Resign or Face Impeachment: Justice Yashwant Varma indicted by SC’s in-house panel
The Supreme Court’s in-house committee that was formed to probe the alleged discovery of cash at Justice Yashwant Varma's residence has indicted the ...
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“Highhandedness”: Supreme Court Rebukes Punjab Govt Over SYL Canal Dispute
In a stern criticism, the Supreme Court of India criticized the Punjab government for its persistent opposition to the completion of the Sutlej-Yamuna ...
Big Push for Judicial Transparency: Assets of 21 Supreme Court Judges Made Public
In a move towards greater transparency, 21 out of the 33 sitting judges of the Supreme Court have made their asset declarations public. ...
Supreme Court junks contempt proceedings against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking contempt proceedings against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP ...
Petitions Challenging Waqf Amendment Act 2025 Referred to Justice BR Gavai-Led Bench; Hearing Scheduled for May 15
Outgoing Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna, has declined to issue an interim order while hearing multiple petitions against the Waqf Amendment Act ...
Merely Using Insults Like ‘Impotent’ Doesn’t Constitute Abetment Of Suicide: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has quashed an abetment to suicide case filed under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against a man’s ...
Don’t demoralise the forces: Supreme Court slams petitioner seeking judicial probe in Pahalgam terror attack
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a judicial commission to investigate the recent terror attack in Baisaran ...
Inconsistent ruling by different benches of same court shake public trust in Judiciary: SC cautions against reducing litigation a punter’s game
The Supreme Court of India recently drew attention towards the unwarranted consequences of inconsistency in the rulings by different benches of a same ...
Nothing Wrong In Country Using Spyware For Security: Supreme Court opines in alleged Pegasus snooping case
On April 29, the Supreme Court of India, during a hearing on the Pegasus spyware case, emphasized that there is nothing inherently wrong ...
SC junks expelled Gujarat IPS Sanjiv Bhatt’s plea to suspend life sentence in 1990 custodial death case
In a major setback to tainted Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, the Supreme Court of India, on 29th April, junked his plea to ...
Sharia Courts Have No Legal Recognition, Directions Not Binding: Supreme Court
In a significant reaffirmation, the Supreme Court of India has once again made it clear that bodies like 'Court of Kazi', 'Court of ...
Compound wall should be of 5-6 ft: SC objects to construction of 12-ft wall to protect site from encroachment near Gir Somnath Temple
On Monday (28th April), the Supreme Court directed the Gujarat government to limit the height of the compound wall being constructed to prevent ...
