Supreme Court
Plea in SC challenges decisions taken by CEC without concurrence of other poll panel members
The plea filed by advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi through advocate Chand Qureshi sought a direction declaring such dec...
SC asks search committee to expedite appointment of DRAT Allahabad, Calcutta chairpersons
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana urged the search-cum-selection com...
SC to hear after six weeks plea to confiscate property of offenders in paper leak cases
The plea, filed through advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey, also sought directions to take steps for assessment of entire prop...
SC rejects PIL for setting up panel to examine use of Hindi as official language of apex court
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said language-related reforms were...
SC issues notices to Goa Police, Tarun Tejpal in 2013 rape case
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Tejpal, submitted before a bench comprising Justices M M Sundresh and P B Var...
SC to hear PIL seeking speedy disposal of cases against lawmakers
Justice V Mohana, one of the judges in the bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagch...
SC seeks Goa's response on Tarun Tejpal's plea against conviction in 2013 rape case
On August 25, the top court had directed Tejpal to surrender within three weeks to undergo his 10-year prison sentence a...
No immediate arrest of parent if sexual assault of child alleged in matrimonial dispute: SC
In a landmark verdict, a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan directed that a psychological or psychiatri...
Sessions court can’t impose ‘till rest of life’ sentence for murder: SC
The verdict dealt with a vexatious legal question as to whether a trial court, while awarding the life imprisonment to a...
'Silence of abused woman not exception but norm': SC
The observations were made by the top court while trashing the defence of a man, who was convicted for repeatedly sexual...
SC questions Odisha govt over exclusion of senior IPS officer's name from DGP race
The Odisha government had forwarded a panel of 11 senior IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in M...
SC commutes death sentence of man convicted for sexually assaulting, murdering step-daughter
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi delivered the verdict on an appeal filed by the convict...
Centre seeks prospective application of SC verdict on OBC creamy-layer criteria
The Centre, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, urged a bench comprising Chief Justice of India...
SC asks Centre to focus on preventing child sexual exploitation material from appearing online
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran asked the Centre to consider measures to ensure that such materia...
Agreement for sale not acted upon within stipulated time - Subsequent criminal complaint - Purely civil dispute
Court holds that cheating and false-statement charges were not made out where buyers failed to act on sale agreement wit...
SC seeks nationwide data on pending commercial litigation, courts and infrastructure
It had also issued notices to 10 high courts on the plea. The lawyers' body had raised the issue of inadequate number of...
SC modifies its order, stays strictures passed by Allahabad HC against Noida DM
A bench of Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and N Kotiswar Singh passed the interim order and listed the matter for furthe...
Let former HC CJ head panel on uniform post-retirement benefits for ex-judges: SC to Centre
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was apprised by Solicitor...
TMC name-symbol row: SC asks EC to give time frame for final decision
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was hearing a plea of for...
SC to hear plea seeking display boards on legal consequences of false complaints
The matter was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana b...
Cauvery water: SC asks Karnataka to respond to Tamil Nadu's plea alleging shortfall
Senior advocate C S Vaidyanathan, appearing for the Tamil Nadu government, said the Cauvery Water Management Authority (...
Your case is of 'Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram': SC dismisses BRS MLA's plea against disqualification
The high court had set aside an order of the Assembly Speaker in March this year dismissing petitions seeking his disqua...
SC rejects pleas challenging election of AIMIM MLA in 2024 Maharashtra polls
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Augustine George Masih and Sandeep Mehta passed the order while hearing two separate pe...
SC notice to ED on AAP leader Deepak Singla's bail plea in money laundering case
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana issued notice to ED on the plea fi...
SC Collegium recommends appointment of 12 additional judges as permanent judges in four HCs
For the Kerala High Court, the Collegium approved the appointment of Justices P Krishna Kumar, KV Jayakumar, Muralee Kri...
Supreme Court Upholds Widow’s Absolute Ownership Under Hindu Succession Law, Dismisses Son’s Claim
Court rules that a widow’s limited interest under the 1937 Act enlarged into full ownership under Section 14(1) of the H...
Contractual bar on interest - Grant of pre-reference interest by Arbitral Tribunal held impermissible
Apex Court says Clause 54 of the GCC expressly prohibits interest claims on delayed payments and money withheld due to d...
Husband seeking divorce in India - Wife instituted divorce proceedings before UK Court - Wife can not be restrained from prosecuting UK proceedings
Court says foreign divorce proceedings cannot be stalled on a premature fear that any decree may not be recognized in In...
SC stays Allahabad HC order against Noida DM reprimanding her for student's detention under NSA
A bench of Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and N Kotishwar Singh issued notice on Roopam's plea and stayed high court's d...
Challenge to constitutional validity of law must be decided by larger bench: Justice SC Sharma
Justice Sharma was part of the bench also comprising Justice Dipankar Datta which gave split opinions on whether a batch...
SC gives split opinions on referring to larger bench pleas against 2023 law appointing CEC, ECs
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma, which heard the matter for five days, said that due to a d...
SC requests CJI to explore necessity of constituting permanent five-judge bench
A bench of justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma termed the delay as an area of "grave concern" and said sel...
Criticism of 'judges appointing judges' through collegium system a myth: Justice Dipankar Datta
Justice Datta, rather, flagged selective appointments by the government based on collegium resolutions and said they los...
'Premeditated collusion' between Odisha govt, Centre in DGP appointment: SC told
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for former DGP Prakash Singh, submitted that if this kind of procedure is allowed, ...
ECI must not only be independent but also be seen to act independently: Justice Dipankar Datta
Justice Datta objected to the phrase that "judges appoint judges" in the Indian judiciary raised by the Centre....
SC requests CJI to explore possibility of permanent 5-judge bench for cases involving constitutional issues
A bench of justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma termed the delay as an area of "grave concern" and said sel...