Supreme Court
- India
SC questions Tamil Nadu over appointment of acting DGP
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Tamil Nadu government over appointment of an acting DGP and directed the UPSC to expeditiously recommend names for making a regular appointment. A…
- India
SC to resume hearing on petitions challenging SIR in Bihar
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear several petitions on Monday challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls. This revision process, intended to clean up the voter list, has…
- Middle East
Israel’s SC says govt is not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food
Tel Aviv: Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition. The…
- India
Sharjeel Imam moves SC after Delhi HC denies bail in 2020 riots case
New Delhi: Activist Sharjeel Imam on Saturday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi High Court order denying him bail in an anti-terror law case linked to the alleged conspiracy behind the…
- India
Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: SC to hear bail plea of activist Jyoti Jagtap on Sep 8
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday the bail plea of activist Jyoti Jagtap, who was arrested in 2020 in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. A bench of…
- World
Trump seeks urgent SC review to reverse ruling deeming tariffs illegal
Washington: The Trump administration took the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to rule quickly that the president has the power to impose sweeping import taxes under federal…
- India
SC asks replies from Centre, NDMA, flood-affected states
New Delhi: Considering the unprecedented landslides and flooding in states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court on Thursday, September 4, sought the stand of the Centre, National Disaster Management Authority…
- India
Elgar Parishad case: SC defers Surendra Gadling bail plea to Sep 17
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred to September 17 the bail plea of advocate Surendra Gadling, accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. A bench comprising Justices J K Maheshwari…
- World
Court rules Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members
Washington: A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a…
- India
CPI(M) says Sabarimala women’s entry issue is ‘closed chapter’
Thrissur: Kerala’s ruling CPI(M) said on Tuesday it remains aligned with religious devotees, declaring the contentious issue of allowing women of menstruating age into the Sabarimala temple a closed matter. CPI(M) state…
- India
SC to reconsider 2014 verdict exempting minority schools from RTE Act
New Delhi: Doubting the correctness of its 2014 verdict that kept minority schools out of the RTE Act’s ambit, the Supreme Court on Monday referred the matter to a larger bench for…
- Telangana
SC upholds Telangana’s 85 pc quota for local candidates in medical colleges
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, September 1, upheld the validity of Telangana’s rules defining “local candidates” for admission to medical colleges. A Bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K…
- India
Plea in SC seeks direction for EC to frame rules regulating political parties
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Election Commission to frame rules for registration and regulation of political parties to promote secularism, transparency…
- India
SCBA flags low representation of women judges in higher courts
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has flagged a resolution passed on Saturday, August 30, voicing deep concern over the unequally low representation of women in the higher judiciary, urging the Collegium…
- India
SC to hear RJD, AIMIM pleas to extend Bihar SIR filing deadline
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on September 1 the RJD and AIMIM’s pleas for extending the deadline to file claims and objections in the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral…
