Supreme Court
- India
SC refuses to entertain fresh pleas challenging Waqf (Amendment) Act
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain 13 more petitions challenging constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, saying it cannot add any more pleas as they would…
- India
SC rejects bail plea of convicted ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of convicted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1990 custodial death case in which he was sentenced to life imprisonment.…
- Telangana
SC upholds Telangana rule mandating Telugu proficiency for civil judge posts
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court of India has upheld the Telangana government’s rule that requires candidates seeking appointment as civil judges in the state to be proficient in Telugu. This decision came after…
- India
SC to hear PIL seeking release of elderly, terminally ill convicted prisoners
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) seeking the release of elderly and terminally ill…
- India
SC to hear on April 28 plea to prohibit sexually explicit content on OTT
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to take appropriate steps to prohibit streaming of sexually explicit content on over…
- India
Pune Porsche crash: Blood sample-swapping accused mother released
Pune: The mother of a 17-year-old boy involved in the Pune Porsche crash, in which two persons lost their lives, walked out of jail on Saturday, four days after the Supreme Court…
- India
Over 20L acre waqf land added post 2013 amendment: Centre to SC
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday claimed an addition of 20 lakh acre waqf land post the law’s 2013 amendment and flagged “misuse” of waqf provisions to encroach upon private and government…
- India
Rahul Gandhi moves SC in Savarkar defamation case
New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has petitioned the Supreme Court to quash a 2022 defamation case filed against him over his alleged derogatory remarks on freedom…
- India
Waqf Act row: Recent amendments subvert secularism, Kerala tells SC
New Delhi: The Kerala State Waqf Board, in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, has said that the recent amendments introduced to the Waqf Act, 1995, completely subvert the basic principles…
- India
Direction for CBI Probe Not Challengeable: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The direction for a CBI probe after the registration of an FIR and subsequent investigation is not open to challenge by prospective suspects or accused, the Supreme Court said on…
- India
WBSSC recruitment: HC to hear contempt petition against Bengal govt on Wednesday
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court will hear the contempt petition against the West Bengal government in connection with the cash for job case on Wednesday. The Calcutta High Court’s divisional bench of…
- India
SC agrees to hear next week plea on Nishikant Dubey’s remarks on judiciary
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear next week a plea flagging BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s recent criticism of the apex court and Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv…
- India
‘Don’t take us lightly’: SC reprimands Samay Raina over stand up remark
The Supreme Court on Monday, April 21, gave a stern warning to comedian Samay Raina after he mentioned his ongoing case, the controversy surrounding his YouTube show ‘India’s Got Latent’, in his…
- India
Govt directs Google to remove Chinese app for showing wrong map of India
New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), along with the Survey of India (SoI), has directed US tech giant Google to remove the Chinese chat app ‘Ablo’ from its…
- India
No debate on Article 142, decision entirely in court’s domain: Ex-SC judge
New Delhi: Supreme Court’s retired judge Ajay Rastogi on Saturday virtually disagreed with Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s ‘nuclear missile’ remark about Article 142 and its alleged misuse, saying the…
