Supreme Court
- Telangana
SC sets aside HC order on driver recruitment in Telangana police
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court has overturned a Telangana High Court ruling concerning the recruitment of 325 driver posts in the Telangana Police Transport Organisation and the State Disaster Response and Fire Services…
- India
Circumstantial proof needs to be consistent with guilt: SC
New Delhi: Circumstantial evidence can be used to convict an accused in a criminal case if it is of such a nature that is “consistent only with his guilt”, the Supreme Court…
- News
Supreme Court ends 25-year-old marriage, no reconciliation possible
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dissolved a 25-year-old marriage, holding that it had “ceased to exist in reality” and that there was no possibility of reconciliation. Allowing a petition filed by…
- India
SC agrees to hear Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma’s plea challenging the constitution of an inquiry committee by Lok Sabha Speaker to probe corruption…
- India
SC rejects TN plea on Karur stampede probe, cites fairness
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday turned down Tamil Nadu government’s plea to modify its order suspending a one-man enquiry commission and the SIT to look into the Karur stampede in…
- India
Doctors who died on duty during COVID-19 entitled to insurance under PMGKY: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court held on Thursday that the families of the doctors who died while doing their duties during the COVID-19 pandemic are entitled to an insurance coverage of Rs…
- India
SC says COVID-period doctor families eligible for Rs 50L cover
New Delhi: The Supreme Court held on Thursday that the families of the doctors who died while doing their duties during the COVID-19 pandemic are entitled to an insurance coverage of Rs…
- India
SC rejects Sanjiv Bhatt’s plea seeking suspension of sentence in 1996 case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a plea filed by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking seeking suspension of the 20-year jail sentence imposed on him in a 1996 drug…
- India
Delhi riots 2020: SC reserves order on bail pleas of Umar, Sharjeel
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the…
- India
Sharjeel Imam seeks bail in SC, says had no role in 2020 Delhi riots
New Delhi: Activist Sharjeel Imam on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to grant him bail in a February 2020 Delhi riots case, saying he had neither participated nor had any role in…
- India
Video: Lawyer who threw shoe at ex-CJI Gavai thrashed in court
Delhi: Rakesh Kishore, the lawyer who attacked former Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai with a shoe, was himself beaten with a slipper inside Delhi’s Karkardooma court. The video of the…
- India
Lawyers’ association write to CJI Kant over objectionable remarks on Rohingyas
Retired Judges, practising lawyers, and other academics have written an open letter to the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, on Friday, December 5, criticising his remarks on the status of Rohingyas…
- World
US birthright citizenship: Supreme Court agrees to decide legality of order
Washington: The US Supreme Court agreed to decide the legality of President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship, which has been treated as settled law for more than…
- India
SC junks plea to ban Arundhati Roy book over cover showing her smoking
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking to prohibit the sale, circulation, and display of Arundhati Roy’s book, ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me’, as its cover depicted her…
- India
SC asks BCI to ensure 30 pc quota for women lawyers in executive committees of state bar councils
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Bar Council of India (BCI) to ensure 30 per cent reservation for women in the upcoming state bar council elections. The top court,…
