Supreme Court
- India
Conversion: SC grants interim protection Broadwell Christian Hospital Society’s chairman
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted interim protection from arrest to the chairman of Broadwell Christian Hospital Society in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district in a case of alleged forceful religious conversion.…
- India
In absence of challenge to the rules, HC ought not to declare them as ultra vires: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that for striking down the provisions of law or for declaring any rule as ultra vires, specific pleading to challenge the rules and asking for such…
- India
Revoking Article 370 had backing of the Parliament, SC told
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on the 14th day of the hearing of the pleas against the abrogation of Article 370 on Friday, was told that the decision to revoke the constitutional…
- India
Children of invalid marriages can claim inheritance in parents’ properties under Hindu laws: SC
New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Friday held that children born out of invalid marriages are entitled to claim a share in the property of their parents under…
- India
SC denies PIL allegations of Congress leaders’ corrupt practices in Karnataka polls
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea alleging that Karnataka Congress party leaders and their agents distributed gift cards to voters in several constituencies ahead of the 2023…
- India
Manipur: Plea in SC seeks immediate action to protect Meitei Christian church properties
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday heard a petition filed by the Meitei Christian Churches Council, Manipur (MCCCM), which has raised concerns about the destruction of churches during the ongoing ethnic…
- India
Double murder case: SC sentences former MP Prabhunath Singh to life imprisonment
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sentenced former Lok Sabha MP from Bihar Prabhunath Singh to life imprisonment for killing two people on the day of polling for assembly elections in…
- India
Elgar Parishad case: SC asks NIA to file reply in 4 weeks on Navlakha’s plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the NIA to file its reply within four weeks to a plea by activist Gautam Navlakha, who is under house arrest at a Mumbai…
- Delhi
SC judge recuses from hearing Satyendar Jain’s bail plea; extends interim bail
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra on Friday recused himself from hearing Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain’s bail plea in a money laundering case and also extended his…
- Kashmir
Nothing new in Centre’s submissions in SC on Art 370: Political parties in J&K
Srinagar: The Centre’s stand in the Supreme Court on restoration of statehood and holding Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir is nothing new but just a diversionary tactic, political parties in the…
- India
Transgender prisoners must be treated at par with other inmates: SC panel
New Delhi: Transgender prisoners must be treated at par with other categories of inmates and should enjoy equal rights and facilities, the Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has said. In its…
- Telangana
SC refuses to entertain plea against Telangana’s 100% quota in MBBS seats for locals
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea challenging a decision of the Telangana government providing 100 per cent reservation under the ‘Competent Authority Quota’ to only local…
- India
Suicide major cause of unnatural deaths among prisoners: SC panel tells court
New Delhi: Suicide is a major cause of the 817 unnatural deaths reported in jails across the country between 2017 and 2021, the Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms has told the…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: SC to resume hearing pleas challenging remission of convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to resume hearing on Thursday in a batch of petitions challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts in the infamous case of gang rape of…
- Telangana
Telangana: AP MBBS aspirants move SC on 100% quota for locals
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court against a decision of the Telangana government providing 100% reservation under “Competent Authority Quota” to only local candidates. The writ petition,…
