradesh Liquor Scam
Invoking Article 142, the Apex Court moulds relief from anticipatory to regular bail, emphasizing unique circumstances a...
Unhappy over their 'reluctance', SC asks CBI, ED to conduct fair probe against ADAG firms
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi took note of the submissio...
Supreme Court Takes Stern Action Against Illegal Sand Mining in National Chambal Sanctuary
State Governments and Departments Held Vicariously Liable for Threatening Endangered Wildlife...
SC refuses to entertain PIL by ‘Bada Khatarnak’ for installation of national emblem on its dome
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said it will exam...
Kolkata Metro: SC pulls up Bengal govt for creating 'roadblocks', says 'don't politicise everything'
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, which dismissed a plea of the sta...
Nothing left in matter: SC disposes of wife's plea challenging Sonam Wangchuk's detention
A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale noted that the Centre revoked its order of Wangchuk's detention on March...
SC seeks replies from Haryana govt, DGP on plea seeking CBI probe into minor's rape in Gurugram
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi also asked the police comm...
SC directs states, UTs to furnish updated details on prisons, including overcrowding
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta also asked the states and UTs to provide details about the number of w...
SC concerned over cops uploading videos online, says poses threat to fair trial
The bench was hearing a PIL that alleged that police upload videos and photographs of the accused on social media and cr...