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- Court to hear plea seeking IPL ban on Wednesday
New Delhi, May 21: The Delhi High Court is likely to hear Wednesday a plea seeking a ban on Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches till fool-proof measures are taken to stop alleged corrup....
- SC slams BCCI on spot fixing; no ban on IPL
New Delhi, May 21: While refusing to ban the remaining IPL matches, the Supreme Court Tuesday slammed the BCCI, saying spot fixing incidents had taken place due to its lackadaisical approach in....
- Court grants Chautala interim bail for heart surgery
New Delhi, May 21: The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted six weeks' interim bail to former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, sentenced to 10 years in jail for irregularities in app....
- Accused's intention key in rape on promise of marriage: SC
New Delhi, May 20: A man accused of rape can be convicted only if he has a malafide intention of not fulfilling a promise of marrying the victim, the Supreme Court Monday said, describing the c....
- SC slams lapses in posting primary education workers
New Delhi, May 20: The Supreme Court Monday gave vent to its ire over state governments flouting guidelines for the appointment of 'Shiksha Sahayaks' for promoting primary education say....
- Obliged to set aside orders obtained fraudulently, says SC
New Delhi, May 17: The Supreme Court has said that an order that has been obtained by an accused by practising fraud and suppression of facts could not be allowed to survive and it was obligate....
- Resist political pressure or pay for it, SC tells co-op registrars
New Delhi, May 16: The Supreme Court Thursday said that the registrar or the joint registrar of co-operative societies should resist political pressures and if they choose to succumb to it then....
- Prior approval must to arrest under Section 66A: SC
New Delhi, May 16: The Supreme Court said no person would be arrested under Section 66A of the IT Act for posting objectionable comments on social networking websites without prior approval fr....
- SC to hear plea against Andhra government on Section 66A
New Delhi, May 15: The Supreme Court will Thursday hear a plea seeking to restrain the Andhra Pradesh government from invoking Section 66A of the Information Technology Act to stifle people for....
- Consider disabled students' grievances, HC tells DU
New Delhi, May 15: Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Empowered Committee of Delhi University (DU) to take into consideration the grievances of disabled students before implementing the fo....
- Go to high court, SC tells SIT in Gulberg Society carnage
New Delhi, May 11: The Supreme Court has asked the SIT that probed the post-Godhra Gujarat riot cases to approach the Gujarat High Court with its plea that the transfer of metropolitan magistra....
- Apex court dismisses Sanjay Dutt's review plea
New Delhi, May 10: The Supreme Court today dismissed actor Sanjay Dutt's plea seeking review of its March 21 judgment upholding his conviction under the Arms Act and sentencing him to five....
- No decision can be based solely on CAG report: SC
New Delhi, May 9: The Supreme Court today said a report from the CAG - a constitutional functionary - commands respect but it could not be solely relied upon for deciding any contentious issue....
- SC order disappoints YSR Congress cadre
Hyderabad, May 9: The Supreme Court's today order rejecting the bail petition of Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy has disappointed his YSR Congress party cadre, party leaders said.
The leaders....
- SC rejects Jaganmohan Reddy's bail petition
New Delhi, May 9: The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed the bail petition of YSR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, popularly called Jagan, in a case of disproportionate assets.
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- SC's caged parrot remark is correct: CBI chief
New Delhi, May 9: CBI chief Ranjit Sinha Thursday accepted the Supreme Court's observation that the country's premier investigating agency was a "caged parrot" that "speaks ....
- Deleted part of CBI draft report was its heart, says SC
New Delhi, May 9: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that "tentative" findings of the CBI investigation into the coal allocation scam was the very heart of the report and its deletion ....
- Key observations of the SC on CBI's second affidavit
New Delhi, May 8: The Supreme Court today termed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) a "caged parrot" that "speaks in its master's voice".
The court's observ....
- SC bars CBI from sharing probe details
New Delhi, May 8: The Supreme Court today asked the CBI not to share details of its investigations and its status report either with the political executive or officialdom including its own off....
- Supreme Court slap drowns Karnataka joy for Congress
New Delhi, May 8: The Congress party's euphoria over wresting Karnataka after a seven-year gap Wednesday dimmed somewhat after it was severely chastised by the Supreme Court over the CBI....
- SC raps J&K over lack of foresight in Sanaullah attack
New Delhi, May 8: The Supreme Court frowned on the failure of the Jammu and Kashmir government to anticipate the possibility of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah being attacked in jail in the wake o....
- Devenderpal Singh Bhullar's wife moves SC for suspending his execution
New Delhi, May 7: Navneet Kaur, the wife of death row convict Devenderpal Singh Bhullar, moved the Supreme Court seeking immediate suspension of the execution of the 1993 Delhi bomb blast convi....
- SC reserves order on Jagan's bail plea
New Delhi, May 6: The Supreme Court reserved its order on the bail plea of YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganomhan Reddy in a case of allegedly possessing illegal assets.
An apex co....
- Kudankulam n-power plant gets SC nod
New Delhi, May 6: Steps to operationalise the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant would go on uninterrupted as the Supreme Court Monday disposed of a public suit seeking to halt its commissioning wi....
- SC to take up Kerala reference on information commissioner
Thiruvananthapuram, May 5: Former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan will watch closely proceedings in the Supreme Court, as it considers Monday a "special reference" from the Ker....
- SC clears TV episodes on Haryana teachers scam
New Delhi, May 3: The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea of Haryana's former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala seeking to put on hold the telecast of TV serial "Crime Patrol Dasta....
- State has no duty to give security to private individual: SC
New Delhi, May 1: The Supreme Court today adversely commented on the home ministry providing security to a Mumbai businessman, indirectly referring to the recent decision of provide Z+ security....
- SC reserves order on review petition against Mayawati
New Delhi, May 1: The Supreme Court today reserved its order on a petition seeking the review of its verdict quashing the first information report (FIR) in the disproportionate assets case agai....
- SC dismisses challenge to FDI in multi-brand retail
New Delhi, May 1: The Supreme Court today upheld the government policy of allowing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, holding that as a policy, it did not suffer from any co....
- SC commutes death penalty for two murders
New Delhi, May 1: The Supreme Court commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty of Mahindra Nath Das who was convicted for two murders and whose mercy petition had been rejected by the pres....
- Supreme Court 'rap' on government well deserved: BJP
New Delhi, April 30: The rap that the government had received from the Supreme Court was well deserved, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley said Tuesday while reiterating the deman....
- SC criticises government over vetting CBI report
New Delhi, April 30: In scathing criticism of the government's interference in the CBI probe into the allocation of coal blocks, the Supreme Court Tuesday asked the CBI director to file an ....
- Informed SC about changes made in status report, says CBI
New Delhi, April 30: The Supreme Court has been informed about the changes made in the status report on coal scam and the names of those behind the changes, the CBI said today.
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- No framework to regulate private security agencies, SC told
New Delhi, April 30: The government told the Supreme Court that there were no guidelines or rules to regulate the working of private security agencies and an offence by a private security guard....
- Act against hate speech makers, SC tells government
New Delhi, April 30: Holding that hate speeches targeting a section of society were weakening the country's social fabric, the Supreme Court Monday urged the central and the state governmen....
- SC notice to CBI on Jaganmohan Reddy's bail plea
New Delhi, April 29: The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the CBI on a bail plea by YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy who is in judicial custody in cases of possessing alleged illegal a....
- SC issues CBI notice over summons to Sunil Mittal, Ravikant Ruia
New Delhi, April 26: The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the CBI on a plea by Sunil Mittal of Bharti Airtel and Ravikant Ruia of Essar challenging their summoning before the 2G special c....
- CBI tells SC it shared coal blocks probe report
New Delhi, April 26: The CBI today told the Supreme Court that it shared its March 8 status report on investigations into coal blocks allocation with union Minister for Law and Justice Ashwani....
- SC says centre will 'take steps' on Italian marines
New Delhi, April 26: The Supreme Court today, hearing the petition of the two Italian marines accused of shooting dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast, said that the central governme....
- SC raps police forces over treatment of women
New Delhi, April 25: The Supreme Court today said that it would take a very serious view of another incident of police violence against a woman, and the person involved would have to bear the ....
- SC defers ruling on Italian marines till Friday
New Delhi, April 25: The Supreme Court will pronounce Friday its order on the Italian government's plea against the invoking of a stringent act and the NIA investigation into the killing o....
- Subsidised foodgrain: SC disallows discrimination
New Delhi, April 23: The Supreme Court today said the government could not differentiate between "one poor man and another poor man" while offering subsidised foodgrain under the targ....
- SC seeks response from Sahara on SEBI's plea
New Delhi, April 22: The Supreme Court today directed Sahara chief Subrata Roy and two directors of the group's two real estate companies to file reply to market regulator SEBI's plea t....
- SC defers ruling on Italian marines till Thursday
New Delhi, April 22: The Supreme Court will pronounce Thursday (April 25) its order on the Italian government's plea against the invoking of SUA 2002 and investigation by the National Inve....
- Issue guidelines on rape victims: SC
New Delhi, April 20: The Supreme Court has said that the victims of sexual assault required a different kind of treatment and it was incumbent upon state governments to issue guidelines as how ....
- SC cancels Karnataka mining leases
New Delhi, April 18: The Supreme Court today cancelled all the mining leases for extraction of iron ore in 49 category C mines in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka.(IANS)
- SC slams brakes on Vedanta's Niyamgiri project
New Delhi, April 18: Vedanta's bauxite mining project in Odisha's Niyamgiri Hills got stuck once again as the Supreme Court Thursday asked it to go back to the gram sabha for the consid....
- SC gives Sanjay Dutt four more weeks to surrender
New Delhi, April 17: The Supreme Court today gave Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt four more weeks to surrender following his conviction under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai bombings case.
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- SC stays own order on the working of information panels
New Delhi, April 16: The Supreme Court today stayed a part of its judgment which had said that the information commissions would comprise benches of two members with one of the two being a jud....
- SC reserves order on Italy's plea on marines
New Delhi, April 16: The Supreme Court today reserved its order on the plea by the Italian government challenging a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the killing of two Indians by....
- SC rejects Mumbai blast convicts plea for relief
New Delhi, April 16: The Supreme Court today rejected the plea of three 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts convicts that they may be permitted not to surrender to serve the remainder of their sentences ti....
- SC to hear Sanjay Dutt's surrender plea Wednesday
New Delhi, April 16: The Supreme Court deferred till 10.30 a.m. Wednesday the hearing of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's plea for six months' time to surrender, following his conviction ....
- Advani BJP's tallest leader: Chouhan
New Delhi, April 15: L.K. Advani is the BJP's tallest leader, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Monday, while maintaining that the party's parliamentary board wo....
- SC puts off hearing on Mittal, Ruia's pleas till Thursday
New Delhi, April 15: The Supreme Court will decide on Thursday as to which bench will hear the pleas of Bharti Airtel's Sunil Mittal and Essar's Ravi Ruia challenging the 2G special co....
- Bhullar verdict may impact Assam death row convict
Guwahati, April 14: The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on the hanging of condemned convicts is likely to impact the case of Assam's death row murder convict Mahendra Nath Das, whose m....
- President may form own opinion on mercy pleas: SC
New Delhi, April 13: The Supreme Court has said that while the president or a governor cannot overturn its final verdict, in appropriate cases they can form an opinion whether a case is made ou....
- SC rejects 1993 blast convict Bhullar's mercy plea
New Delhi, April 12: The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea by 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar challenging the rejection of his mercy plea by the president, while not....
- M.S. Bitta welcomes Supreme Court verdict on Bhullar
New Delhi, April 12: Welcoming the Supreme Court verdict rejecting the mercy plea of Khalistani terrorist Devenderpal Singh Bhullar who had targeted him in a bomb attack in 1993, then Youth Con....
- SC seeks detail of state panels for police reforms
New Delhi, April 11: The Supreme Court today asked the states and union territories to give details of steps taken for setting up state security commissions in pursuance to its earlier directio....
- SC issues notice over ban on film 'Sada Haq'
New Delhi, April 11: The Supreme Court today issued notice to Delhi, Punjab and Chandigarh on a petition by Vital Media challenging the ban on its film "Sada Haq" based on a storyline p....
- SC seeks poll panel response on vote machines with print
New Delhi, April 9: The Supreme Court today asked the Election Commission to file an affidavit on steps taken for introducing electronic voting machines (EVMs) with a facility that records in ....
- Report on Manipur 'killings' being considered, SC told
New Delhi, April 9: The government today told the Supreme Court that it would respond to Justice N. Santosh Hegde committee's report on extra-judicial killings by security forces in Manipur....
- SC issues notice to centre on curbing hate speeches
New Delhi, April 8: The Supreme Court issued notice to the central government on a petition seeking framing of guidelines to curb elected representatives from delivering hate speeches in pursua....
- SC questions states on delay in pan masala ban
New Delhi, April 3: The Supreme Court today directed 23 states and five union territories to file status report on the implementation of the notification issued by them banning the sale of gutk....
- 2G: SC to hear Sunil Mittal's plea April 8
New Delhi, April 2: The Supreme Court will April 8 hear the plea of Bharti Airtel CMD Sunil Mittal challenging the order of a special Delhi court summoning him in the 2G case.
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- SC withdraws restraining order on Italian envoy
New Delhi, April 2: The Supreme Court today withdrew its March 14 restraining order that directed the government to ensure that Italian Ambassador Daniele Mancini did not leave India.
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- SC allows Sterlite to operate Tamil Nadu plant
New Delhi, April 2: The Supreme Court today allowed the Sterlite Industries' smelting copper plant to continue operations in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin and asked it to deposit Rs.100 crore ....
- SC notice on plea seeking rape probe guidelines
New Delhi, April 1: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central and state governments on a petition seeking framing of guidelines on registering and probing cases of sexual offences a....
- Traders to oppose local bodies tax in Supreme Court
Mumbai, April 1: The controversial Local Bodies Tax (LBT) replacing the traditional octroi in various cities in the state will now be contested in the Supreme Court.
The Municipal Mazdo....
- SC rejection of patent plea discouraging: Novartis AG
Mumbai, April 1: As the Supreme Court dismissed Swiss pharmaceutical chain Novartis AG's petition seeking patent protection for its anti-cancer drug, the company Monday said that it will di....
- Health experts applaud SC ruling on Norvartis
New Delhi, April 1: Health experts welcomed the landmark ruling of the Supreme Court Monday, rejecting Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG's attempt to patent its cancer drug, saying the dictum wo....
- Apex court backs pollution board's powers: MDMK
Chennai, April 1: The MDMK, in a statement today asserted that the Supreme Court has corroborated the powers of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to issue orders against polluting ....
- SC to decide pharma patent, take up marines case
New Delhi, April 1: The Supreme Court will pronounce an important judgment Monday on a Swiss pharma firm's plea asserting its patent over a medicine, and Tuesday take up Sterlite's ple....
- SC verdict on Novartis AG's patent claim April 1
New Delhi, March 29: In a judgment that could have far-reaching consequences on marketing of drugs whose manufacturers seek patent protection in the Indian market, the Supreme Court will Monday....
- Andhra to seek legal opinion on Babli project
Hyderabad, March 28: The Andhra Pradesh government will seek legal opinion on filing a review petition in the Supreme Court on the Babli project neighbouring Maharashtra is building across the....
- SC disallows use of TV interview in gang-rape trial
New Delhi, March 22: The Supreme Court today suspended the Delhi High Court's order permitting the Dec 16 Delhi gang-rape accused to use TV interview of the victim's friend to confront ....
- Supreme Court declines to entertain Gopal Kanda's bail plea
New Delhi, March 22: The Supreme Court today declined to entertain the bail plea of Haryana lawmaker Gopal Goyal Kanda currently in judicial custody for allegedly abetting the suicide by air ho....
- Better governance, law enforcement needed to fight terror: SC
New Delhi, March 22: The Supreme Court yesterday said that India, being a secular state, could not allow terrorist acts rooted in religious fanaticism and they could only be combated through be....
- Apex court wants 'well strategised' Coast Guard
New Delhi, March 22: Batting for a well "strategised Coast Guards" to guard the country's coastline, the Supreme Court yesterday said the three-layer security system involving the I....
- Custom officials' role in 1993 blasts devastating, says SC
New Delhi, March 22: In a scathing indictment of custom officials of all levels, the Supreme Court Thursday said that but for their complicity, the perpetrators of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts would....
- Sanjay Dutt to be back in the jail, rules SC
New Delhi, March 21: With Supreme Court upholding Sanjay Dutt's conviction under the Arms Act for possessing unauthorised arms and declining his plea for probation, the Bollywood film star ....
- SC moved on Indian role in Sri Lanka war
New Delhi, March 20: A Malaysia-based Tamil lawyer has moved the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe into reports that India allegedly helped Sri Lanka crush the LTTE in a war that left some 40,....
- SC tells authorities to enforce stay put order on Italy ambassador
New Delhi, March 18: The Supreme Court said that Italian ambassador Daniele Mancini will not leave India till further orders, and directed authorities to ensure compliance with its order of Ma....
- For conviction in dowry death, establish cruelty first: Supreme Court
New Delhi, March 17: The Supreme Court has said that for seeking the conviction of a person accused of causing dowry death, the prosecution has to produce evidence that establishes that the de....
- No law prevents courts from settling matrimonial disputes amicably: SC
New Delhi, March 16: Pointing to the "outburst of matrimonial disputes", the Supreme Court Friday said that every efforts should be made for the couple to "live peacefully" and ....
- SC asks states to provide offices to green tribunal
New Delhi, March 15: The Supreme Court today took Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal governments to task for not providing office infrastructure and other facilities necessary for the....
- SC recalls order on 'cruelty' against daughter-in-law
New Delhi, March 14: The Supreme Court today recalled its 2009 order which said that a woman beating and kicking her daughter-in-law and threatening the latter that she would instigate her son....
- SC restrains Italian ambassador from leaving India
New Delhi, March 14: The Supreme Court Thursday restrained the Italian ambassador, Daniele Mancini, from leaving the country without its permission until March 18, when the next hearing of the ....
- Supreme Court issues notice on police reforms
New Delhi, March 11: The Supreme Court issued notice to the union home secretary, chief secretaries, home secretaries and directors general of police (DGPs) of all states and administrators an....
- India unconcerned about delayed justice: SC judge
Ghaziabad, March 9: India is unconcerned about delayed judgements despite a case pending for over 178 years in a Kolkata court, a Supreme Court judge said here Saturday.
Justice B.S. Cha....
- Approach us for issues of larger public concern, says SC
New Delhi, March 9: Dismissing a petition challenging renaming of Amritsar's Rajasansi International Airport to Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, the Supreme Court Friday said th....
- SC notice on plea linked to death penalty reviews
New Delhi, March 6: The Supreme Court today issued notice on a petition seeking to declare unconstitutional new rules that allow that review petitions in death sentence cases should be heard i....
- Police thrashing: SC issues notice to Punjab, Bihar
New Delhi, March 6: Taking note of media reports of the thrashing by police of a Dalit woman and her father in Punjab and a group of teachers in the Bihar capital Patna, the Supreme Court Monda....
- Chhattisgarh's fair price shops praised in SC
New Delhi, March 4: The Supreme Court was today told by a lawyer that Chhattisgarh has the best fair price shop network, an achievement in the backdrop of allegations of corruption surrounding....
- SC notice to centre on PIL over beheading of Indian soldiers
New Delhi, March 4: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government on a petition asking for the issue of the beheading of two Indian soldiers near the Line of Control (LOC) by ....
- No need to adjourn case if appellant, lawyer absent: SC
New Delhi, March 3: The Supreme Court has held that it was not incumbent upon a high court to adjourn the hearing of a matter simply because the appellant or his counsel were not present when t....
- Madhu Koda gets bail from SC, but to remain in jail
New Delhi, Mar 1: The Supreme Court today granted bail to former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and his associate Vikas Kumar Sinha in the money laundering case.
However, Koda, cur....
- SC to hear Om Prakash Chautala's plea to restrain TV episode
New Delhi, Mar 1: The Supreme Court today said it will hear next week former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's plea to restrain a television channel from telecasting an episode ....
- SC reject plea for SIT probe into chopper deal
New Delhi, Mar 1: The Supreme Court today rejected a PIL seeking a court-monitored independent probe into the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopters deal which has been clouded by the allegations of ....
- SC notice to aviation regulator on pilots' flight duty
New Delhi, Feb 25: The Supreme Court today issued notice on a petition for contempt of court proceedings against the aviation watchdog for its alleged failure to bring in new norms to regulate ....
- SC may hear plea on pricing of natural gas
New Delhi, Feb 23: The Supreme Court is likely to hear Monday a petition seeking the quashing of a government pricing policy which allegedly gives cheaper natural gas to industry as compared t....
- Apex court lets Italian marines go home for four weeks
New Delhi, Feb 22: The Supreme Court today permitted two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen last February after mistaking them for pirates, to go back to their country fo....
- SC sets up team to scan Niira Radia tapes
New Delhi, Feb 21: The Supreme Court today set up a six-member team to scan the transcripts of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia's telephone intercepts to determine if there was any co....
- SC extends stay on execution of Veerappan aides
New Delhi, Feb 20: The Supreme Court today extended the stay of the execution of four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, saying it would await the verdict by another bench of the court on ....
- SC raps officials for indifference towards missing kids
New Delhi, Feb 19: The Supreme Court today pulled up the chief secretaries of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh for being indifferent to the plight of the missing children and choosing ....
- SC issues notice on Italian marines' plea to return to Italy
New Delhi, Feb 19: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the centre on a petition by two Italian marines seeking the court's nod to travel back to their country to exercise their franchi....
- Apex court stays death to Veerappan aides till Wednesday
New Delhi, Feb 18: The Supreme Court today stayed till Wednesday the execution of death sentence of the four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, whose mercy petition was rejected Feb 12.
- Name officers who will scan Radia tapes: SC
New Delhi, Feb 13: The Supreme Court today sought the names of officers of the CBI, Income Tax department and Enforcement Directorate who would scan the transcripts of former corporate lobbyist....
- SC notice on plea for scrutiny of intelligence agencies
New Delhi, Feb 11: On a petition to bring intelligence agencies under legislative scrutiny and their accounts under the CAG, the Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government, Int....
- The conspirator's life should become extinct, ruled SC
New Delhi, Feb 9: "The incident, which resulted in heavy casualties, had shaken the entire nation and the collective conscience of the society will only be satisfied if the capital punishme....
- Deploy more personnel to make Delhi safe, SC tells police
New Delhi, Feb 7: The Supreme Court today asked Delhi Police why its personnel, deployed for security of people who were not entitled or require it, were instead not being deployed for security....
- SC pulls up CBI in Babri Masjid demolition case
New Delhi, Feb 7: The Supreme Court today pulled up the CBI for its submission that BJP leader L.K.Advani and other party leaders present at Ayodhya on Dec 6, 1992, had committed a "nationa....
- Supreme Court asks Karnataka to release 2.44 tmc Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu
New Delhi, Feb 7: The Supreme Court Today directed Karnataka to release 2.44 tmc (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu for irrigating its standing crops in the delt....
- SC notice to two Sahara companies on SEBI petition
New Delhi, Feb 6: The Supreme Court today issued notice to Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Ltd. (SIRECL) and Sahara Housing Investment Corporation Ltd. (SHICL) on a petition by market regu....
- Acid attacks: SC wants acid sale regulation
New Delhi, Feb 6: The Supreme Court today directed the union home secretary to convene a meeting of chief secretaries of all states and administrators of union territories to formulate policy f....
- SC upholds death penalty to minor's killer
New Delhi, Feb 5: The Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence given to a man for killing a seven-year-old boy whom he had kidnapped for Rs.5 lakh ransom in 2009 in Tamil Nadu.
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- Not prudent to reopen Suryanelli rape case probe: Manish Tewari
New Delhi, Feb 5: Rebuffing demands for re-opening the probe against veteran Congress leader P.J. Kurien in the Suryanelli rape case, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today w....
- SC frowns over absence of chief secretaries
New Delhi, Feb 5: The Supreme Court Today fumed over the absence of chief secretaries of Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Arunachal Pradesh who were told to explain the failure of their respective admin....
- SC to examine provision on minors' age in juvenile act
New Delhi, Feb 4: The Supreme Court will look into the constitutional validity of provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act under which a person is treated as a minor till he or she turns 18.....
- Apex court steps in to prevent Ashis Nandy's arrest
New Delhi, Feb 1: The Supreme Court restrained the Rajasthan Police from arresting eminient sociologist Ashis Nandy against whom FIRs have been filed for making uncharitable comments on schedul....
- SC gives 45 days to complete Madhu Koda money laundering probe
New Delhi, Jan 30: The Supreme Court Tuesday granted the Enforcement Directorate custody of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, accused of money laundering, and allowed it 45 days to co....
- Chief justices for three northeast states recommended
Agartala, Jan 27: The Supreme Court collegium has recommended three chief justices for the proposed high courts in the northeastern states of Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya, officials said her....
- SC questions centre's powers to allocate coal blocks
New Delhi, Jan 24: Expressing doubts about the allocation of coal blocks by the central government being in accordance with statutory provisions, the Supreme Court Today questioned its powers t....
- Supreme Court anguished over plight of undertrials in jail
New Delhi, Jan 23: The Supreme Court today expressed its anguish over the plight of undertrials and violation of their fundamental rights after they are thrown into prisons that are already ....
- Find out if gang-rape accused being tortured: SC
New Delhi, Jan 23: The Supreme Court today asked the fast track court holding trial in the Delhi gang-rape case to ascertain whether one of the accused, Mukesh, was being subjected to torture.<....
- Supreme Court poser to centre on retail FDI impact
New Delhi, Jan 22: In a poser to the government whether it had factored in the apprehension of small traders before allowing FDI in multi-brand retail sector, the Supreme Court today wondered i....
- SC to hear plea on Wednesday to shift gang-rape trial
New Delhi, Jan 22: The Supreme Court said that it would hear on Wednesday a petition by one of the accused in the Dec 16, 2012, gang-rape seeking the transfer of the trial outside Delhi.
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- SC to hear plea to shift gang-rape trial out of Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 21: The Supreme Court said that it would hear Tuesday a petition by one of the accused in the Dec 16, 2012, gang-rape seeking the transfer of the trial outside Delhi.
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- No statues on public roads: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Jan 18: The Supreme Court today asked all state governments and union territory administrations not to grant any permission for putting up statues or other structures on public road....
- SC moved for mental test of Delhi gang-rape juvenile accused
New Delhi, Jan 18: The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government on a petition seeking that the juvenile accused in Delhi gang-rape case be kept in special custody if he was ....
- Special court to try Italian marines
New Delhi, Jan 18: The Supreme Court today ruled that the Kerala government has no independent jurisdiction to try two Italian marines for shooting down two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coa....
- SC widens scope of pleas against defections
New Delhi, Jan 18: Dubbing defections an evil, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that any member of a political party can approach a state assembly's speaker to seek the disqualification o....
- SC stops Gujarat court from ruling on Gulberg carnage closure report
New Delhi, Jan 17: The Supreme Court today asked an Ahmedabad court not to pronounce its orders on the closure report filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the allegations of inact....
- SC stops Gujarat court from ruling on Gulberg carnage closure report
New Delhi, Jan 17: The Supreme Court today asked an Ahmedabad court not to pronounce its orders on the closure report filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the allegations of inact....
- SC seeks prompt police action on missing kids
New Delhi, Jan 17: Seeking prompt action in cases of missing children, the Supreme Court today asked chief secretaries of all states to direct police stations to immediately register cases and ....
- SC notice on PIL seeking release of abducted Indian seamen
New Delhi, Jan 14: The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on a PIL seeking direction to ministries of external affairs, home and shipping to intervene for securing the release of 34 Indian seamen held....
- SC notice on CBI probe into illegal telephone exchange at Dayanidhi Maran's house
New Delhi, Jan 12: The Supreme Court yesterday issued notice to the central government on a PIL seeking "thorough and fair" probe by the CBI into the setting up of an illegal telephone ....
- No safety for women on Delhi roads: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Jan 11: Holding that there was no safety for women on Delhi's roads, the Supreme Court Court said Friday: "We are failing to treat women with dignity, equality and respect.&#....
- SC to hold speedy hearing of cases of sexual abuse
New Delhi, Jan 10: The Supreme Court today said it would be shortly evolving a mechanism for the speedy hearing of cases of sexual and other criminal offences against women.
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- SC declines Sahara's review plea
New Delhi, Jan 9: The Supreme Court today declined a plea by two Sahara Group companies seeking the review of the court's Aug 31 order directing them to return to the investors Rs.17,400 cr....
- Nationalism not a monopoly of state, says apex court
New Delhi, Jan 4: The Supreme Court Friday said that nationalism was not the monopoly of the state and it could not point fingers at those who question the conduct of its counter- insurgency op....
- SC notice to centre on fast-tracking sexual abuse cases
New Delhi, Jan 4: The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government on two PILs seeking fast-tracking of all cases of sexual abuse against women and awarding them compensation.<....
- SC paves way for smaller ads at tobacco shops
New Delhi, Jan 4: The Supreme Court yesterday suspended the Bombay High Court's seven-year-old interim orders and paved the way for restricting the scale of advertisement of tobacco product....
- Supreme Court frowns on unethical drug trials
New Delhi, Jan 3: The Supreme Court frowned on the government's failure to halt unethical clinical trials by multinational drug companies on Indian patients who were used as "guinea pig....
- SC notice on plea over women's security
New Delhi, Jan 2: The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government, all states and union territories and the National Commission for Women on a plea seeking measures for the ....
- SC uphelds appointment of Gujarat Lokayukta
New Delhi, Jan 2: In a setback to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court today upheld the appointment of Justice (retd.) R. A. Mehta as the Lokayukta of the state.
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- M.N.Krishnamani elected apex court bar association chief
New Delhi, Dec 14: Senior counsel M.N. Krishnamani has been elected president of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
Senior counsel Kailesh Vasdev was elected vice-president in the ele....
- S.S.Namdhari, Tyagi's judicial custody extended to Dec 27
New Delhi, Dec 13: A court here today extended, till Dec 27, the judicial custody of Sukhdev Singh Namdhari and his personal security officer (PSO) Sachin Tyagi, booked for the murder of Hardee....
- Help others like me, says Chisty
New Delhi, Dec 12: "Something should be done to reduce...human sufferings," Pakistani doctor Mohammad Khalil Chisty, a life convict set free by the Supreme Court in a 1992 murder case, ....
- Supreme Court moved for stringent ban on tobacco items
New Delhi, Dec 12: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the government on a plea for ban on manufacture, distribution, sale, export, import and consumption of chewing tobacco, gutka and pan....
- Let road accident witnesses skip court visit, SC told
New Delhi, Dec 11: The government today told the Supreme Court that witnesses in road accident cases should not be forced to attend court and allowed to give evidence through affidavits to prev....
- Judges have to give details of foreign trips: SC
New Delhi, Dec 10: The Supreme Court Monday restored a government rule requiring apex court and high court judges to keep the home and external affairs ministries in the loop when travelling ab....
- Plea to SC questions army recruitment policy
New Delhi, Dec 10: The Supreme Court today asked Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman to assist it in the hearing on a petition seeking abolition of caste, region and religion-based recruitment i....
- SC tells Karnataka to release water for Tamil Nadu
New Delhi, Dec 5: The Supreme Court Wednesday directed Karnataka to supply 10,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu for the next five days.
Besides this, the apex court bench o....
- Sahara offers to pay dues
Mumbai, Dec 5: After the Supreme Court directed market regulator SEBI to accept a pay order of Rs.5,120 crore from Sahara Group's two real estate companies, the group's counsel Wednesda....
- Sahara offers to pay dues
Mumbai, Dec 5: After the Supreme Court directed market regulator SEBI to accept a pay order of Rs.5,120 crore from Sahara Group's two real estate companies, the group's counsel Wednesda....
- SC rejects Sangma's plea on presidential poll
New Delhi, Dec 5: The clouds on the fairness of President Pranab Mukherjee's election as head of the country cleared Wednesday as the Supreme Court by a majority judgment rejected a petitio....
- SC dismisses plea for reviewing its order in LN Mishra case
New Delhi, Dec 4: The Supreme Court today declined to revisit its Aug 17 order dismissing the petition of the accused in the 1975 assassination of then railway minister L.N. Mishra for quashing....
- 200 cap on SMSes to stay, for now: SC
New Delhi, Dec 3: The Supreme Court today stayed the operation of a TDSAT order that threw out the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's circular that restricted the number of SMSes that ....
- Sahara realty firms' intention shady: SC
New Delhi, Dec 3: The Supreme Court today lashed out at Sahara group's real estate companies saying their conduct was "shady" in the matter of returning the investors' money mop....
- SC summons attorney general over IT Act
New Delhi, Nov 29: The Supreme Court today asked Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati to appear before it on Friday to clarify the government's position on a PIL seeking to strike down section 6....
- SC notice on plea for green levy on new diesel cars in Delhi
New Delhi, Nov 26: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking to impose environment compensation charge of 25 percent of the sale value on new private die....
- Delhi power situation thousand times better: SC
New Delhi, Nov 23: The Supreme Court today brought down the curtain on a nearly 14-year-long hearing on a PIL on the power crisis in Delhi. It observed that power situation in Delhi has improve....
- 2G directions implemented, centre tells SC
New Delhi, Nov 23: The government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it had acted "fully in accordance" with its judgment on the auction of cancelled 2G licences. The government, i....
- SC notice to consulting firm on Subramanian Swamy's plea
New Delhi, Nov 22: The Supreme Court today issued notice to a consultancy firm with offices in Chennai and Singapore on Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy's plea seeking contempt of c....
- SC questions operations of private security agencies
New Delhi, Nov 21: Taking suo motu cognizance of the killings of Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep Singh Chadha in a shoot out, the Supreme Court today issued a notice to the union home mini....
- SC slams centre over 2G auction
New Delhi, Nov 19: The government today came under fire for not complying with the Supreme Court's order to auction the entire spectrum that became available following the cancellation of 1....
- SC issues notice to central government in coal scam
New Delhi, Nov 19: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government and the CBI on a public interest litigation that has sought cancellation of all coal blocks allocated to priva....
- Government playing with orders on 2G auction: SC
New Delhi, Nov 9: The Supreme Court today pulled up the union government for not implementing its order directing auctioning of 122 cancelled 2G licences in both letter and spirit and going in ....
- SC quashes graft proceedings against C.K. Jaffer Sharief
New Delhi, Nov 9: The Supreme Court today quashed criminal proceedings against former railway minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief in an alleged case of graft under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- Gujarat questions governor's mandate in apex court
New Delhi, Nov 7: The Gujarat government today urged the Supreme Court to refer to a larger bench the question whether Governor Kamla Beniwal could have appointed the Lokayukta while bypassing ....
- CBI's allegations on Aircel-Maxis deal seem correct: SC
New Delhi, Nov 7: Virtually approving the CBI's line of probe into suspected wrongdoing in the Aircel-Maxis telecom deal, the Supreme Court today said the allegations levelled by the invest....
- Governor can't bypass government on Lokayukta, Gujarat tells SC
New Delhi, Nov 6: The Gujarat government today told the Supreme Court that Governor Kamla Beniwal could not have acted independent of the advice of the council of ministers on the appointment o....
- Delay in house allotment to tribunal chief upsets SC
New Delhi, Nov 5: Asking the government to play a proactive role in defusing inter-state water disputes, the Supreme Court today chided it for taking too long to allot accommodation here to a w....
- SC quashes rape complaint against Madhur Bhandarkar
New Delhi, Nov 5: In a major relief to film producer Madhur Bhandarkar, the Supreme Court today quashed the charges of alleged rape levelled against him by actress and model Preeti Jain.
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- SC dismisses plea for review of CAG's loss figures
New Delhi, Nov 2: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking direction to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to revisit its valuation of loss of Rs.1.86 lakh crore to the exche....
- SC to hold preliminary hearing on P.A. Sangma's plea
New Delhi, Nov 1: The Supreme Court today said it would on Nov 20 hold the preliminary hearing on P.A. Sangma's petition challenging Pranab Mukherjee's election as the president.
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- SC relief for Rajasthan BJP leader over killing
New Delhi, Oct 31: The Supreme Court today stayed a Rajasthan High Court order asking BJP chief whip in the assembly Rajendra Rathore to surrender in trial court to face proceedings in alleged ....
- SC orders status quo at excavated site near Jama Masjid
New Delhi, Oct 30: Pulling up a legislator for taking the law into his hands, the Supreme Court today ordered status quo over a structure built near the excavated remains of a purported Mughal-....
- Apex court seeks details of Yamuna Action Plan
New Delhi, Oct 30: The Supreme Court today asked the central government to place before it the Yamuna River Action Plan with details to prevent the untreated effluents flowing into it.
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- SC refuses to take up pleas against Sachin Tendulkar's nomination
New Delhi, Oct 29: The Supreme Court today rejected a plea to transfer to itself two petitions pending before the Delhi and Allahabad High Courts that have challenged cricketer Sachin Tendulkar....
- SC notice on plea to tame Brahmaputra floods
New Delhi, Oct 29: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government on a petition that has sought direction to put in place a permanent mechanism for preventing floods in the Bra....
- SC declines to restrain GM crop's field trials
New Delhi, Oct 29: The Supreme Court today declined to restrain the government from going ahead with the open field trials of the GM crops for the coming rabi season.
The government e....
- Corruption is human rights violation: SC
New Delhi, Oct 20: The Supreme Court has said that the menace of "systemic corruption" violates human rights and only in exceptional circumstances should the courts put on hold convicti....
- SC notice to Mamata Banerjee in adviser appointment case
New Delhi, Oct 19: The Supreme Court today issued a notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on a petition challenging the deletion of her name as one of the parties in a case quest....
- Prajapati killing: Trial against Amit Shah stayed
New Delhi, Oct 18: In a relief to former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, the Supreme Court today stayed all proceedings against him before a court in Ahmedabad over the 2006 alleged staged shootout....
- SC dismisses rape allegation against Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, Oct 18: The Supreme Court today gave a clean chit to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, saying that the 2006 allegation of gang rape against him and his friends was fake. It al....
- SC reserves verdict on lawyer R.K. Anand
New Delhi, Oct 17: The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on lawyer R.K. Anand's proposal to give free legal aid to poor litigants for one year as penance for his attempt to derail ju....
- Apex court lifts ban on tourism in core tiger reserve areas
New Delhi, Oct 16: The Supreme Court today lifted its ban and permitted tourist activities in 20 percent of the core areas of India's 42 tiger reserves.
The apex court bench of Ju....
- Bonded labour still rampant in certain industries, says SC
New Delhi, Oct 15: The Supreme Court today said the practice of bonded labour was rampant in certain industries and asked the vigilance committees to give more attention to these areas and take....
- SC notice to centre, Odisha on coal field lease
New Delhi, Oct 15: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central and Odisha governments on a petition seeking the cancellation of coal mining lease of a joint venture between Orissa Mini....
- Seldom is there direct evidence of criminal conspiracy: SC
New Delhi, Oct 13: The Supreme Court has said that the essence of criminal conspiracy was an agreement to do a criminal act and seldom was there any direct evidence to prove the ingredients of ....
- Don't sit over verdicts on personal liberty, SC tells high courts
New Delhi, Oct 12: The Supreme Court today told the high courts to pronounce their verdicts as expeditiously as possible in the cases involving the personal liberty of a person and more so when....
- Evict squatters from government houses: SC
New Delhi, Oct 10: The Supreme Court today asked unauthorised occupants of government houses here why they should not be evicted and ordered their names be published in the newspapers.
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- Yamuna water quality getting worse: SC
New Delhi, Oct 10: The Supreme Court today expressed concern that despite a huge amount of money having been spent for cleaning the Yamuna that flows through Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, t....
- SC notice to Mayawati on disproportionate assets
New Delhi, Oct 9: The Supreme Court today issued notice to former Uttar Padesh chief minister Mayawati, the central government and the CBI on a petition seeking that the CBI continue its invest....
- Won't meddle in Sri Lanka military training: Apex court
New Delhi, Oct 8: The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the military training imparted to Sri Lankan army and air force personnel in India. Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Pr....
- Cauvery row: Protests won't serve any purpose, says SC
New Delhi, Oct 8: The Supreme Court today expressed its anguish over the ongoing agitation in Karnataka over the Cauvery River Authority's direction to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water....
- Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's party mulls review petition against SC order
Hyderabad, Oct 5: With the Supreme Court today dismissing the bail petition of YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the illegal assets case, the party is contemplating to file a r....
- Apex court halts all mining activities in Goa
New Delhi, Oct 5: The Supreme Court today ordered stop to all mining activities, including transportation of already mined manganese and iron ore, in Goa and sought responses of the central and....
- Supreme Court reject's Jaganmohan Reddy's bail plea
New Delhi, Oct 5: The Supreme court today declined to grant bail to YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy, who is in custody for a case of his alleged disproportionate assets.
While de....
- SC cautions on n-accident liability waiver
New Delhi, Oct 4: The Supreme Court today said any pact the government signs with a nuclear power plant supplier to waive its liability in an accident will be void if it violates the statute.
- Fee of Ajmal Aamir Kasab counsel to go to slain cops' kin: SC
New Delhi, Oct 3: The Supreme Court today asked the Maharashtra government to give Rs.14.5 lakh - the fee that condemned Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab's counsel refused to collect - to th....
- Medicines should be within reach of common man: SC
New Delhi, Oct 3: The Supreme Court today said that the government will not disturb the retail price mechanism of essential drugs under the price control order while increasing the number of im....
- SC notice on 'killings' in Manipur
New Delhi, Oct 1: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central and Manipur governments on a petition seeking a probe by an independent agency into alleged extra judicial killings of peo....
- SC reserves verdict on petitioner against Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, Oct 1: The Supreme Court today reserved its order on a plea challenging an Allahabad High Court order imposing a cost of Rs.50 lakh and ordering a CBI probe against a former Samajwad....
- No house for tribunal members: SC pulls up centre
New Delhi, Oct 1: The Supreme Court today pulled up the government for denying accommodation to retired judges who are members of the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal to settle a dispute betwee....
- CAG not exceeding mandate, rules apex court
New Delhi, Oct 1: The Supreme Court today dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) that contended the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was not mandated to go into policy decisions of t....
- Court should be kept out of 2G, coal block politics: SC judge
New Delhi, Sep 28: Supreme Court Justice J.S. Khehar on Thursday noted the allotment of natural resources has become a political issue and even hit work in two sessions of parliament, but stres....
- Auction not only method to disperse natural resources: SC
New Delhi, Sep 27: Responding to a presidential reference following the verdict on the 2G spectrum allocation, the Supreme Court today said the auction route was not the only method for allocat....
- SC order gives sound basis for government actions: Salman Khurshid
New Delhi, Sep 27: Law Minister Salman Khurshid today welcomed as "very important" the Supreme Court order on a presidential reference and said it gave a "sound basis" for the g....
- SC clears way for court fee hike in Delhi
New Delhi, Sep 26: The Supreme Court today cleared the way for a hike in court fees in Delhi by lifting the curbs imposed by the Delhi High Court on a law enacted by the government for the purp....
- Plea in SC seeks Goa mining curbs to continue
New Delhi, Sep 26: An NGO moved the Supreme Court today seeking direction to the central government not to permit resumption of iron and manganese ore mining in Goa till the recommendations of ....
- Ground water study at Bhopal gas plant in October, SC told
New Delhi, Sep 25: Drilling for studies on ground water contamination at the site of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy would start in October after the rains subside, the Indian Institute of Toxicolo....
- SC dismisses contempt plea against Mamata Banerjee
New Delhi, Sep 24: The Supreme Court today dismissed, as withdrawn, a PIL by Panthers Party chief Bhim Singh seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata....
- SC nudges government over lax law officers
New Delhi, Sep 24: The government law officers are "not appointed on the basis of their merit. They are appointed on some other consideration. There is also coalition politics in their appo....
- SC moved for staying Kudankulam's 1989 environmental clearance
New Delhi, Sep 21: The Supreme Court was moved today for staying the environmental clearance given to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in 1989 as this was not in conformity with the pr....
- SC asks Air India to probe 'unnecessary purchase' of aircraft
New Delhi, Sep 21: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government and Air India on a petition seeking probe into the "unnecessary" purchase of 111 aircraft for the nati....
- SC slams poor facilities for green tribunal
New Delhi, Sep 19: The Supreme Court today pulled up the government for not providing infrastructure for the effective functioning of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that deals with environme....
- SC declines review of right to education verdict
New Delhi, Sep 19: The Supreme Court has declined to entertain petitions seeking a review of its verdict upholding the constitutional validity of the right to education act that mandates 25 per....
- SC notice to Punjab on 'Aarakshan' film ban
New Delhi, Sep 17: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Punjab government on a petition by film producer Prakash Jha seeking compensation for banning the screening of his 2011 film "....
- SC frowns on delay in income tax department appeals
New Delhi, Sep 17: The Supreme Court today asked the government to streamline the Income Tax (I-T) department's working to check delays in challenging adverse verdicts related to tax demand....
- SC notice on plea for CBI probe in rural jobs scheme in UP
New Delhi, Sep 14: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central and Uttar Pradesh governments on a plea seeking a CBI probe into the corruption and illegalities in the implementation of....
- Explain allocation of 194 coal blocks, SC tells government
New Delhi, Sep 14: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the government, asking it to explain whether it had followed its own policies and guidelines in the allocation of 194 coal blocks.
- SC to hear plea for providing printout of votes in EVMs
New Delhi, Sep 13: The Supreme Court today said it would attach priority to the hearing of a petition seeking provision of printouts for the recording of votes in electronic voting machines (EV....
- Information panels should be manned by judicial people: SC
New Delhi, Sep 13: The Supreme Court today held that the Central Information Commission and state information commissions are forums performing quasi-judicial functions and thus these should be....
- SC declines to interfere with expressway's toll order
New Delhi, Sep 12: The Supreme Court today declined to interfere with a Punjab and Haryana High Court order making the Gurgaon-Delhi expressway toll-free, allegedly resulting in a loss to the S....
- SC dismisses plea on Delhi, Mumbai airports
New Delhi, Sep 10: The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking the cancellation of the Airports Authority of India's agreement with private operators handling operations and developmen....
- Akhilesh Yadav behind 2011 'rape' case against Rahul Gandhi, SC told
New Delhi, Sep 10: A lawyer today told the Supreme Court that a 2011 rape and wrongful confinement case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Allahabad High Court was filed at the instance of....
- SC no to quashing chargesheet against Nirmal Yadav
New Delhi, Sep 10: The Supreme Court today declined to quash the chargesheet against former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav who was allegedly involved in a multimillion rupee &....
- Coalgate: Rajnath Singh demands probe by SC judge
Ghaziabad, Sep 8: Rajnath Singh, Ghaziabad Member of Parliament (MP) and former president of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded a judicial probe by a sitting judge of the Supreme Co....
- Tell Chhattisgarh to provide security to agency teams, CBI asks apex court
New Delhi, Sep 7: The CBI today sought a Supreme Court direction to the Chhattisgarh government for adequate "safety and security arrangements" for its teams undertaking a probe into Ma....
- Apex court slams Karnataka government on iron ore mining
New Delhi, Sep 7: In blistering criticism of the Karnataka government for looking the other way when iron ore in the state was being illegally mined, transported and exported, the Supreme Court....
- Foreign arbitration awards beyond Indian courts' jurisdiction, says SC
New Delhi, Sep 6: In a boost to foreign investors, the Supreme Court today held that if an Indian investor chooses to go for arbitration with a foreign company abroad, the Indian courts will th....
- SC to examine plea to bar criminals from voting
New Delhi, Sep 5: The Supreme Court today decided to examine a plea seeking to bar people with criminal background from getting registered as voters and contesting elections to parliament and s....
- SC orders pay review bonanza for defence officers
New Delhi, Sep 4: In a good news for defence officers, the Supreme Court today directed the government to re-fix their pay scales in tune with the recommendations of the Fourth Pay Commission w....
- SC reserves verdict on Italian marines' plea
New Delhi, Sep 4: The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on the pleas by the Italian government and its two marines seeking the quashing of charges against them and halting their trial fo....
- SC gives more time to centre on Palk Strait channel
New Delhi, Sep 3: The Supreme Court today gave the government six more weeks to spell out its stand on building the Sethusamudram ship channel in the Palk Strait to facilitate navigation betwee....
- Judges cannot fix poverty line: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Sep 3: In a pronouncement of considerable significance that could check the judiciary's overstepping into legislative and governmental functioning, the Supreme Court has said the....
- SC lifts ban on iron ore mining for Karnataka
New Delhi, Sep 3: The Supreme Court today lifted the ban on iron ore mining in category A mines in Karnataka's Bellary, Chitradurga and Timkur districts.
The apex court forest ben....
- SC directs fresh trial of Delhi 1997 blast accused
New Delhi, Aug 31: The Supreme Court today directed a fresh trial of a terror accused whose conviction and sentencing had been set aside by a court bench on grounds that the accused was not pro....
- Court asks Sahara to return Rs.17,000 crore to investors
New Delhi, Aug 31: The Supreme Court today directed Sahara group's real estate company to return with a 15-percent interest the Rs.17,000 crore ($3.5 billion) it had mopped up as debentures....
- Form vigilance panels on PDS, apex court tells centre
New Delhi, Aug 30: The Supreme Court today asked the government to spell out the criteria on the composition of vigilance panels to monitor the public distribution system (PDS) instead of compe....
- Are confidential files without notings, asks SC
New Delhi, Aug 29: The Supreme Court today asked the government to clarify whether, as a matter of practice, it does not have notings on its confidential files and reports in them remain unsign....
- Apex court seeks response to NGO's missing children action plan plea
New Delhi, Aug 28: The Supreme Court today asked the governments of states and union territories to file their response to a petition seeking the formulation of a National Action Plan for missi....
- SC offers relief to Maharashtra property buyers
New Delhi/Mumbai, Aug 28: In a relief to developers and property buyers in Maharashtra on the vexed VAT issue, the Supreme Court today stayed a Bombay High Court judgment and gave them two more....
- Spell out steps to plug leakage of phone taps: SC
New Delhi, Aug 28: The Supreme Court today pulled up the government for not stating the mechanism it had put in place to guard against leakage of telephone intercepts of people under surveillan....
- CBI to file charge sheet in Prajapati case
New Delhi, Aug 28: The CBI told the Supreme Court today it will file a charge sheet in the Tulsiram Prajapati staged shootout case in a couple of days.
Senior CBI counsel Vivek Tankha....
- Apex court to examine plea on terror accused
New Delhi/Mumbai, Aug 27: The Supreme Court today admitted a plea filed by two Maharashtra organizations demanding a probe into all terror incidents in India since 2002 to provide justice to th....
- SC notice to Tata Motors on Singur land
New Delhi, Aug 24: The Supreme Court today issued notice to Tata Motors on a petition by the West Bengal government challenging a Calcutta High Court order holding unconstitutional its Singur l....
- Centre seeks SC nod to review eco-tourism norms
New Delhi, Aug 21: The government today sought the Supreme Court's nod to review the guidelines on eco-tourism in and around protected areas following requests from stakeholders.
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- Apex court queries Delhi airport development fee
New Delhi, Aug 21: The Supreme Court today asked the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and concessionaire Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) to tell who was levying and collecting the airpo....
- SC to hear plea for more time for 2G licence auction
New Delhi, Aug 21: The Supreme Court today said it would hear on Friday the central government's plea for another extension of time for commencing the auction and allocation of 122 2G licen....
- Mishra killing: Plea to quash case dismissed
New Delhi, Aug 17: The Supreme Court today dismissed the petition of Ranjan Dwivedi, one of the accused in the 1975 assassination of then railway minister L.N. Mishra in a bomb attack in Bihar,....
- Panel favoured auction of resources, Subramanian Swamy tells SC
New Delhi, Aug 14: Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy today told the Supreme Court that auction was the only method of transparent allocation of natural resources for private commercial e....
- SC to re-examine verdict on membership of banned outfits
New Delhi, Aug 13: The Supreme Court today said that it would take a relook at its earlier judgment which said that mere membership of a banned organisation was not a crime.
The apex ....
- Supreme Court notice to CBI on Jaganmohan Reddy's bail plea
New Delhi, Aug 9: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the CBI on jailed YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's bail application in an illegal assets case, but rejected his p....
- Can't fetter executive to auction resources: SC
New Delhi, Aug 7: The Supreme Court today said that under the separation of powers between the three organs of the state, it could not fetter the executive to follow auction as the only method ....
- SC calls for answersheets of Chhattisgarh judges' exam
New Delhi, Aug 7: The Supreme Court today asked the Chhattisgarh government to place before it the original answersheets of some candidates who cleared an exam for recruitment of civil judges i....
- SC breather for Maharashtra transport minister
New Delhi, Aug 7: The Supreme Court today suspended the operation of the Bombay High Court order that cancelled the bail of Maharashtra Minister of State for Transport Gulabrao Baburao Deokar f....
- Can't bypass state government in service matters: SC
New Delhi, Aug 6: Matters relating to a public servant alleging bias against a state government are service matters, the Supreme Court today said while refusing to entrust such issues to a gove....
- SC refuses to interfere in B.S. Yeddyurappa bail case
New Delhi, Aug 6: The Supreme Court today declined to interfere with a Karnataka High Court order granting anticipatory bail to former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa in a case related to alleg....
- Remove black films from cars or face action, SC warns police
New Delhi, Aug 3: The Supreme Court today directed police chiefs in all states and union territories to ensure compliance of its direction that no material, including films of any VLT, be put o....
- Sanjeev Nanda's sentence reduced in BMW hit-and-run case
New Delhi, Aug 3: The Supreme Court today upheld the Delhi High Court order reducing the prison sentence of Sanjeev Nanda, the main accused in the January 1999 BMW hit-and-run case in the natio....
- Probe lapses not fatal to case if guilt proved: SC
New Delhi, Aug 2: The Supreme Court has said lapses in investigation cannot be exploited by an accused to his advantage if there is sufficient evidence to nail him for a crime.
"I....
- Don't touch policy-making power, Chhattisgarh tells Supreme Court
New Delhi, Aug 1: Chhattisgarh today said in the Supreme Court that the government should continue to have the freedom to frame policies for the "alienation, transfer and allocation of natu....
- Mishra killing: SC reserves order on accused's plea
New Delhi, July 31: The Supreme Court today reserved its order on a plea by Ranjan Dwivedi, an accused in the assassination of the then railway minister L.N. Mishra in a bomb attack 37 years ag....
- Uttar Pradesh ignoring Vrindavan widows: SC
New Delhi, July 30: The Supreme Court today chided the Uttar Pradesh government for not being sensitive to the plight of widows abandoned by their kin and living in miserable conditions in Vrin....
- SC sounds green alert on dismantling of ships
New Delhi, July 30: The Supreme Court today held that in future no ship would be allowed to be dismantled in India without the government's environmental clearance and the vessel's deco....
- Apex court asks CBI to reply Vectra chief's plea
New Delhi, July 30: The Supreme Court today allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file its response to a petition of Vectra Group chairman Ravinder Kumar Rishi, facing probe in t....
- Cancelling Andhra court bail to Kobad Ghandy meaningless: SC
New Delhi, July 27: The Supreme Court today declined to cancel the bail granted to Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy by the Andhra Pradesh High Court in the Aug 15, 2005 killing of the then assembly d....
- SC declines government's plea on VIP Haj quota
New Delhi, July 27: The Supreme Court today declined to entertain the central government's plea to defer, till next year, its July 23 order slashing the dignitaries quota of Haj pilgrims fr....
- Haj is not for making profits, says apex court
New Delhi, July 27: The Supreme Court today said that the private tour operators (PTOs), engaged in the travel of Haj pilgrims, could not undertake their enterprise with an eye on profits.
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- Quash charges, trial in L.N. Mishra killing, SC urged
New Delhi, July 25: The Supreme Court today was urged to order the charges and trial be quashed in the case of assassination of the then railway minister L.N. Mishra in a bomb attack 37 years a....
- Can't interfere in policy matters, centre tells SC
New Delhi, July 25: The central government told the Supreme Court today that courts could not interfere in policy matters.
"Policy can be impugned in the court only if, on the fac....
- SC bans tourism in core areas of tiger reserves
New Delhi, July 24: Coming to the rescue of tigers in the country, the Supreme Court today banned tourism in core areas of the over 40 tiger reserves.
A bench of Justice Swatanter Kum....
- Virandavan widows: SC notice to UP, Bengal, Odisha
New Delhi, July 23: The Supreme Court today issued notice to West Bengal, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh on the plight of widows leading a miserable life in the holy city of Vrindavan in Uttar Prades....
- Apex court asks Kerala to allow Mullaperiyar dam upkeep
New Delhi, July 23: The Supreme court today directed the Kerala government to permit Tamil Nadu to undertake maintenance and cleaning work at the Mullaperiyar dam.
The five-judge benc....
- Panel to examine chances of separating conjoined twins
New Delhi, July 20: The union government today told the Supreme Court that it has set up a panel of three doctors to examine the possibility of surgically separating the conjoined twin sisters ....
- SC sets up panel to study Amarnath deaths
New Delhi, July 20: The Supreme Court today set up a high-powered committee headed by the Jammu and Kashmir governor to study the reasons for growing number of pilgrims' deaths during the a....
- SC notice to Leila Kabir Fernandes on George Fernandes visiting rights
New Delhi, July 20: The Supreme Court today issued notice to Leila Kabir Fernandes over a petition filed by Samata Party leader Jaya Jaitley seeking visitation rights to ailing former defence m....
- SC gives CBI two weeks' extension in Prajapati case
New Delhi, July 20: The Supreme Court today gave the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) another two weeks time to complete its investigation and file a chargesheet in the Tulsiram Prajapati ....
- Don't spare the rich, remove black films from cars: SC
New Delhi, July 19: The Supreme Court today pulled up the Delhi Police for sparing the rich in the enforcement of its order to remove black films from the windscreens and windows of all cars.
- 2G: SC to hold hearing on presidential reference
New Delhi, July 18: The Supreme court today decided to hold hearing on the presidential reference to answer whether all natural resources other than the telecom spectrum could be allocated only....
- Auction of resources would hit investments, SC told
New Delhi, July 17: The investment climate in India would be affected if the Supreme Court's verdict on allocating natural resources through auction was allowed to survive, the government t....
- Issue orders to check khap panchayats, SC urged
New Delhi, July 16: The Supreme Court today was urged to issue direction to police to take preventive steps to protect the life and dignity of people from the arbitrary diktats of khap panchaya....
- SC pushes for medical separation of conjoined sisters
New Delhi, July 16: The Supreme Court today directed the union health ministry to set up a panel of doctors to examine 16-year-old conjoined sisters from Bihar on the possibility of separating ....
- Class 12 students win battle against school, board in apex court
Lucknow, July 16: Three Class 12 students have won a major battle against their school and the powerful Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CICSE) in the Supreme Court.
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- SC admits plea challenging acquital of Bathani Tola accused
New Delhi, July 16: The Supreme Court today admitted a Bihar government plea challenging the acquittal of 23 accused in the infamous Bathani Tola massacre of Dalits by the Ranvir Sena in 1996.<....
- SC rejects Gujarat's plea to review Prajapati shootout order
New Delhi, July 13: In a major blow to the Gujarat government, the Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking a review of its order directing a CBI probe into the 2006 shootout involving Tu....
- Team will move SC if P.A.Sangma loses presidential poll
New Delhi, July 11: Presidential candidate P.A. Sangma's team today threatened to file an election petition in the Supreme Court against United Progressive Alliance nominee Pranab Mukherjee....
- Government panel wants natural resources' auction, SC told
New Delhi, July 11: NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) today told the Supreme Court that while the government was resisting auctioning of natural resources, its own high-powered c....
- SC dismisses plea against Pranab Mukherjee
New Delhi, July 11: The Supreme Court today dismissed a "frivolous" plea challenging the "eligibility and qualification" of Pranab Mukherjee to be nominated as a candidate for t....
- Supreme Court suspends Sajjan Kumar trial in '84 riots case
New Delhi, July 11: The Supreme Court today suspended the trial of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for his alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that took place in the aftermath of then ....
- Apex court upholds life for former MP Anand Mohan
New Delhi, July 10: The Supreme Court today rejected the appeal of former Lok Sabha member Anand Mohan who was convicted and awarded life sentence in the murder of Bihar's Gopalganj distric....
- SC to examine high court's powers under Article 226
New Delhi, July 9: The Supreme Court said today it will examine whether a high court, in exercising its powers under Article 226 of the constitution, can direct a state government to compensate....
- Bihar engineer in Saudi custody: Government to SC
New Delhi, July 9: The government today told the Supreme Court that Bihar engineer Fasih Mehmood was under the detention of the Saudi Arabian authorities.
Additional Solicitor General....
- Ban toxic imports, SC tells government
New Delhi, July 6: The Supreme Court today directed the government to ban import of toxic wastes which had been identified and declared hazardous under an international convention.
Th....
- Apex court trashes PIL against Pranab Mukherjee, warns petitioner
New Delhi, July 6: The Supreme Court today dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the central government to conduct an inquiry against presidential candidate Pranab ....
- SC quashes CBI probe against Mayawati in graft case
New Delhi, July 6: In a major breather for Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, the Supreme Court today quashed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against her in a corruption ....
- Can't ignore kin's evidence in matrimonial dispute: SC
New Delhi, July 5: The Supreme Court has said that evidence tendered by the kin of those involved in a matrimonial dispute could not be disregarded merely because they are related to either spo....
- SC notice to Kerala on V.S. Achuthanandan's plea
New Delhi, July 5: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Kerala government on a plea of former chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan for a special investigation team's report on an alleg....
- Shootouts on India-Bangladesh border: SC defers hearing
New Delhi, July 4: The Supreme Court today deferred hearing on a public suit seeking a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into alleged extra-judicial killings and violation of human ri....
- SC restrains RBI on approval to foreign law firms
New Delhi, July 4: The Supreme Court today restrained the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from granting permission under the foreign exchange provisions to overseas law firms for setting up offices....
- Supreme Court's additional office complex plan approved
New Delhi, July 4: The government has cleared the construction of an additional office complex for the Supreme Court on a 12.19-acre land here at a cost of Rs.884.3 crore ($162.5 million).
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- Apex court bars tourism near Jarawa tribal reserve
New Delhi, July 3: The Supreme Court has barred any commercial and tourism activity either by the government or private operators within a five km radius of the Jarawa tribal reserve in the And....
- SC rejects plea against Chandrababu Naidu
New Delhi, July 3: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking initiation of proceedings against Telugu Desam Party supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu for recanting on his promise of a separ....
- New alignment of Sethusamudram not feasible, court told
New Delhi, July 2: The Supreme Court today was told that an alternate alignment for building Sethusamudram channel in the Palk Strait to facilitate navigation between India and Sri Lanka, while....
- Apex court suspends vote recount in Bellary Lok Sabha poll
New Delhi, June 26: The Supreme Court today suspended the recounting of votes that was directed by the Karnataka High court when it set aside the election of J. Shantha, the Bharatiya Janata Pa....
- Apex court refuses to suspend J. Jayalalithaa's trial
New Delhi, June 25: The Supreme Court today declined to suspend the trial of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and her aide Sasikala Natrajan in a disproportionate assets case. The tria....
- Apex court issues notice to IMA over doctors' strike
New Delhi, June 25: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on a plea by a non-government organization seeking to declare as illegal the day-long doctors&#....
- Website not hacked: Health ministry
New Delhi, June 21: Denying that its website had been hacked, the union health ministry told the Supreme Court today that the allocation of seats for post-graduate (PG) medical courses had been....
- SC notice on vacant post-graduate medical seats
New Delhi, June 21: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the union health ministry on the plea of a medical student aspiring to get admission into a post-graduate course under the all-India....
- SC declines plea on Tamil Nadu government's secretariat
New Delhi, June 20: The Supreme Court today declined a plea for directing the Madras High Court not to hear a petition challenging the shifting of the Tamil Nadu government's secretariat fr....
- Admission software hacked, medical student tells court
New Delhi, June 19: The Supreme Court today was told by a petitioner that the software developed by the National Informatics Centre for online counseling and admission to post-graduate medical ....
- SC notice to Haryana government on mosque land
New Delhi, June 18: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Haryana government and directed status quo on a plea challenging allotment to a mosque a land originally earmarked for a police ....
- SC notice on green nod for Maharashtra power project
New Delhi, June 18: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the environment and forests ministry on a plea challenging the Bombay High Court order declining to stay the green clearance for a t....
- SC stays Rajasthan judicial services exam
New Delhi, June 18: The Supreme Court today stayed the Rajasthan judicial services competitive examination (main) scheduled for June 30 over a candidate's plea alleging errors in the prelim....
- SC reserves verdict on Sahara group plea
New Delhi, June 14: The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a plea by Sahara group of companies, dealing in real estate and housing, challenging a tribunal's direction to repay mone....
- SC declines to stay Andhra court order against sub-quota
New Delhi/Hyderabad, June 13: In a major setback for the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) central government, the Supreme Court today rejected its plea to stay an Andhra Pradesh H....
- Government files documents on minority sub-quota plea
New Delhi, June 12: The central government today filed before the Supreme Court a set of documents supporting its plea seeking a stay on the Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict quashing 4.5 perce....
- Saudi authorities mum on Fasih Mahmood, Government told SC
New Delhi, June 11: The government today told the Supreme Court that Fasih Mahmood, a Bihar engineer who went missing in Saudi Arabia last month, was not in police custody in India and the Saud....
- UP local bodies' election will go ahead: Supreme Court
New Delhi, June 11: In a breather for the newly elected Uttar Pradesh government, the Supreme Court today declined to stall the election of chairpersons of the state's local bodies that is ....
- Apex court seeks Uttar Pradesh view on poll quota ruling
New Delhi, June 7: The Supreme Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh government whether it intended to contest the state high court's finding that reservation in 38 municipal agencies, where ....
- SC permits online counseling for undergraduate medical students
New Delhi, June 7: The Supreme Court today permitted the union health ministry to undertake online counselling for students seeking admission to undergraduate medical courses against 15 percent....
- Where is Fasih Mahmood, apex court asks
New Delhi, June 6: The central government told the Supreme Court today that it had never taken into custody Fasih Mahmood, an engineer from Bihar who went missing in Saudi Arabia, and was tryin....
- Apex court to hear plea on Uttar Pradesh poll quota
New Delhi, June 5: The Supreme Court will take up for hearing on Thursday a petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh government's notification on reservations in 38 local agencies where elect....
- Auction of resources rational option, apex court told
New Delhi, June 4: The Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) told the Supreme Court today that auction was the only "rational and legal" way for allocating the nation's natur....
- Justice Lokur sworn in as Supreme Court judge
New Delhi, June 4: Justice Madan B. Lokur was today sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia .
Prior to his elevation, Justice Lokur was chief justice of....
- Apex court grants time to centre on missing engineer case
New Delhi, June 1: The Supreme Court today granted the central government time to file its reply to Nikhat Parveen's plea seeking whereabouts of her husband Fasih Mohammad, a Bihar engineer....
- Apex court judge recuses from Karnataka cop's case
New Delhi, May 31: A Supreme Court judge today recused himself from hearing an appeal of Karnataka police chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari against a high court decision upholding a tribunal's d....
- Apex court issues notice on a missing Bihar engineer
New Delhi, May 30: The Supreme Court today issued notices to the ministries of home and external affairs on a petition of Nikhat Parveen, seeking that her husband Fasih Mohammad, missing from S....
- Petitioners claim apex court was misled on next army chief
New Delhi, May 29: A group of petitioners was moved in the Supreme Court today alleging that the government misled the court during the hearing on their earlier plea challenging the selection o....
- Apex court orders N.D.Tiwari to submit blood sample
New Delhi, May 24: In a setback to veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari, the Supreme Court today directed him to submit his blood sample for DNA profiling in a paternity suit filed by a young ma....
- Deaf-mute can be credible witness: Apex court
New Delhi, May 21: The Supreme Court today said that a deaf-mute need not be prevented from giving evidence in court merely on account of his physical disability as he can do so either by writi....
- Rajendra Sethia trial to run on daily basis, rules apex court
New Delhi, May 18: The Supreme Court today directed a lower court to hold the trial of NRI businessman Rajendra Singh Sethia - once described as world's biggest bankrupt - on a day-to-day b....
- Haryana judges told to move high court over promotion
New Delhi, May 17: The Supreme Court has asked officers of the Haryana Judicial Service to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court to challenge their promotion criteria framed by the high court.....
- Apex court issues notices on Kalighat temple entry
New Delhi, May 15: The Supreme Court today issued notices to the central and West Bengal governments on a petition that devotees be permitted to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Kolkata-based....
- SC bars US vessel from anchoring at Gujarat port
New Delhi, May 14: The Supreme Court today declined permission, for now, to the erstwhile American oil tanker Exxon Valdez, now rechristened Oriental Nicety, to anchor at the Gujarat ship-break....
- SC asks CBI to probe if Yeddyurappa kin got kickbacks
New Delhi, May 11: In a setback to former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Supreme Court today ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the allegations that the ....
- SC issues notices on presidential reference on natural resources
New Delhi, May 11: The Supreme Court today issued notices on the presidential reference seeking clarification whether the natural resources could only be allocated by auction.
An apex....
- Apex court allows Chisty to visit Pakistan
New Delhi, May 10: The Supreme Court today permitted the octogenerian Pakistani virologist Mohammad Khalil Chisty to visit Pakistan during the pendency of his appeal against his conviction in a....
- Apex court allows Chisty to visit Pakistan
New Delhi, May 10: The Supreme Court today granted the octogenerian Pakistani virologist Mohammad Khalil Chisty permission to visit Pakistan during the pendency of his appeal against his convic....
- SC tells government to decide on K.G.Balakrishnan case
New Delhi, May 10: The Supreme Court today asked the government to take a decision on a representation by the Committee on Judicial Accountability (CJA) seeking a presidential reference on the ....
- SC notice to government on supply of adulterated milk
New Delhi, May 9: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central and five state governments on a petition seeking complete curb on the sale and supply of synthetic and adulterated milk an....
- Haj subsidy to end in 10 years, rules Supreme Court
New Delhi, May 8: The Indian government's Haj subsidy for pilgrims should be phased out over the next 10 years, the Supreme Court ruled today, spelling the beginning of the end of the only ....
- Minority leaders cautious to apex court ruling on Haj
Lucknow, May 8: Muslim community leaders and prominent clerics in Uttar Pradesh today reacted cautiously to the Supreme Court ruling directing the government to eliminate in the next 10 years t....
- No Haj subsidy after 10 years, SC tells government
New Delhi, May 8: The Supreme Court today directed the government to eliminate the subsidy for Haj pilgrims in the next 10 years.
Coming out against the government policy of subsidies....
- Apex court notice to government on SIMI ban
New Delhi, May 7: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government on two pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, under w....
- Apex court notice on nurses' harassment
New Delhi, May 7: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central and state governments on a petition seeking a shield for nurses against alleged harassment by some hospitals which make th....
- Apex court reserves order on suit against K.G. Balakrishnan
New Delhi, May 7: The Supreme Court today reserved its order on a petition seeking a presidential reference into allegations of misconduct against National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairm....
- Apex court mulling total ban on plastic
New Delhi, May 7: The Supreme Court today said it would consider whether to completely ban the use of plastic in the interests of animals and the environment.
An apex court bench head....
- Give Mullaperiyar report to Kerala, Tamil Nadu: Apex court
New Delhi, May 4: The Supreme Court today directed that the report of an expert committee that studied the safety of 119-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam in Kerala be shared with Tamil Nadu and Kerala....
- SC impleads government on Pakistani virologist's plea
New Delhi, May 4: The Supreme Court today asked the central government to state its position on ailing Pakistani virologist Mohammad Khalil Chisty, who has sought permission to visit his countr....
- Apex court mocks slow pace of probes against jailed Pakistanis
New Delhi, May 3: Mocking the investigating agencies probing cases involving foreign nationals, particularly Pakistanis, for years together, the Supreme Court today said that criminal justice s....
- Drive against tinted glasses on cars in Delhi from Friday
New Delhi, May 3: Come Friday, 50 teams of the Delhi traffic police will be stationed in the capital to crack the whip on vehicles with tinted glasses following a recent Supreme Court ruling ba....
- Know where 'Lakshman Rekha' begins, SC tells media
New Delhi, May 2: The Supreme Court today said media should know where the 'Lakshman Rekha' of reporting sub-judice matter begins while the Editors' Guild of India questioned the co....
- Enough is enough, apex court tells N.D. Tiwari
New Delhi, May 1: "Enough is enough," the Supreme Court said today while reprimanding veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari for having disobeyed an order to give a blood samples for DNA t....
- SC reserves order in Mayawati's assets case
New Delhi, May 1: The Supreme Court today reserved its order on a plea by former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati seeking quashing of criminal proceedings initiated against her by the CBI ....
- Apex court takes over Rajiv assassins mercy plea
New Delhi, May 1: The Supreme Court today transferred to itself a petition seeking commutation of the death sentence of the three assassins of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, on the ground ....
- Centre's nod needed for trial of armed forces men: SC
New Delhi, May 1: The Supreme Court today said that armed forces personnel operating in areas under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), facing allgations of committing excesses could n....
- Apex court bans use of black films on car glasses
New Delhi, April 27 : The Supreme Court today banned the use of black films of any visible light transmission (VLT) percentage or any other material on the front and rear screens and windows of....
- Panel to give guidelines on prepaid connections
New Delhi, April 27: The Supreme Court today directed a five-member committee be set up to recommend guidelines for verifications of those applying for prepaid mobile connections.
The....
- Apex court clears judge for international court
New Delhi, April 26: The Supreme Court today dismissed a challenge to the candidature of one of its judges for appointment to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), saying it could not inter....
- SC notice to government on plea against Cairn-Vedanta deal
New Delhi, April 23: The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea urging that the acquisition of Cairn India, which holds the nation's biggest onshore oil block, by Anil Agarwal-promoted....
- SC dismisses plea against Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh
New Delhi, April 23: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition challenging the appointment of Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh as the next chief of army staff.
Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh will succ....
- SC summons record on appointment of new army chief
New Delhi, April 23: The Supreme Court today summoned the entire record relating to the appointment of Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh as the next chief of army staff.
The apex court bench head....
- Videograph court proceedings to ensure accurate reporting: Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi, April 22: Eminent lawyer Prashant Bhushan has told the Supreme Court that to ensure fair and accurate reporting, proceedings of the Supreme Court and of the high courts should be vid....
- Supreme Court stays Sanjiv Bhatt's trial
New Delhi, April 20: The Supreme Court today stayed the trial of Gujarat police officer Sanjiv Bhatt, facing charges of pressurising his official driver to make a false statement in connection ....
- Supreme Court wants 10 percent more judges for subordinate courts
New Delhi, April 19: The Supreme Court today directed the central and state governments to create 10 percent additional posts of the total regular judicial cadre for subordinate courts to fulfi....
- Apex court rejects plea on election symbols
New Delhi, April 18: The Supreme Court today upheld the Election Commission's order setting criteria for the allocation of election symbols to the registered and recognised political partie....
- Apex court wants VIP quota for Haj to go
New Delhi, April 16: The Supreme Court today said the "goodwill" delegation that the government sends every year during Haj to Saudi Arabia has become some kind of VIP quota and was not....
- Apex court slams misuse of leniency for minor accused
New Delhi, April 14: No accused should be allowed to wrongly seek leniency under the guise of being a minor, the Supreme Court has said, slamming a trial court for allowing a rape accused to fa....
- Apex court approves reclamation of Karnataka mines
New Delhi, April 13: The Supreme Court today gave its nod to the central empowered committee's (CEC) plan for the reclamation and rehabilitation of the iron ore mines in Bellary, Chitradurg....
- Don't cross 'Lakshman Rekha' on media curbs, apex court urged
New Delhi, April 11: While protecting the rights of an accused to a free and fair trial not prejudiced by media reporting, the Supreme Court should not cross the 'Lakshman Rekha' of rea....
- Poor school students' quota: Apex court verdict on Thursday
New Delhi, April 11: The Supreme Court will on Thursday pronounce its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the right to education law that requires private....
- Apex court seeks details of mercy pleas decided in 2011
New Delhi, April 10: The Supreme Court today asked the government for details of mercy petitions decided by the president in 2011 and other similar pleas awaiting a decision.
An apex ....
- Why Pakistanis in jail if sentence over: SC
New Delhi, April 10: The Supreme Court today expressed its anguish at mentally challenged and deaf-mute foreign nationals, mostly Pakistanis, who continued to languish in Indian jails long afte....
- SC provides relief to Madhur Bhandarkar
New Delhi, April 9: The Supreme Court today stayed criminal proceedings against filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar in a rape charge levelled against him by actress Preeti Jain.
While stayi....
- Khalil Chisti's release to take a few days
Ajmer, April 9: It will take at least a couple of days for 80-year-old Pakistani prisoner Mohammad Khalil Chisti to step out of the Ajmer Central Jail in Rajasthan even as the Supreme Court gra....
- SC grants bail to Pakistani doctor Chisty
New Delhi, April 9: The Supreme Court today granted bail to Pakistani doctor Mohammad Khalil Chisty, who is undergoing life imprisonment in a jail in Ajmer for involvement in a clash that resul....
- 'Apex court can't regulate reporting of cases'
New Delhi, April 3: The Supreme Court is not empowered to frame guidelines on media reporting of cases and anyone fearing denial of a fair trial due to news coverage of the proceedings could mo....
- Apex court issues notice on sterilisation
New Delhi, April 2: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central and state governments on a petition seeking that sterilizations should only be performed by trained doctors in proper ho....
- With new judge, Supreme Court has 26 judges
New Delhi, April 2: Justice Mohamad Ibrahim Khalifullah was today sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court, taking the strength of the apex court to 26 judges.
He was administered the....
- Apex court stays hearing on plea against Azhagiri's election
New Delhi, March 30: The Supreme Court today stayed proceedings in the Madras High Court on an election petition challenging the election of union Chemical and Fertiliser Minister and DMK leade....
- 'Incumbent SGPC president to run affairs of body'
New Delhi, March 30: The Supreme Court today directed that Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar would run the affairs of the Sikh religious body alo....
- Apex court dismisses plea to stay Rajoana's death sentence
New Delhi, March 30: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking stay of the death sentence awarded to Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for the 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief ....
- Bribery charges against Yeddyurappa need probe: Panel
Bangalore, March 29: A Supreme Court panel has recommended a probe into the charges that former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's family members had received Rs.6 crore in kickbac....
- Apex Court to examine opening of Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple vault
New Delhi, March 29: As the Supreme Court-appointed expert committee today sought the court's direction on opening of a vault of Kerala's Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple, the apex court said....
- Mercy plea: SC poser on right of crime's victim
New Delhi, March 28: The Supreme Court today asked the government if the victim of a crime could join the proceedings if a matter relating to mercy petition of a death convict travelled to the ....
- Can Rama Sethu be made national monument, asks apex court
New Delhi, March 27: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the central government to unequivocally state whether mythological Rama Sethu could be declared a national monument.
Asking the go....
- Balance freedom of press with rights of accused, says apex court
New Delhi, March 27 The Supreme Court today said it has to frame guidelines to balance the freedom of press with that of the right of an accused under trial in a criminal case, but was told tha....
- Apex court reserves verdict on anti-gay sex petitions
New Delhi, March 27: The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the Delhi High Court's judgment decriminalising consensual sex among adults of the same....
- Prior sanction needed for proceeding against army, court told
New Delhi, March 26: The union government today told the Supreme Court that prior section was necessary for instituting legal proceedings against army personnel engaged in anti-insurgency opera....
- Apex court's nod to e-counselling for PG medical courses
New Delhi, March 23: The Supreme Court today permitted the online counselling for allotment of 50 percent seats of all-India quota for admission in post graduate medical courses in the country.....
- Apex court notice in Ghai land allocation case
New Delhi, March 23: The apex court today issued notice to the Maharashtra government, film maker Subhash Ghai and PIL petitioner Rajendra Lakshman Sontakke on a plea by union minister Vilasrao....
- Supreme court recalls notice on Narendra Modi
New Delhi, March 23: Supreme Court today recalled its notice to the Gujarat government and the Nanavati Commission on a plea to summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi to record his statement on hi....
- Government's plea for Vodafone verdict review dismissed
New Delhi, March 20: In a setback to the government, the Supreme Court today dismissed its plea seeking the review of its verdict quashing the income tax order asking the telecom giant to pay R....
- Pakistani virologist Chisty released, apex court told
New Delhi, March 19: The Supreme Court was told today that Pakistani virologist Mohammad Khaleel Chishty, undergoing life term in Ajmer jail for murder, was back home after he was granted cleme....
- Apex court to rule if states can appeal acquittals in CBI cases
New Delhi, March 19: The Supreme Court will examine whether states could file an appeal challenging the acquittal in a criminal case, probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), if the....
- Three firms keen to beef up apex court security
New Delhi, March 17: At least three public sector undertakings have expressed interest in executing the Supreme Court's plan to augment its security by putting up electric fencing along its....
- Supreme Court urges self-caution on exercising its powers
New Delhi, March 15: The Supreme Court has urged self-caution in exercising its inherent powers under Article 142 of the constitution and should take recourse to these only sparingly.
....
- UP foodgrain scam: Apex court seeks CBI's response
New Delhi, March 14: The Supreme Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh government and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to respond to a plea seeking lifting of curbs on a corruption case ....
- Breather for Kripashankar: Apex court stays attachment order
New Delhi, March 13: In a breather for Maharashtra Congress leader Kripashankar Singh, the Supreme Court today stayed a Bombay High Court order attaching movable and immovable properties belon....
- Excess spectrum allocation: Apex court notice on plea for recovering charges
New Delhi, March 12: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking the transfer of a petition from the Delhi High Court to the apex court for making service ....
- Supreme Court notices to six Andhra ministers
New Delhi, March 12: The Supreme Court today issued notices to six Andhra Pradesh ministers and nine bureaucrats for their alleged role in issuing orders during the tenure of late chief ministe....
- Centre submits report on former chief justice Balakrishnan
New Delhi, March 12: The government today submitted to the Supreme Court the status report of the probe by the income tax department into allegations that relatives of former chief justice K.G.....
- Cabinet seeks solicitor general's views on presidential reference
New Delhi, March 10: The government will take a call on the proposal for a presidential reference on the Supreme Court's order on 2G licences regarding auction of natural resources after it....
- Review sought of ruling on public servant's prosecution
New Delhi, March 2: The central government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking the review of its Jan 31 verdict, which held that the sanction for the prosecution of a public servant cou....
- Apex court assails state's neutrality on gay sex
New Delhi,Feb 29: The Supreme Court today assailed the "new phenomenon" of the government not taking any position on the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalizing consensual gay sex.
- Apex court raps government for flip-flop on homosexuality
New Delhi, Feb 28: The Supreme Court today rapped the central government for its flip-flop on the homosexuality issue with the union home and health ministries taking divergent positions on the....
- Don't deprive Pakistani prisoners of rights, dignity: Apex court
New Delhi, Feb 28: The Supreme Court today said that Pakistani nationals who are languishing in Indian jails long after completing their jail sentences could not be deprived of their dignity an....
- Supreme Court to hear PIL against Cairn-Vedanta deal
New Delhi, Feb 27: The Supreme Court will hear on March 2 a suit that wants the acquisition of Cairn India, the nation's biggest onshore oil deposit, by Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta Resour....
- Supreme Court nod on river interlinking
New Delhi, Feb 27: The Supreme Court today gave the green signal for implementing the ambitious project to interlink India's rivers, saying it was in national interest.
An apex co....
- Gujarat appointee for shootout probe monitoring rejected
New Delhi, Feb 24: The Supreme court Friday refused to accept the Gujarat government's appointee to head the monitoring authority which would have overseen a probe into 22 alleged staged sh....
- Supreme Court cautions police, stir organisers
New Delhi, Feb 23: The Supreme Court today said that the law enforcing agencies should give reasonable notice and time to organisers of agitations to comply with their orders, while the protest....
- Apex court pulls up Delhi Police, Ramdev for violence
New Delhi, Feb 23 The Supreme Court today came down heavily on Delhi Police for the midnight crackdown on Ramdev and his followers here last year in which a woman was killed but said the yoga g....
- Supreme Court blasts Delhi Police for Ramdev crackdown
New Delhi, Feb 23: The Supreme Court today came down heavily on Delhi Police for the midnight crackdown on Ramdev and his followers here last year that killed a woman but said the yoga guru was....
- Apex court asks states for details of pending mercy pleas
New Delhi, Feb 22: The supreme court here today directed the home secretaries of all states to send all records pertaining to the pending mercy petitions to the union home secretary.The court d....
- Supreme Court issues notice to Jayalalithaa
New Delhi, Feb 21: The Supreme Court today issued notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on a CBI petition challenging the quashing of its FIRs and chargesheets by the Madras High ....
- Supreme Court pulls up Modi on FIR against activist
New Delhi, Feb 21: The Supreme Court today pulled up the Gujarat government for filing a frivolous FIR against social activist Teesta Setalvad in connection with the 2002 Gujarat Riots case inv....
- SC cautions high courts against curbs on trial
New Delhi, Feb 18: The high courts are taking unduly long time in deciding cases in which trial court proceedings are stayed at the stage of registration of first information report (FIR), inve....
- Homosexuality, lesbian relationships unnatural, SC told
New Delhi, Feb 15: The Supreme Court today was told that homosexuality and lesbian relationship were unnatural and against the order of nature as provided under the Section 377 of the Indian Pe....
- Supreme Court questions government on Balakrishnan
New Delhi, Feb 13: The Supreme Court today asked the government what action it has taken on the representation by NGO Common Cause alleging misconduct against National Human Rights Commission (....
- Land return: Subhash Ghai to appeal in Supreme Court
Mumbai, Feb 9: Bollywood director Subhash Ghai will challenge in the Supreme Court the Bombay High Court order today asking him to return a plot of land allotted to his Whistling Woods Internat....
- Workers' welfare boards' accounts to be audited: Apex court
New Delhi, Feb 8: The Supreme Court has said that accounts of all state welfare boards set up for collecting cess and disbursal of funds under schemes meant for construction workers would be a....
- SC issues notice to CBI on Pappu Yadav's bail plea
New Delhi, Feb 6: The Supreme Court (SC) today asked CBI to respond to a plea by former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav seeking bail.
Pappu Yadav is serving life imprisonment f....
- SC issues notice to Centre on clinical trials
New Delhi, Feb 6: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking investigation into illegal and unethical clinical trials of drugs which are yet to be approve....
- Apex court's final hearing on Gujarat Lokayukta on March 20
New Delhi, Feb 3: The Supreme Court today said it would hold the final hearing on the Gujarat government's plea challenging the state high court judgment that upheld the appointment of Just....
- No mandatory gallows for killing with illegal arms: Apex court
New Delhi, Feb 1: The Supreme Court today held that Section 27(3) of Arms Act, 1959 that provides for "mandatory death penalty" in case of death being caused by use of prohibited arms ....
- Prosecuting corrupt officials: court sets deadline for government
New Delhi, Jan 31: The Supreme Court today set the government a three-month deadline for sanctioning public servants under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The apex court said this w....
- Apex court upset at former judges giving opinion on matters
New Delhi, Jan 29: The Supreme Court has taken strong exception to the tendency among litigants to attach opinions by former apex court judges to their PILs in a bid to bolster their claim.
- Apex court angry over ex-judges' opinions filed by litigants
New Delhi, Jan 28: The Supreme Court has taken strong exception to the tendency among litigants to present opinions from former judges of the top court in a bid to bolster their case pending be....
- Supreme Court stays Kobad Ghandy's bail
New Delhi, Jan 27: The Supreme Court today suspended the Andhra Pradesh High Court order granting bail to Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, accused of being involved in the Aug 15, 2005 bomb attack t....
- Sex workers issue trans-gender, rehabilitation key: Apex court
New Delhi, Jan 27: The Supreme Court today said rescue and rehabilitation of girl sex workers was a complex problem, and could not be solved without schemes for their rehabilitation. The transg....
- Apex court to hear Krishna's plea on Friday
New Delhi, Jan 27: The Supreme Court will today hear a petition by External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna challenging the registration of an FIR by the Karnataka Lokayukta (ombudsman) police on....
- Apex Court to hear Amit Shah's plea with CBI petition
New Delhi, Jan 25: The Supreme Court today said it would hear former Gujarat minister Amit Shah's plea to be allowed to enter the state along with the CBI petition seeking cancellation of h....
- Amit Shah seeks Supreme Court nod to stay in Gujarat
New Delhi, Jan 24: Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah today sought the permission of the Supreme Court to "enter, stay and function" in the state, from where he has been barred since Oct....
- Release Pakistani prisoners who've completed sentence: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Jan 24: In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court today directed the government to immediately release 54 Pakistani nationals who are languishing in Indian jails despite completi....
- Paying minimum wages in rural job scheme: Apex court
New Delhi, Jan 23: The Supreme Court today reminded the central government that the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was a socially beneficial legislation and the governm....
- Iskcon factions in court battle over Krishna temple
New Delhi, Jan 22: After winning a "ban Gita" petition in a Rusian court, two sets of Iskcon followers are now bracing for a turf war before the Supreme Court of India to determine who ....
- Vodafone needn't pay tax for Hutch acquisition: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Jan 20: The Supreme Court today set aside the Bombay High Court order directing Vodafone to pay a tax of Rs.11,218 crore ($2.5 billion) for acquiring the operations of Hutch Essar in....
- Apex court stays bar association resolution on membership
New Delhi, Jan 19: The Supreme Court today stayed a resolution of its bar association that sought to overcome an apex court verdict restricting its membership to regularly practising lawyers in....
- Gujarat moves apex court on Lokayukta's appointment
New Delhi, Jan 19: The Gujarat government Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging a state high court verdict that upheld the appointment of Justice (retd) R.A. Mehta as the state's Lok....
- Gujarat to move apex court on Lokayukta Thursday
New Delhi, Jan 18: The Gujarat government plans to move the Supreme Court on Thursday for suspension of the state high court order that upheld the appointment of Justice (retd.) R.A. Mehta as L....
- No role in Ramdev's eviction, home ministry tells apex
New Delhi, Jan 16: The union home ministry today told the Supreme Court that it had no role in the police operation past midnight June 4, 2011, for evicting yoga guru Ramdev and his followers f....
- Supreme Court extends Sukh Ram's interim bail
New Delhi, Jan 16: The Supreme Court today extended the interim bail granted to former telecom minister Sukh Ram and two others for their alleged involvement in a telecom scam.The apex court be....
- Three year jail for Mumbai hit-and-run convict: Apex court
New Delhi, Jan 12: Over five years after Alistair Pereira, driving under the influence of alcohol, ran over 15 labourers sleeping on a Mumbai pavement killing seven of them, the Supreme Court t....
- BMW case: Apex court chides police for delay
New Delhi, Jan 11: The Supreme Court today chided Delhi Police for delay in challenging a Delhi High Court order reducing the sentence of Sanjeev Nanda in the 1999 BMW hit-and-run case.
- Larger apex court bench to decide Pakistani accused's plea
New Delhi, Jan 11: The Supreme Court today referred to a larger bench a Pakistani national's petition challenging his death sentence in the 1997 Karol Bagh bomb blast here in which four peo....
- Apex court notice on plea on Rajya Sabha polls in Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 10: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government and the Election Commission on a plea seeking direction that the biennial election for the three Rajya Sabha s....
- No need to reveal design of Metro pillar: Apex court
New Delhi, Jan 9: The Supreme Court Monday stayed a Delhi High Court order directing the Delhi Metro to disclose the design of an elevated corridor's pillar that collapsed in south Delhi in....
- Supreme Court breather for 5 HJC legislators
New Delhi, Jan 4: In a breather to five Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) legislators who sought to merge their party's legislative wing with the Congress, the Supreme Court today stayed the Pu....
- Mangalore crash: Apex court notices on Rs.75 lakh compensation
New Delhi, Jan 3: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government and Air India on a petition seeking a minimum compensation of Rs.75 lakh for the immediate family members of Mo....
- Supreme Court notice to CBI in minister's killing
New Delhi, Dec 15: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the CBI on a petition by accused Ranjan Dwivedi in late railway minister L.M. Mishra bomb attack case seeking quashing of charges and....
- Apex court gives bail to suspended Gujarat bureaucrat
New Delhi, Dec 13: The Supreme Court today granted bail to suspended Gujarat Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pradip Sharma, who is in jail for alleged involvement in a land scam.
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- Apex court seeks clarification on Lokpal, Lokayukta
New Delhi, Dec 12: The Supreme Court today sought a clarification from the central and state governments on whether a Lokpal at the centre or the Lokayukta in the states would have a bearing on....
- Dead man alive: Apex court asks Jhansi court to probe
New Delhi, Dec 9: Two step brothers had similar names and one of them was allegedly murdered 11 years ago. The three men convicted for the crime have told the apex court they were falsely impli....
- Why security for those who don't deserve: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Dec 9: The Supreme Court today expressed concern over the taxpayers' money spent on providing security to people who don't deserve it.
An apex court bench headed by....
- Don't corrode judiciary, says apex court
New Delhi, Dec 8: The Supreme Court today said that any attempt to corrode or erode the judiciary would weaken a pillar of the state that is still strong.
"If the institution is c....
- Apex court wants just relief to road accident victims
New Delhi, Dec 8: The Supreme Court today awarded a compensation of nearly Rs.11 lakh, including interest, to the parents of a man who died in a road accident in Tamil Nadu in 1999 and emphasis....
- Supreme Court stays Goa information panel order
New Delhi, Dec 8: The Supreme Court today stayed all proceedings arising out of a notice by the Goa information commissioner asking the governor's office to furnish all the reports it had s....
- Apex court quashes order for CBI probe against Punjab officer
New Delhi, Dec 7: The Supreme Court today quashed a Punjab and Haryana High Court order directing a CBI probe into the alleged involvement of a senior IPS officer of Punjab in the killings of B....
- No mercy for kidnappers of children, says Supreme Court
New Delhi, Dec 5: The Supreme Court today said it was incumbent upon it and subordinate courts to award severe punishment to those involved in kidnapping children for ransom as they deserved no....
- Why not death, apex court asks Hawara
New Delhi, Dec 5: The Supreme Court today issued a notice to Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted for involvement in the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, on a plea by the Cent....
- Policy issues not for courts: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Dec 5: The Supreme Court today said it was not for the courts to involve themselves in issues of policy which come under the domain of the government and parliament.
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- Apex court admits plea against Varun Gandhi's election
New Delhi, Dec 2: The Supreme Court today admitted a petition seeking the overturning of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi's election from the Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency in ....
- Apex court notice to SEBI on Sahara companies' plea
New Delhi, Nov 28: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the securities and exchange regulator on a plea of two Sahara group companies which challenged a Securities Appellate Tribunal's ....
- Hear land owner before acquisition: Apex court
New Delhi, Nov 24: The Supreme Court has said that before any individual is deprived of his land by way of compulsory acquisition by a government or its instrumentalities he must get an opportu....
- Apex court to lay down bail principles
New Delhi, Nov 15: The Supreme Court today said it would hold hearing to decide the principles for grant of bail in cases which attract jail terms ranging from three to seven years.
T....
- Supreme Court asks for mercy plea details
New Delhi, Nov 15: The Supreme Court today directed the government to furnish details of all mercy petitions of death row convicts pending before the president.
An apex court bench o....
- Apex court to hear plea against n-plants on Monday
New Delhi, Nov 12: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a petition seeking to restrain the central government from setting up any new nuclear plants till an analysis of their safety and cost ....
- Supreme Court seeks report on foreigners in Indian jails
New Delhi, Nov 11: The Supreme Court today asked the central government to file a comprehensive report on foreign nationals who had been languishing in Indian jails for a long time.
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- Supreme Court notice to Gujarat on Bhatt's plea
New Delhi, Nov 11: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Gujarat government on a petition by suspended police officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking that the probe into an email hacking case again....
- Agnivesh should weigh his words: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Nov 8: The Supreme Court today pulled up activist Swami Agnivesh for allegedly hurting people by describing as "fraud" the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine in Jammu a....
- Use discretion to further ends of justice: Apex court
New Delhi, Nov 7: The Supreme Court has said that when a court exercises its discretion in either condoning or refusing to condone delay in initiating a proceeding, it should be to further the ....
- 'Killers' of man, who turns out to be alive, set free
New Delhi, Nov 4: The Supreme Court today released, on bail, four members of a family who were sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a person who later surfaced to tell the court that he....
- Notice to centre on MPs facing criminal charges
New Delhi, Nov 4: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government on a petition seeking fast tracking of cases against 162 MPs facing serious criminal charges.
The ap....
- Supreme Court dismisses plea by retired judge
New Delhi, Nov 4: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition by Justice Dharamveer Sharma (retired) seeking to be appointed to the National Green Tribunal.
Justice Sharma, a retired....
- Supreme Court rejects Jayalalithaa plea
New Delhi, Oct 19: In a setback to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court today declined her plea and directed her to appear before a trial court in Bangalore to record he....
- Karnataka asked to detail security for Jayalalithaa
New Delhi, Oct 19: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Karnataka government to state the steps taken by it to provide security cover to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa when she come....
- Haj VIP quota is bad: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Oct 18: Terming the VIP quota for Haj pilgrims as a "bad religious practice", the Supreme Court today said it would lay down the Haj policy for 2012.
Justices Aftab....
- Supreme Court: Provide toilets in government schools
New Delhi, Oct 18: Provide toilet facilities in all government schools by Dec 31, the Supreme Court today told all the states and union territories (UT).
Temporary facilities must be....
- Apex court query on river linking's viability
New Delhi, Oct 17: How much would it cost and would it be viable, the Supreme Court today asked about a proposal to network India's rivers.
An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.....
- Apex court suggests fine in cheque bounce cases
New Delhi, Oct 15: The Supreme Court has suggested that the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, could be amended so that a convict in a cheque bounce case is made to pay a fine from which the com....
- Supreme Court rejects Manohar Joshi's erase strictures plea
New Delhi, Oct 15: The Supreme Court has slammed former Maharashtra chief minister Manohar Joshi while rejecting his plea to erase the strictures passed against him and the then minister of sta....
- Apex Court criticises Salman Khurshid's businessmen remark
New Delhi, Oct 12: The Supreme Court today took a serious view of union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's statement that keeping businessmen in jail was affecting the investment climate of the....
- Supreme Court criticises Salman Khurshid's observation
New Delhi, Oct 12: The Supreme Court today took a serious view of union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's statement that keeping businessmen in jail was affecting the investment climate of the....
- Apex court stays Ajmal Kasab's death sentence
New Delhi, Oct 10: The Supreme Court today stayed the death sentence awarded to Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured alive during the Nov 26-29, 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
An ap....
- Supreme Court to hear Rajiv killers plea Oct 19
New Delhi, Oct 10: The Supreme Court today adjourned hearing on a petition seeking transfer of a case pending before Madras High Court in which the execution of death sentence awarded to three....
- Review law on property rights: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Sep 30; The Supreme Court today said that parliament may consider abolishing or amending a law that enables a trespasser take the title of a building or land from the true owner ....
- Apex court sets terms for bar election
New Delhi, Sep 26: The Supreme Court today said that members of the Supreme Court Bar Association, whose name do not figure in the final list of regular practitioners, would not be entitled to ....
- Apex court divided on black money SIT
New Delhi, Sep 23: A Supreme Court bench was today divided on the maintainability of the central government's application for recall of a July 4 apex court judgment setting up a Special Inv....
- Apex court divided on black money SIT
New Delhi, Sep 23: The Supreme Court today referred to Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia the maintainability of the central government's application, seeking recall of a July 4 apex court judgeme....
- Supreme Court to rule Sep 29 on Hasan Ali's bail
New Delhi, Sep 20: The Supreme Court today reserved for Sep 29 its order on the centre's plea seeking cancellation of the bail granted to alleged money launderer Hasan Ali Khan, who is des....
- Don't open Kerala temple's vault B for now: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Sep 16: Reserving its order on opening vault B of Kerala's Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, the Supreme Court today said it would take into account the traditions and faith of the te....
- Beef up apex court security: PM gives direction
New Delhi, Sep 10: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Law Minister Salman Khurshid to meet Chief Justice of India (CJI) S.H. Kapadia and take immediate ste....
- Chief Justice Kapadia to visit blast site
New Delhi, Sep 7: Supreme Court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia today adjourned the hearing of a case after a Delhi High Court bomb explosion, and decided to visit the blast site.
Saying t....
- Bhullar allowed to amend plea against death penalty
New Delhi, Sep 5: The Supreme Court today permitted Devender Pal Singh Bhullar - awarded the death sentence for his involvement in 1993 car bomb blast at the Youth Congress office here - to ame....
- Apex court pulls up three states on digital number plates
New Delhi, Aug 30: The Supreme Court today issued contempt notices to the Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh governments for failing to implement digital high-security number plat....
- Panel probing judges can probe more charges: Apex court
New Delhi, Aug 27: The Supreme Court today held that a committee set up under the Judges Inquiry Act can go beyond the charges contained in the notice of motion admitted in the Lok Sabha or Raj....
- Draw up workable scheme for free treatment to poor patients: Apex court
New Delhi, Aug 25: The Supreme Court today asked the Delhi government to draw up a "workable scheme" for the 27 city private hospitals to provide free treatment to poor patients which t....
- Apex court's final hearing on Sterlite project next year
New Delhi, Aug 23: Even as the Supreme Court was told today that the withdrawal of environment clearance for the joint venture bauxite mining project of Orissa Mining Corporation and Sterlite I....
- Horoscope weak proof of birthdate, rules apex court
New Delhi, Aug 22: The Supreme Court has held a horoscope to be a very weak piece of material to prove age of a person and the "heavy onus lies" on the person to prove the authenticity....
- Mining ban stays if miners don't cooperate: Apex court
New Delhi, Aug 19: The Supreme Court today said that unless the private miners co-operated in the reclamation and rehabilitation of the devastated mines in Aravalli ranges of Faridabad and Gurg....
- Don't pass burden on fellow judges: Apex court
New Delhi, Aug 17: The Supreme Court has expressed its "strong disapproval" of the approach of certain judges who pass the burden to their fellow judges or to subordinate courts when co....
- Apex court takes up 11 women ex-army officers' plea
New Delhi, Aug 11: The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the central government on a plea of 11 former women officers of the Indian Army, who sought reinstatement in the wake of a Delhi Hi....
- Court probes finances of woman seeking son's custody
New Delhi, Aug 10: The Supreme Court today sought details on the economic status of a Muslim woman who wants her 14-year-old son, lost eight years ago and being brought up by his Hindu foster f....
- Supreme Court upholds Karnataka's acquisition of Devika Rani's estate
New Delhi, Aug 9: The Supreme Court today turned down the plea of K.T. Plantation, which had challenged the acquisition of the Roerich and Devika Rani Roerich Estate of yesteryears actress Devi....
- Apex court approves common curriculum for Tamil Nadu schools
New Delhi, Aug 9: In a jolt to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court today directed the state government to implement the uniform system of school education providing fo....
- Apex court partially lifts mining ban in Bellary
New Delhi, Aug 5: Partially lifting its ban on iron ore mining in Karnataka's Bellary district, the Supreme Court today asked the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to start mi....
- Supreme Court panel to decide on endosulphan export
New Delhi, Aug 5: The Supreme Court today asked a panel of experts, set up to inquire into the harmful effects of pesticide endosulphan, to suggest if it can be exported.
A bench of C....
- I-T authorities can dissect any takeover deal: Apex court
New Delhi, Aug 4: The Supreme Court today said income-tax (I-T) authorities can go behind a deal to ascertain whether it is a genuine and legal transaction or something else dressed up as a bus....
- Apex court reserves verdict on right to education
New Delhi, Aug 3: The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions by private schools challenging the right to education law that makes it mandatory for them to earmark 25 p....
- Apex court orders funds for panel on sex workers
New Delhi, Aug 2: The Supreme Court today directed the central government to provide a permanent office and funds to a penal set up by it for educating people and to train manpower for the resc....
- Apex court for clarity on OBC students' admission
New Delhi, Aug 2: The Supreme Court today said the additional 10 percent weightage being given to students from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in relation to their general category counterpar....
- Package for canal-hit and dam displaced not same, rules court
New Delhi, Aug 2: The Supreme Court today said that people affected by the canal network of the Narmada were not entitled to the same relief and rehabilitation (R&R) package as given to th....
- Plea against legislator's 'kangaroo court' dismissed
New Delhi, Aug 1: The Supreme Court today asked a petitioner to move the Allahabad High court on his demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the holding of kangaroo court ....
- Supreme Court questions environment ministry on Niyamgiri
New Delhi, Aug 1: The Supreme Court today asked the ministry of environment and forests to respond to a plea of the Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) challenging the withdrawal of environmental a....
- Trip to CBI leaves school kids fascinated
New Delhi, July 29: It was a dream come true for 17-year-old Pranav Aggarwal, an ardent fan of crime novels and television shows, as he got a rare opportunity today to lay his hands on a finger....
- Supreme Court to hear Tamil Nadu's free TV case Friday
Chennai, July 28: The Supreme Court today is likely to hear the case related to free colour television (CTV) distribution scheme of the Tamil Nadu government.
City based advocate S. S....
- Delhi's private hospitals told to treat poor free
New Delhi, July 25: The Supreme Court today directed private hospitals in Delhi to give free treatment to poor patients referred to them by government institutions, till a policy on the issue ....
- Canal water allocation not in judicial domain: Apex court
New Delhi, July 25: The Supreme Court today said the decision on releasing water from rivers' canals is in the domain of the government and the judiciary has no role to play in it.
- Can Rs.10 or 20 buy enough food, asks apex court
New Delhi, July 22: The Supreme Court today asked the Planning Commission if Rs.10 in rural areas and Rs.20 in urban areas was enough to buy eatables to get 2,400 calories per head per day.
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- Apex court dismisses PIL against top Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat
New Delhi, July 22: The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL moved against the appointment of Shashank Shekhar Singh as cabinet secretary of Uttar Pradesh.
The apex court's order ....
- Apex court rejects Jagan's petition against CBI inquiry
New Delhi, July 22: The Supreme Court today rejected a petition by YSR Congress Chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy seeking a stay on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into alleged amass....
- Only bureaucrats, politicians gain from quotas: Apex court
New Delhi, July 21: The Supreme Court today said that the benefits of quotas are being grabbed by bureaucrats and politicians and don't reach the people they are intended for.
An ....
- Charity can't fund education-for-all: Apex court
New Delhi, July 20: The Supreme Court today said that public-private partnership for achieving the goal of universalisation of education up to Class 8 has to be based on a viable formula and ca....
- Apex court appoints panel for sex workers
New Delhi, July 19: The Supreme Court today set up a panel to conduct a survey of sex workers and rehabilitate them.
An apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Su....
- Company Law Board to hear dispute on The Hindu newspaper chief
New Delhi, July 18: The Supreme Court today directed the Company Law Board (CLB) to hear the dispute involving the members of the family owning The Hindu newspaper over the naming of a new edi....
- Apex court asks government to respond to endosulphan makers
New Delhi, July 15: The Supreme Court today asked the central government to respond to endosulphan manufacturers' plea to relax the ban on the production and sale of the pesticide, to meet....
- Supreme Court judge Sudershan Reddy retires
New Delhi, July 7: Two days after delivering a judgment against use of tribals as special police officers (SPOs) in anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh, Supreme Court's Justice B. Suder....
- Apex court seeks timely disposal of mercy petitions
New Delhi, July 6: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central government on a petition filed by an NGO seeking time-bound disposal of mercy petitions lying with President Pratibha Pa....
- Apex court hints at lapses in admissions quota in varsities
New Delhi, July 4: The Supreme Court today hinted at lapses in procedure adopted by Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for admitting students from the other backward cl....
- Supreme Court constitutes probe team on black money abroad
New Delhi, July 4: The Supreme Court today set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe black money stashed abroad by Indian citizens. The committee will be headed by former apex court j....
- Apex court rejects Chautala brothers' plea
New Delhi, July 4: The Supreme Court today rejected the plea by Haryana legislators Abhay and Ajay Chautala that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) needed prior permission of the assemb....
- Apex court cautions against maligning judges
New Delhi, June 20: While cautioning against the "dangerous trend" of making false allegations against judicial officers of subordinate courts, the Supreme Court has said that judges w....
- Circumstantial proof must stand on its own feet: Apex court
New Delhi, June 15: The Supreme Court has said that an accused could be convicted solely on the basis of circumstantial evidence but such a decision must survive on its own strength and not on....
- Huge case backlog before Supreme Court's constitution bench
New Delhi, June 15: Around 750 cases involving complicated issues of law or interpretation of statutory provisions have been pending before the Supreme Court's constitution bench years, ca....
- Apex court wants panel to examine Tamil Nadu school books
New Delhi, June 14: The Supreme Court today directed the setting up of an experts committee to look into the content of textbooks published by the Tamil Nadu government for schools.
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- Apex court reserves verdict on Dinakaran's petition
New Delhi, June 1: The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a petition by Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran challenging the framing of charges by the Judges Inquiry Committ....
- Custody disputes: Call for India to sign Hague Convention
New Delhi, May 27: A Supreme Court judgement affirming the jurisdiction of Indian courts to deal with disputes of children's custody even if they are foreign citizens has raised demands fo....
- Ganguly loses school plot after years of protests, legal battles
Kolkata, May 26: The Supreme Court's order today setting aside the West Bengal government's allotment of land to former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly for a school comes after ye....
- Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly
New Delhi, May 26: The Supreme Court today set aside the decision of the West Bengal government to allot land in Kolkata's Salt Lake area to former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly.
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- Apex court restores membership of 16 Karnataka legislators
New Delhi, May 13: In a setback to Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Supreme Court today restored the membership of 16 legislators who were disqualified before a no-confidence vote....
- Apex court orders CBI probe in job scheme implementation
New Delhi, May 12: The Supreme Court today ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into irregularities in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guaran....
- Plea questioning cash awards for cricketers rejected
New Delhi, May 7: The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking to restrain the central, Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Uttarakhand governments from announcing monetary awards for memb....
- Don't divide people into pro, anti-Maoist supporters: Apex court
New Delhi, May 6: The Supreme Court Thursday mocked the Chhattisgarh government's contention that the civilians designated as Special Police Officers (SPOs) have historically played a usef....
- Supreme Court slams ED in black money case
New Delhi, May 4: The Supreme Court today slammed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for interrogating Hasan Ali, allegedly country's top tax evader, only in 2011 when the case was registere....
- Supreme Court asks lawyer to file fresh apology
New Delhi, May 3: The Supreme Court today expressed its displeasure over the contents of apology affidavit lawyer R.K. Anand filed, pleading against the enhancement of punishment for his attemp....
- CP shootout case: apex court confirms cop's life sentence
New Delhi, May 2: The Supreme Court today dismissed the appeal by former Delhi assistant commissioner of police (ACP) S.S. Rathi and others, undergoing life imprisonment for the killing of two ....
- Supreme Court stays enquiry proceedings against Justice Dinakaran
New Delhi, April 29: The Supreme Court today stayed the enquiry proceedings by the Judges Inquiry Committee (JIC) against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, who is facing charges o....
- Two Supreme Court judges withdraw from Dinakaran case
New Delhi, April 28: The hearing on a petition by Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, facing an impeachment motion, was deferred today as two Supreme Court judges withdrew themselve....
- Supreme Court moved on endosulfan ban
New Delhi, April 26: The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) today moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to the central government to ban the manufacture, sale and use of endosulfan....
- Supreme Court refuses to lift ban on tobacco sachets
New Delhi, April 13: The Supreme Court today declined to lift a ban on the sale of tobacco products in plastic sachets and asked the central government to file its reply to a petition challengi....
- Supreme Court lifts ban on Karnataka iron ore exports
New Delhi, April 5: The Supreme Court today said that the ban on the export and transportation of iron ore in Karnataka will be revoked from April 20, 2011.
The apex court bench of Ju....
- Supreme Court seeks report on probe into Azad killing
New Delhi, April 4: The Supreme Court today asked the Andhra Pradesh government to file a status report on its probe into the killing of Communist Party of India-Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkuma....
- Supreme Court seeks status report on Azad killing
New Delhi, April 4: The Supreme Court today asked the Andhra Pradesh government to file the status report on its investigation into the killing of Communist Party of India-Maoist leader Cheruku....
- Exercise caution in reopening cases: Supreme Court
New Delhi, April 3: The Supreme Court has held that a frivolous application for reopening a case and recalling witnesses for adducing evidence should be rejected with exemplary costs on the pet....
- Supreme court upholds poll panel stay on Kerala's rice scheme
New Delhi, March 30: In a setback to Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front, the Supreme Court today upheld the Election Commission's order directing the state government to defer its de....
- Child witness's testimony carries weight: Supreme Court
New Delhi, March 21: The courts can rely on evidence tendered by a child if it inspires its confidence and there was no embellishment or improvement in it, the Supreme Court has said.
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- Supreme court rejects N.D. Tiwari's plea challenging blood sampling
New Delhi, March 18: The Supreme Court today rejected veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari's appeal challenging a Delhi High Court order directing him to submit his blood samples for DNA pro....
- Supreme court rejects plea to review verdict on 'keep'
New Delhi, March 16: The Supreme Court today rejected a petition by the Mahila Dakshta Samiti seeking the review of its earlier verdict in which a woman cohabiting with a man was described as a....
- Right to education law, spectrum scam top apex court's agenda
New Delhi, March 13: A suit challenging the right to education law, the investigations into the 2G spectrum scam and the black money stashed away by Indians abroad will figure prominently in th....
- Supreme court cautions judges on summoning officials
New Delhi, March 10: The Supreme Court has said it was not proper for high courts to routinely summon government officials just to satisfy their egos. The court said that it should only be done....
- Supreme Court reduces former Kerala official's sentence
New Delhi, March 10: The Supreme Court today reduced former Kerala power official Ramabhadran Nair's jail sentence to that already undergone during trial in the corruption case related to t....
- Interpret laws to further social interests: Supreme Court
New Delhi, March 8: The Supreme Court today said that constitutional provisions should be interpreted in a way that they "further the social interest" and the purpose behind them.
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- Supreme court chides ministry for bypassing telecom panel
New Delhi, March 8: The Supreme Court today chided the communications ministry for going by its convenience in approaching the Telecom Commission as and when it was expedient and ignoring it on....
- Supreme Court chides ministry for bypassing telecom panel
New Delhi, March 8: The Supreme Court today chided the communications ministry for going by its convenience in approaching the Telecom Commission as and when it was expedient and ignoring it on....
- Apex court norms to decide fate of terminally-ill patients
New Delhi, March 7: The Supreme Court today laid down the guidelines on withdrawal of life support systems of terminally-ill patients. It was hearing a plea related to Aruna Shanbaug, 63, a com....
- Aruna Shanbaug to live: Supreme Court
New Delhi, March 7: The Supreme Court today rejected a petition for the mercy killing of Aruna Shanbaug, who has been in a "persistent vegetative state" for the past 37 years after bein....
- Aruna Shanbaug to live, says Supreme Court
New Delhi, March 7: The Supreme Court today rejected a petition for the mercy killing of Aruna Shanbaug, who has been in a "persistent vegitative state" for the past 37 years after bein....
- Aruna Shanbaug will live, says Supreme Court
New Delhi, March 7: Aruna Shanbaug will live, the Supreme Court ruled Monday on the case of the nurse who has been lying in a "persistent vegetative state" in Mumbai's KEM hospital ....
- Supreme Court to rule on mercy killing plea this week
New Delhi, March 6: The Supreme Court appears all set to shed light on Monday on the complexities involved in laying down a law on mercy killing in the case of a nurse lying in a "persisten....
- Court notice on plea for protecting bureaucrats
New Delhi, March 4: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central and state governments and the union territories on a petition by former bureaucrats of all India services seeking guidel....
- Supreme Court to decide CVC's fate today
New Delhi, March 3: The Supreme Court today will pronounce its verdict on a petition challenging the appointment of P.J. Thomas as the head of the country's anti-corruption watchdog Central....
- Only we can decide Aruna's future, hospital tells Supreme Court
New Delhi, March 2: Even as the Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a petition seeking mercy killing for Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug, a nurse of the King Edwards Memorial Hospital in Mum....
- Supreme Court seeks status report on K.G. Balakrishnan
Delhi, Feb 18: Supreme Court today asked Attorney General G. Vahanvati to submit the status report on the home ministry's investigation into a complaint alleging former chief justice K.G. B....
- Deadline for ban on gutkha in plastic sachet stays
New Delhi, Feb 17: In a setback to chewing tobacco manufacturers, the Supreme Court today declined to extend the March 1 deadline banning the marketing of tobacco products in plastic sachets.
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- Supreme Court asks government why it wants to remove Prasar Bharati's CEO B.S. Lalli
New Delhi, Feb 14: The Supreme Court today asked the central government to file a statement of facts stating why it wants to remove public broadcaster Prasar Bharati's CEO B.S. Lalli, who i....
- No party wants strong judiciary, moans Supreme Court
New Delhi, Feb 11: In a dig at every political party, the Supreme Court today said that "no government wants judiciary to be strong", and cited the paltry allocation of 0.76 percent of ....
- Supreme Court concerned over phone tapping
New Delhi, Feb 11: What if the Indian Army chief's telephone was tapped by a foreign country? The Supreme Court today posed this question while voicing serious concern over the possibility ....
- Supreme court gives one-year jail to former Kerala minister
New Delhi, Feb 10: The Supreme Court today sentenced former Congress minister from Kerala R. Balakrishna Pillai and two others to one-year imprisonment for abusing their position in the award o....
- Supreme court slams Amar Singh for wasting time in wiretap case
New Delhi, Feb 9: The Supreme Court today slammed Rajya Sabha member and estranged Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh for wasting its time by going back on the allegation that the Congress party....
- Panel on food ingredients norms not per law: Supreme court
New Delhi, Feb 8: The Supreme Court today said the experts' panel - to frame guidelines on what ingredients could be used in food products - was set up contrary to the provisions of the Foo....
- Apex court laments inaction against child marriages
New Delhi, Feb 8: The Supreme Court today lamented that thousands of marriages involving minor girls were being solemnised in India, particularly in Rajasthan, and yet no action was being taken....
- Supreme Court to hear pleas against homosexual relationship in April
New Delhi, Feb 7: The Supreme Court today fixed April 19 for hearing a bunch of petitions challenging a Delhi High Court judgment decriminalising homosexual relationship among consenting adults....
- Supreme Court to hear pleas against gay relationship in April
New Delhi, Feb 7: The Supreme Court today fixed April 19 for hearing a bunch of petitions challenging a Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising homosexual relationship among consenting adult....
- Major's widow's pension raised from Rs.80 to Rs.18,000
New Delhi, Feb 7: The pension of an army officer's widow has been revised from Rs.80 to Rs.18,000 a month, the government today informed the Supreme Court, which, however, observed there wa....
- Confession statement to police is weak evidence: SC
New Delhi, Feb 4: Observing that the "rampant" practice among the police to use third degree methods to extract confessions was well known, the apex court has said that courts should be....
- Supreme Court slaps Rs.10 lakh fine on frivolous litigant
New Delhi, Feb 2: The Supreme Court today slapped an exemplary cost of Rs.10 lakh on an appellant for filing a frivolous litigation aimed at frustrating attempts to acquire his land for the Ban....
- Supreme Court pulls up government in Amar Singh tapping case
New Delhi, Feb 2: The Supreme Court today pulled up the central government and other contenders in the Amar Singh wire tapping case for filing a "very casual and vague" affidavit and as....
- Media tarnished my image: CVC tells Supreme court
New Delhi, Feb 1: Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas today told the Supreme Court that media tarnished his image as he did not oblige them by speaking to them amidst the ongoing c....
- Supreme Court dismisses plea to stop Haj subsidy
New Delhi, Jan 28: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition by former Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Hindu ideologue Praful Goradia seeking the abolition of the subsidy given to Haj pilgrims....
- Vedanta University: Supreme court orders status quo
New Delhi, Jan 28: The Vedanta University project in the holy city of Puri in Orissa will continue to remain stalled as the Supreme Court today ordered status quo in respect of land acquired or....
- Supreme Court questions CVC Thomas' appointment procedure
New Delhi, Jan 27: The Supreme Court today said it wanted to know if correct procedure was followed in the selection of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas.
The court ask....
- Black money: Supreme court seeks details on government steps
New Delhi, Jan 27: The Supreme Court today asked the central government to furnish details of the steps it had taken to get back the black money stashed away in foreign banks.
The ape....
- Supreme Court modifies Graham Staines murder verdict
New Delhi, Jan 25: Supreme Court today modified a portion of its judgment in the Graham Staines murder case as, many pointed out, by implication it justified the killings citing the Australian ....
- Sibal's comment on CAG 'unfortunate', says Supreme Court
New Delhi, Jan 21: The Supreme Court today described as "unfortunate" union Communications Minister Kapil Sibal questioning the methodology adopted by the Comptroller and Auditor (CAG) ....
- Supreme court upholds life for Graham Staines' killer
New Delhi, Jan 21: The Supreme Court today upheld the life imprisonment awarded to Dara Singh alias Ravinder Kumar Pal for leading a mob that burnt to death Australian Christian missionary Grah....
- Supreme Court pulls up Teesta Setalvad
New Delhi, Jan 20: The Supreme Court today pulled up convenor of NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace, Teesta Setalvad, for sending communications addressed to the special investigating team (SIT....
- Black money stashed abroad a national plunder: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Jan 19: The Supreme Court today said stashing away ill-gotten money in foreign banks was a "national plunder" and asked the central government to give it all the information ....
- Use discretion for poor, Supreme court tells states
New Delhi, Jan 18: The Supreme Court today said state governments should exercise their discretionary power for the poor and not for the rich and well-connected people with political clout.
- Prashant Bhushan refuses to apologise for comment on chief justice
New Delhi, Jan 13: Senior counsel Prashant Bhushan today declined the Supreme Court's suggestion that he apologise for calling Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia corrupt, a reference to when the ju....
- Supreme court turns down Assam's plea to reduce compensation
New Delhi, Jan 7: The Supreme Court today declined the Assam government's plea seeking reduction in the amount of compensation to be paid to those killed by security forces in violence orch....
- Break silence, face probe, Iyer tells ex-CJI
Kochi, Jan 4: Retired Supreme Court judge V.R. Krishna Iyer today dared former chief justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan to break his silence over allegations of wealth amassment by his relative....
- Ex-judge asked me not to complain against Balakrishnan: VRK Iyer
Kochi, Jan 3: Stepping up pressure for a probe into graft allegations against former chief justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan, retired Supreme Court judge V.R. Krishna Iyer today said a former ....
- Don't evict 'unauthorized occupant' without permission: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Dec 22: The Supreme Court has held that even an unauthorized occupant of a house in a slum is treated as a tenant and permission of competent authorities is needed to initiate evicti....
- Supreme Court asserts its powers, overrules technicalities of law
New Delhi, Dec 20: The Supreme Court has said that it holds vast powers under the constitution and an aggrieved person could not be rendered remediless on mere technicalities of law.
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- Raja was impolite to PM: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Dec 17: A Supreme Court verdict directing court monitoring of the CBI probe into the 2G spectrum scam has revealed the impolite language that sacked communictions minister A. Raja ha....
- Orissa gets show cause notice from Supreme court
New Delhi, Dec 16: The Supreme Court today asked Orissa why a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe should not be ordered into the alleged diversion of central funds.
The apex c....
- Supreme Court stays counsel's suspension
New Delhi, Dec 15: The Supreme Court today stayed the Madras High Court order suspending senior counsel R.K. Chandramohan from the membership of the Tamil Nadu Bar Council and as its chairman.
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- Supreme Court rebukes Vilasrao Deshmukh
New Delhi, Dec 14: The Supreme Court today pulled up former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for interfering in the enforcement of law to regulate private money lending in the state....
- Supreme court questions states over students' fate
New Delhi, Dec 14: The Supreme Court today issued notice to all the states asking them how they would accommodate students of 44 private deemed universities if they were to be derecognised.
- Behave, Supreme Court tells media
New Delhi, Dec 13: The Supreme Court today cautioned the media not to distort the judicial proceedings and not to tarnish the image of people by crossing the 'Lakshman Rekha'.
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- Government didn't prevent NREGS fund diversion: Supreme court
New Delhi, Dec 13: The Supreme Court today pulled up the central government for doing nothing to prevent states' diversion of funds allocated under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employm....
- Deferment of pictorial warnings on tobacco items challenged in Supreme Court
New Delhi, Dec 13: A petition challenging the government decision postponing the implementation of the new pictorial warnings on tobacco products by a year has been filed in the Supreme Court, ....
- Supreme court clears way for common medical entrance test
New Delhi, Dec 13: The Supreme Court today permitted the Medical Council of India (MCI) to conduct a common test for undergraduate medical courses while it is yet to decide on pending cases aga....
- Apex court to hear Allahabad High Court's plea today
New Delhi, Dec 10: The Supreme Court today would hear the Allahabad High Court's petition for expunging adverse remarks from an apex court judgment that said that something was "rotten&....
- New courts needed to try economic offences, says apex court
New Delhi, Dec 8: The Supreme Court today favoured setting up of special courts to try cases of economic offences involving the violation of laws like the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
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- Supreme court permits construction of Noida park
New Delhi, Dec 3: In a major relief to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, the Supreme Court today permitted the construction of the Dr.Bhim Rao Ambedkar Park in Noida subject to certain con....
- Don't interfere in governance, CJI tells courts
New Delhi, Nov 26: Supreme Court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia today urged the courts to refrain from interfering in the governance of India as otherwise they would become like a bull in a china s....
- Plea on appointment of judges referred to larger bench
New Delhi, Nov 26: The Supreme Court today referred to the larger bench a petition seeking details of the apex court collegium on the appointment of judges in higher judiciary.
Using ....
- Supreme Court reserves order on Swamy petition
New Delhi, Nov 24: The Supreme Court today reserved its order on Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy's petition seeking that the prime minister be directed to grant him sanction to prosecu....
- Sanction provision in graft cases misused: Supreme court
New Delhi, Nov 23: The instrument of sanction which was treated as a "shield" against vexatious complaints has now become a "sword" to defeat the legal provisions on punishing c....
- Supreme court wants better work conditions in national tribunals
New Delhi, Nov 22: The Supreme Court today asked the central government why one standard notification providing for uniform working conditions of all national tribunals was not being issued. Th....
- Integrity rule also for judicial posts, government tells court
New Delhi, Nov 22: The central government today told the Supreme Court that if the criterion of impeccable honesty and integrity in appointments to higher positions has to be followed in every ....
- Managements free to fix hours of work, rules Supreme Court
New Delhi, Nov 19: The Supreme Court said that courts must exercise restraint and refrain from interfering with functions of the managements that involve administrative decisions including fixi....
- Three-member team to oversee Prasar Bharti functioning: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Nov 19: The day-to-day functioning of public broadcaster Prasar Bharti would be carried out by a three-member committee comprising its chief executive officer and two other officers,....
- Supreme Court asks Vodafone to deposit Rs.2,500 crore
New Delhi, Nov 15: The Supreme Court today directed telecom major Vodafone to deposit Rs.2,500 crore ($550 million) as part of a tax liability in the takeover of Hutch Essar group's India o....
- Supreme court grants interim relief to Amar Singh, Jaya Prada
New Delhi, Nov 15: The Supreme Court today granted interim relief to former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh and actor-turned politician Jaya Prada from being expelled as MPs even i....
- Apex court judge mourns inconsistency in judgments
Lucknow , Nov 13: Expressing concern over inconsistency in judgments, Supreme Court judge R.V. Raveendran said today that such anomalies had led the common man to lose faith in the judicial sys....
- Supreme court reserves order on Amar Singh, Jaya Prada plea
New Delhi, Nov 10: The Supreme Court today reserved its order on a petition of former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh and actor Jaya Prada, and said that as unattached members of t....
- Apex court puts off order on Amar Singh, Jaya Prada plea
New Delhi, Nov 10: The Supreme Court today reserved its order on a petition by Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh and actress-turned-MP Jaya Prada pleading that they should not attract disqualificat....
- Monica Bedi's conviction upheld, sentence reduced
New Delhi, Nov 9: The Supreme Court today upheld the conviction of Bollywood actress Monica Bedi in a passport forgery case, but reduced the sentence to the imprisonment already undergone.
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- Supreme Court adjourns Mayawati graft case to Feb 15
New Delhi, Nov 8: The Supreme Court today adjourned the hearing in the disproportionate assets case against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati till Feb 15.
The apex court bench of ....
- Supreme Court cautions high courts on use of powers
New Delhi, Nov 3: The Supreme Court has said that "delays and laches" is one of the important factors which a high court must bear in mind while exercising discretionary powers under Ar....
- Fairness is backbone of show cause notice: Supreme court
New Delhi, Oct 31: The Supreme Court has said that a quasi-judicial authority acting in exercise of its statutory powers "must act fairly and must act with an open mind" while initiatin....
- How long will 2G spectrum probe take, asks Supreme Court
New Delhi, Oct 29: The Supreme Court today asked the central government how long it would take to complete investigations into the 2G spectrum scam.
The court also sought the central ....
- Orissa moves Supreme court over mining by POSCO
Bhubaneswar, Oct 29: Orissa today moved the Supreme Court against an Orissa High Court order that disapproved its grant of permission to South Korean steel major POSCO to mine iron ore in Sunde....
- No patch up between Modi and BCCI: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Oct 27: The Supreme Court was today informed that efforts for a patch up between former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi and the Board of Control for Cricket in In....
- Compensate Nandigram firing victims: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Oct 27: The Supreme Court today asked the West Bengal government to pay compensation to all the victims of Nandigram police firing in 2007.
The state government told the ap....
- Amar Singh, Jayaprada's plea hearing adjourned to Nov 9
New Delhi, Oct 25: The Supreme Court today adjourned till Nov 9 the hearing on a petition by actor-turned-politician Jayaprada and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh challenging the provi....
- Cops involved in barbaric acts threat to society: Supreme court
New Delhi, Oct 25: The Supreme Court today said some policemen in India still lived with a colonial mindset and perpetrated barbaric acts which were an anathema to a democratic society.
- Supreme Court asks CBI if it can give Nandigram report to West Bengal government
New Delhi, Oct 25: The Supreme Court today asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) whether it was willing to share the report of its investigations into the 2007 Nandigram police firing....
- Jaya Prada, Amar Singh's plea on anti-defection law adjourned
New Delhi, Oct 25: The Supreme Court today adjourned hearing on a petition by senior star-cum-politician Jaya Prada and Amar Singh challenging the provisions of the anti-defection law that bind....
- Supreme Court adjourns Vodafone plea on income tax order
New Delhi, Oct 25: The Supreme Court today adjourned the hearing on a petition by Vodafone challenging an income tax department order asking the telecom giant to pay Rs.11,218 crore ($2.5 billi....
- Mahesh Bhupathi's plea on tax relief dismissed
New Delhi, Oct 25: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition by Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi seeking tax relief on Rs.28,50,000 which he said his father spent on his training from 1989-....
- Supreme court rejects woman's alimony claim
New Delhi, Oct 21: The Supreme Court today set aside an Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict recognising the rights of the second wife and awarding her maintenance of Rs.500 per month.
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- Supreme court dismisses poacher Sansar Chand's appeal
New Delhi, Oct 20: The Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal by notorious poacher Sansar Chand who had challenged his conviction and five-year sentence for selling leopard and tiger skins.
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- Supreme court to hear Mulayam's plea on Feb 1
New Delhi, Oct 19: The Supreme Court today said it will hold a two-day hearing from Feb 1, 2011 on former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav's plea seeking review of the court....
- Plea on right to property dismissed by Supreme Court
New Delhi, Oct 18: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking restoration of right to own property as a fundamental right.
An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia,....
- Justice Bhandari for changes in copyright bill
Mumbai, Oct 16: Emphasising the need for changes in the Indian copyright amendment bill 2010, Justice Dalveer Bhandari of the Supreme Court today said it is necessary to stop unauthorised use o....
- Death reduced to life in Priyadarshini Mattoo case
New Delhi, Oct 6: The Supreme Court today commuted the death penalty given to Santosh Kumar Singh and sentenced him to life imprisonment in the 1996 rape and murder of Delhi University student ....
- Dismayed by Priyadarshini verdict, CBI must intervene: activists
New Delhi, Oct 6: Activists who fought for justice in the Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case today voiced disgust after the Supreme Court reduced the killer's death sentence to life imprisonm....
- Punish officials who sit on files of legal matters: Supreme court
New Delhi, Oct 5: The Supreme Court has said that it was high time that the "malpractice" and the "racket" of officials sleeping over the files of cases that have gone against t....
- Supreme court clears way for verdict in builder's murder case
New Delhi, Oct 5: The Supreme Court today cleared the way for the pronouncement of a special TADA court's verdict in the 1995 murder of real estate builder Pradeep Jain. Underworld don Abu ....
- Supreme Court seeks answers on permanent service for women army officers
New Delhi, Oct 4: The Supreme Court today questioned the central government over the Indian army's branches, other than those dealing with education and legal matters, in which women office....
- Poacher Sansar Chand faces Supreme court's wrath
New Delhi, Oct 4: The Supreme Court today slammed notorious poacher Sansar Chand for killing tigers, leopards and other endangered species for commercial gains and said the day was not far when....
- Supreme court stays Sterlite company closure order
New Delhi, Oct 1: The Supreme Court today stayed the Madras High Court order that directed the closure of Sterlite company engaged in copper smelting operations in Tamil Nadu.
The mat....
- Supreme Court court rejects Vodafone plea in $2.6 bn tax case
New Delhi, Sep 27: The Supreme Court today dismissed Vodafone's petition contesting a lower court verdict on the tax liability of $2.6 billion towards capital gains claimed by the administr....
- Supreme Court to hear Lalit Modi's plea on Oct 20
New Delhi, Sep 23: The Supreme Court today said it will hear on Oct 20 a petition filed by suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi, who has challenged the Indian cricket b....
- Lalit Modi moves apex court on disciplinary panel
New Delhi, Sep 22: Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking the stay on the July 15 Bombay High Court refusal to reconstitute the disciplin....
- Supreme court clears decks for Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls
New Delhi, Sep 21: The Supreme Court today cleared the decks for the holding of panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh (UP) with seat reservation for marginalised sections based on the 2001 censu....
- Supreme Court concerned over lack of potable water for citizens
New Delhi, Sep 20: The Supreme Court today expressed concern that even after 60 years of India's independence the people were not getting "clean potable water".
"We ar....
- Supreme court dismisses Gawli petition for bail
New Delhi, Sep 20: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition by Mumbai's underworld don Arun Gulab Gawli seeking bail in a case under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime....
- Supreme court anguished over Rs.80 pension to major's widow
New Delhi, Sep 17: The Supreme Court today voiced dismay over a paltry Rs.80 pension being paid to the octogenarian widow of an Indian Army Major who fought in the 1962 and 1965 wars.
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- Court questions cricket board's secretary on dual role
New Delhi, Sep 16: The Supreme Court today suggested to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary N. Srinivasan to either contest election for the presidentship of the cricket body....
- Welfare of child paramount in deciding custody: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Sep 14: The Supreme Court today held that the "welfare of the minor" and not the statutory rights of the parents or the relatives was paramount in deciding the custody of the....
- Supreme Court issues notice to Raja on 2G allocation
New Delhi, Sep 13: The Supreme Court today issued notice to Communication and Information Technology Minister A. Raja on a petition seeking court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)....
- Lawyers need to follow law in petitions, says Supreme Court
New Delhi, Sep 13: The Supreme Court today said that lawyers would have to follow the discipline of law while drafting petitions making averments and prayers.
A bench of Chief Justice....
- Supreme Court issues notice to A. Raja on the allocation of 2G spectrum licenses
New Delhi, Sep 13: The Supreme Court today issued notice to Communication and Information Technology Minister A. Raja on the allocation of 2G spectrum licenses.
The apex court bench o....
- Supreme court stays fresh probe into Rizwanur case
New Delhi, Sep 10: The Supreme Court today stayed the Calcutta High Court order for reinvestigation into Rizwanur Rehman's mysterious death and the quashing of the charge sheet in the case.....
- Abu Salem can be tried for all crimes in India: Supreme court
New Delhi, Sep 10: The Supreme Court today ruled that the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts accused and underworld don Abu Salem can be tried for all the crimes he had committed in the country.
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- No hearing needed before ordering unfair trade practices probe
New Delhi, Sep 9: The Supreme Court today held that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) could order preliminary enquiry against a company allegedly engaged in unfair trade practices witho....
- Supreme Court seeks DDA's response to charge of irregularities
New Delhi, Sep 9: The Supreme Court today sought the Delhi Development Authority's (DDA) response, within two weeks, to the apex court monitoring committee's report contending that the ....
- Yamuna Expressway gets Supreme court nod
New Delhi, Sep 8: The Supreme Court today gave permission for the 160-km six-lane Yamuna Expressway project connecting Greater Noida with Agra.
The $350 million project, that would al....
- Supreme court calls for panel for retired defence staff
New Delhi, Sep 8: The Supreme Court today suggested to the central government to set up an independent commission which would hear the grievances of retired defence officers and make recommenda....
- Supreme Court rules out further punishment in Ajit Seth case
New Delhi, Sep 7: A man, who underwent 20 years of imprisonment for lynching two children, will not be sent to the gallows, the Supreme Court has said while upholding the trial court's verd....
- Supreme court seeks details from Uttar Pradesh government on construction in Lucknow park
New Delhi, Sep 7: The Supreme Court today directed the Uttar Pradesh government to file an affidavit listing the construction activities it was undertaking at a 195-acre eco-park located on Luc....
- Gujarat High Court free to probe Ishrat Jahan case, rules Supreme court
New Delhi, Sep 6: The Supreme Court today said that the Gujarat High Court is free to appoint any agency for investigation of Ishrat Jahan shootout case.
The apex court passed this or....
- Supreme Court stays death sentence of 3 Akshardham attackers
New Delhi, Sep 6: The Supreme Court today stayed the death sentence of the three men who were given death sentence for attacking Akshardham temple in Ahmedabad in 2002.
The sentence w....
- Courts cannot 'ordinarily' order reinvestigation of offence - Supreme Court
New Delhi, Sep 2: The Supreme Court of India has said that "ordinarily" the appellate courts could not order re-investigation or fresh investigation into an offence and also there could....
- Apex court directs troops to vacate northeast schools
New Delhi, Sep 1: The Supreme Court today asked the home ministry to have all schools in the northeast that have been occupied by paramilitary forces vacated in two months.
The apex c....
- Supreme Court pulls up Pawar for not implementing its orders
New Delhi, Aug 31: The Supreme Court today pulled up Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar for saying that the court had only made a suggestion and not passed an order regarding the distribut....
- Salwa Judum on its way out, Supreme Court told
New Delhi, Aug 31: The central government today told the Supreme Court that the vigilante group Salwa Judum was on its way out and the Chhattisgarh government has been told not to extend any su....
- Orissa to move Supreme Court against Polavaram project
Bhubaneswar, Aug 30: Orissa today said it will move the Supreme Court against the clearance granted by the union environment and forests ministry to the multi-purpose Polavaram irrigation proje....
- Notice to Maharashtra on Pragya Singh's bail plea
New Delhi, Aug 30: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Maharashtra government on a bail petition by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the main accused in 2008 Malegaon blast.
Thaku....
- Supreme Court upholds death for three in bus burning case
New Delhi, Aug 30: The Supreme Court today confirmed the death sentence awarded to three AIADMK activists for causing the death of three women students of an agricultural university in a bus bu....
- Supreme court asks Gujarat to shift Ishrat Jahan case to SIT
New Delhi, Aug 27: The Supreme Court today stayed the Gujarat High Court order directing the state government to transfer investigations into the Ishrat Jahan staged-shootout case from the stat....
- Cleaning legal dirt
New Delhi,Aug 22: The Supreme Court under the stewardship of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia appears set to make lawyers accountable for their actions.
The other day he took a serious view....
- Indians always 'manage' things
New Delhi, Aug 22: The Supreme Court had an interesting piece of advice for a former advocate general of Sikkim whose plea to get his office de-sealed was rejected - manage things instead of ta....
- India has no quality law journal
New Delhi, Aug 22: How come there is no quality Indian law journal like the Harvard Law Review? The reason lies in lawyers being too self-centric and contributing little towards the development....
- Exploitation, says apex court of prolonged contract job
New Delhi, Aug 19: The Supreme Court today said that uninterrupted prolonged employment on contract amounts to exploitation and government agencies are not expected to adopt such unfair practic....
- Suicide by subordinate: Court says no conviction sans proof
New Delhi, Aug 18: The Supreme Court has said that an individual can not be charged with abetting a suicide if an aggrieved member of his staff, who honestly feels wronged by him, kills himself....
- Government should deal with non-performing assets: apex court
New Delhi, Aug 18: The Supreme Court today said the recovery of mounting non-performing assets was beyond its jurisdiction and the government and the legislature should deal with it.
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- Pappu Yadav arrested by CBI
Gurgaon, Aug 16: Following a Supreme Court order, former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from a hospital in Har....
- A medal for poor translation
New Delhi, Aug 15: There is one field where India could be assured a Commonwealth Games medal - erroenous judgements, many caused by poor translation. Or so believe some honourable judges of th....
- Proletariat or bourgeoisie
New Delhi, Aug 15: Is a lawyer who has taken up the case of a land tiller part of the proletariat or the bourgeoisie? The question surfaced when a tenant - essentially a land tiller - from the ....
- Gujarat keeps them in high 'spirits'
New Delhi, Aug 15: Gujarat, the home state of Mahatma Gandhi, is the only state that officially practises prohibition. But the picture on the ground is different -- as it appeared a little befo....
- Foodgrain for thought
New Delhi, Aug 15: During the course of a hearing on the supply of foodgrain through the public distribution system to people living below the poverty line, Justice Dalveer Bhandari wondered wh....
- Fight corruption, bring back institutional integrity: Chief justice
New Delhi, Aug 15: Supreme Court Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said on the occasion of India's 64th Independence Day today that "institutional morality and integrity" must be brought b....
- Apex court stays anti-Sikh riots case against Sajjan
New Delhi, Aug 13: In a major relief to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, the Supreme Court today stayed the criminal proceedings against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
While setting....
- Distribute free food to poor: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Aug 12: In an order of far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court today asked the central government to distribute free foodgrains to families below the poverty line.
It ....
- No review of court ban on forced narco-analysis test
New Delhi, Aug 11: The government has no proposal to seek a review of a Supreme Court judgment banning forced narco-analysis, polygraph and brain-mapping tests on accused or suspects, the Lok S....
- Court to Chhattisgarh: respond to plea on Salwa Judum
New Delhi, Aug 11: The Supreme Court today asked the Chhattisgarh government to respond on the plea seeking the disbanding of the Salwa Judum set up to counter Maoist violence.
The ap....
- Bofors pay-off case records sent to trial court
New Delhi, Aug 10: The Supreme Court today directed the transfer of records of the Bofors pay-off matter to a trial court hearing a plea opposing the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI)....
- Aarushi murder: Apex court cautions media
New Delhi, Aug 9: The Supreme Court today cautioned media to show "sensitivity" while reporting matters rooted in crime, as an irresponsible act could damage the reputation of people in....
- FIR cannot be encyclopaedia of incident: Supreme court
New Delhi, Aug 7: The Supreme Court has said that a first information report (FIR) was not an "encyclopaedia" that would contain the minutest details of an incident and it was not neces....
- What can we do, if our orders are not obeyed: Apex court
New Delhi, Aug 3: Hearing a plea seeking arrest of a politician's musclemen, the Supreme Court today said policing is not a part of its mandate and it could not help if its orders were not ....
- Apex court to decide if act covers Hindu marriage abroad
New Delhi, Aug 2: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the estranged wife of a petitioner who has sought the court's ruling on whether the Hindu Marriage Act applies to an American citi....
- Commercial arbitration? No thanks!
New Delhi, Aug 1: There are growing concerns over India's judicial system lagging behind in commercial jurisprudence. The legal fraternity believes a sound commercial arbitration mechanism ....
- Of what value human life
New Delhi, Aug 1: The other day Justice G.S. Singhvi lamented that human life has little value these days. He said even when a person cries for his life, everyone around remains a mute spectato....
- Praying for 'amritdhara'
New Delhi, Aug 1: Can courts answer all your prayers? Petitioners seem to expect no less from the judiciary than 'amritdhara' - a medicine used to cure common ailments, pointed out a ju....
- Are judges kings? No judicial activism please
New Delhi, Aug 1: Here's a staunch opponent of judicial activism from within the judiciary itself. Supreme Court's Justice Markandey Katju seldom misses an opportunity to slam courts fo....
- Apex court rejects Maharashtra plea on 1993 mosque firing
New Delhi, July 31: In a blow to the Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected its petition and directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to continue with its probe ....
- Plea to release Rajiv Gandhi's assassin dismissed
New Delhi, July 28: The Supreme Court has dismissed a suit seeking the release of Nalini Sriharan, her husband Murugan and five others awarded death or life sentences in the Rajiv Gandhi assass....
- Apex court stays Ghaziabad provident fund scam trial
New Delhi, July 28: The Supreme Court today stayed the trial in the Ghaziabad provident fund scam case pending before a CBI court in the Uttar Pradesh town on the capital's outskirts.
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- Apex court admits petition against Soren's acquittal
New Delhi, July 26: The Supreme Court today admitted a petition challenging the acquittal of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Shibu Soren and four others in the abduction and murder of Soren....
- Show rule that makes women ineligible for army: Apex court
New Delhi, July 26: The Supreme Court today asked the defence ministry to produce the Army Act notification that makes women ineligible for permanent commission in the regular army. When the ap....
- Apex court notice on 1993 bombing convicts
New Delhi, July 26: The Supreme Court today issued notice on appeals by the Maharashtra government seeking enhanced punishment for those convicted for their involvement in the 1993 Mumbai bomb ....
- Initiation of a new trend in Justice: Standing on its own ground!
New Delhi, July 25: It seems that Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia is all set to check the tendency of the top court to step into the domain of other wings of the state, particularly the official.
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- Judging by commonsense!
New Delhi, July 25: Supreme Court Justice Markandey Katju believes that cases cannot be decided on the basis on law alone and at times there is need to apply commonsense to extricate the truth ....
- Homemakers happy, apex court recognises their contribution
New Delhi, July 24: They feel they were always taken for granted and did not get the credit for their work in spite of doing the "toughest job". But homemakers in the capital are now ha....
- Apex court rejects women panel's plea against rapist
New Delhi, July 23: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition by the National Commission for Women (NCW) challenging the Delhi High Court order setting free a rapist on the ground that he ha....
- Supreme Court questions government on by-poll norms
New Delhi, July 22: The Supreme Court today asked the central government whether it was mandatory for the Election Commission (EC) to hold an election in a constituency where the outcome of the....
- Aarushi murder: Father seeks legal curbs on media
New Delhi, July 22: Rajesh Talwar, father of teenager Aarushi who was murdered along with the family's domestic help in 2008, on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the me....
- Babhali Barrage issue hearing in Supreme Court in August
Nanded (Maharashtra), July 21: The vexed issue of the Babhali Barrage, currently at the centre of a controversy between Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, is scheduled to come up for further heari....
- Court accepts Ahmadi's resignation from Bhopal trust
New Delhi, July 19: The Supreme Court today accepted the resignation of former chief justice A.M. Ahmadi as chairman of the Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust.
The court accepted the cent....
- Learn basics, Supreme Court to judges
New Delhi, July 18: Judges in the Supreme Court have often expressed concern over the state of affairs in the appellate judiciary, particularly the high courts. The other day Justice G.S. Singh....
- No contempt proceedings against Sibal: Supreme court
New Delhi, July 15: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal for criticising judi....
- Supreme Court warns media against sensationalization
New Delhi, July 14: The Supreme Court today cautioned the media against sensationalizing court matters and quoting out of context the observations that are made during hearings.
The m....
- Apex court okays Tamil Nadu quota law
New Delhi, July 13: The Supreme Court today granted protection to the Tamil Nadu government's quota law, which provides for 69 percent reservation in educational institutions and jobs.
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- 'Case backlog due to lack of settlement culture'
New Delhi, July 10: Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia today said that the absence of a settlement culture among litigants was the single most important factor in the flooding of courts with c....
- Supreme Court summons Shinde's daughter, estranged husband
New Delhi, July 8: The Supreme Court today asked union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's daughter Smriti Shinde and her estranged husband to appear before it in person on Aug 9 to explor....
- Court raps government for denying IAS job to blind candidate
New Delhi, July 8: The Supreme Court has pulled up the government for denying a visually handicapped man an appointment in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) despite there being vacancies ....
- Supreme court for higher penalty for false civil claims
New Delhi, July 7: The Supreme Court has favoured increasing the costs that are imposed on litigants to deter false or vexatious civil claims aimed at delaying cases.
The maximum cost....
- Supreme Court chief justice lists ways to improve judicial operation
New Delhi, July 6: The long-awaited improvement in the infrastructure of the lower courts could soon become a reality with Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia on Monday telling the apex court that a ben....
- Mafia don Arun Gawli gets bail in extortion case
Mumbai, July 2: Nearly 27 months after he was arrested and jailed, mafia don-turned-politician Arun Gawli secured bail in an extortion case, his lawyer said here today.
However, Gawli....
- Former Goa minister denied anticipatory bail
New Delhi, July 1: The Supreme Court today rejected a petition by former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the death of his alleged lover, 28-year....
- Notice issued to Karnataka on proposed military memorial
New Delhi, June 28: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Karnataka government on a petition challenging the proposed setting up of the National Military Memorial at the Indira Gandhi Mu....
- Reply to plea on contempt proceedings, Andhra told
New Delhi, June 25: The Supreme Court today asked Andhra Pradesh to file a reply on a petition seeking to initiate contempt proceedings against the state government for breaching the court'....
- 33-year-long legal battle on wages ends
New Delhi, June 24: The curtains have finally come down on a 33-year-long legal battle, with the Supreme Court ruling in favour of a group of now-extinct railway coach attendants who wanted hig....
- Court relief for British Airways
New Delhi, June 23: Providing relief to the British Airways (BA), the Supreme Court today said the airline could not be held guilty of indulging in unfair trade practices over alleged delay in ....
- Supreme Court notice to central minister on election
New Delhi, June 16: The Supreme Court today issued notice to union Rural Development Minister C.P. Joshi on a petition related to alleged bogus votes cast during the 2008 Rajasthan assembly ele....
- Apex court stays High Court order on Bellary Iron Ores
New Delhi, June 16: The Supreme Court today stayed an Andhra Pradesh High Court order permitting Bellary Iron Ores Pvt Ltd to lift 1.03 tonnes of processed iron ores after depositing Rs.1.5 cro....
- Apex court pulls up Karnataka judge for indiscipline
New Delhi, June 15: The Supreme Court today pulled up Justice D.V. Shylendra Kumar, judge of the Karnataka High Court, for breaching judicial discipline by using intemperate language and encroa....
- High court adjourns judgment in Khairlanji massacre case
Nagpur, June 15: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court today adjourned to July 14 the judgement in the 2006 Khairlanji dalit massacre case, in which a mother and her three children were sex....
- Dinakaran spat in Karnataka High Court reaches apex court
New Delhi, June 14: The spat between Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran and Justice D.V. Shailendra Kumar reached the Supreme Court today when the state high court filed a petiti....
- Implement Kerala high court's anti-encrochment order: apex court
New Delhi, June 14: The Supreme Court today declined to interfere with a Kerala High Court order asking the state police to clear the encroachment of government land by tribals within four week....
- Apex court refuses to hear Haldiram's owner's petition
New Delhi, June 14: The Supreme Court today declined to hear a petition by Prabhu Shankar Agarwal, the owner of the Haldiram Group, seeking bail after being convicted for conspiring to kill a t....
- Apex court declines to stay cancellation of golf club licence
New Delhi, June 11: The Supreme Court today declined to stay operation of the Kerala government's November 2008 notification informing the Trivandrum Golf Club (TGC) about the cancellation ....
- Forget about freedom, apex court tells married men
New Delhi, June 10: Married men should forget about their freedom after they tie the nuptial knot as restrictions on their independence are like "dividends" they have to pay for matrimo....
- Apex court notice in Congress leader's murder
New Delhi, June 9: The Supreme Court today issued notice in the 2006 murder of Maharashtra Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar on a CBI petition challenging a high court order granting bail to ....
- Apex court questions Kerala on licensing of clinic
New Delhi, June 8: The Supreme Court today issued notice to Kerala on a petition challenging a law that requires private clinics that dispense medicines to patients to obtain licences.
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- Court orders status quo on Uttar Pradesh land acquisition
New Delhi, June 7: The Supreme Court today ordered status quo on the proceedings for acquisition of land in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district on which Sahara City Homes had planned to deve....
- Give alternate plot or acquire land, apex court to government
New Delhi, June 4: The Supreme Court today asked the defence ministry to consider giving an alternate plot to a co-operative housing society in Secunderabad cantonment in lieu of land which it ....
- Apex court tells Haryana to protect Dalit victims
New Delhi, June 2: The Supreme Court today said courts cannot solve problems linked to social prejudices and conflicts, and directed Haryana to provide protection to the victims of caste violen....
- Provide protection to Dalit victims, apex court tells Haryana
New Delhi, June 2: The Supreme Court today said it was incumbent upon the Haryana government to provide protection to the victims of caste violence in Mirchpur village in Hisar district.
- Supreme Court dismisses plea on suspected staged shootout
New Delhi, May 31: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed by the parents of a paralytic man allegedly killed by Uttar Pradesh Police in a staged shootout in Mathura on May 15-16.
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- Apex court notice to Haryana over Dalit arson attack
New Delhi, May 31: The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Haryana government on the plight of 150 Dalit families who were driven out of their village in Hisar district after an arson atta....
- Delay in hanging leads to reduced sentences, show rulings
New Delhi, May 30: The government may be unwittingly entitling condemned prisoners - including parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru - to a lesser life sentence by delaying decisions on....
- Apex court pulls up litigant for intemperate language
New Delhi, May 28: The Supreme Court today pulled up a litigant for using intemperate and indecorous language against judges of the Bombay High court and the apex court for allegedly denying hi....
- Plea against sugar mills' privatisation admitted
New Delhi, May 28: The Supreme Court today admitted a petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to privatise 11 state-run sugar mills of the Uttar Pradesh State Sugar Cor....
- Don't disparage lower courts, apex court tells judiciary
New Delhi, May 27: The Supreme Court has said that the appellate courts should use utmost restraint before making adverse observation against the judges of the subordinate judiciary.
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- Apex court to hear plea against sugar mills' privatisation
New Delhi, May 27: The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a petition challenging the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to privatise 11 operating sugar mills under the control of the Uttar ....
- Supreme Court raps Uttar Pradesh over 'encounter' death
New Delhi, May 26: The Supreme Court today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file an affidavit within three days to describe the status of the body of the victim of an alleged fake gun batt....
- Court stresses law for surrogacy, twins headed for Germany
New Delhi, May 26: The central government should enact a legislation to take care of surrogacy and related issues, the Supreme Court said today as the last hurdle was cleared in the travel of s....
- Apex court notice to Uttar Pradesh over shootout victim
New Delhi, May 25: The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and asked it to explain why the body of a man allegedly killed in a shootout with police was not being....
- Apex court stays Madras High Court order on bar poll
New Delhi, May 24: The Supreme Court today stayed the Madras High Court's directions related to elections to the high court's Advocate Association (MHAA) and wondered how could there be....
- Plea seeking restraint on airfield modernisation dismissed
New Delhi, May 24: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking to restrain the central government from awarding a contract for the modernisation of 30 airfields of the Indian Air Force....
- Don't deny bail for co-accused's lapses: Apex court
New Delhi, May 22: The Supreme Court has said that an accused can not be jailed and denied bail if a trail court fails to ensure the presence of co-accused who, after getting bail, obstructs th....
- Apex court moved against Soren as chief minister
New Delhi, May 21: A petition was moved in the Supreme Court today seeking directions to the Jharkhand governor to stop the "misuse of the constitution" by repeatedly administering the ....
- Caste-based census controversy reaches apex court
New Delhi, May 20: The controversy over the caste-based census today reached the Supreme Court after a Chennai-based advocate filed a pre-emptive caveat, praying that if the Madras High Court v....
- Supreme Court grieves over corruption
New Delhi, May 20: The Supreme Court today regretted not acting firmly earlier in cases of corruption in judicial appointments because of which the problem has assumed cancerous dimensions.
- Bureaucrats to blame for exam delays, litigation: Apex court
New Delhi, May 19: The Supreme Court today slammed bureaucrats for not sticking to schedules and delaying competitive exams for judicial and other services in states, saying this was generating....
- Stop reading newspapers early in the day, advises apex court
New Delhi, May 18: The Supreme Court today suggested that one should avoid reading newspapers early in the morning to get through the day.
"If you want to keep your day fresh, don....
- Apex court restrains Patna court order against airport agency
New Delhi, May 17: The Supreme Court today stayed a Patna High Court order upholding the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security's (BCAS) decision to withdraw security clearance licence granted t....
- Supreme Court to go on 49-day recess
New Delhi, May 16: The Supreme Court will go on a 49-day summer recess starting on Monday. The court re-opens on July 5.
During the vacation, two benches will function to hear urgent ....
- Supreme Court: Examine US Vietnam war veteran's asylum plea
New Delhi, May 15: The Supreme Court has asked Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati to examine a plea by US Vietnam war veteran Jeff Knaebel seeking political asylum in India. Knaebel describes hi....
- Supreme Court disposes plea on Prabhakaran's mother
New Delhi, May 14: The Supreme Court today disposed a petition seeking a direction to the central government to fly the ailing mother of the slain Tamil Tigers chief to Chennai for medical trea....
- Apex court denies bail to former MP jailed for murder
New Delhi, May 14: The Supreme Court today dismissed the bail plea of criminal-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, a former Lok Sabha MP serving life sentence for the murder of a Bihar distric....
- Supreme Court refuses to help legislator who holds court
New Delhi, May 13: The Supreme Court today declined to interfere with the Allahabad High Court's proceedings looking into allegations that a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator from Uttar ....
- Chief justice talks tough against frivolous litigation
New Delhi, May 12: On his first day in office, Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia today spelt out his priority of tackling frivolous litigation.
Presiding over Court No. One, Chief Justice Ka....
- Supreme Court rejects plea for Karkare killing probe
New Delhi, May 12: The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition for a probe into the killing of Hemant Karkare, head of Maharashtra Police's anti-terrorist squad (ATS), during the 2008 Mumb....
- Anil Ambani calls on prime minister
New Delhi, May 12: Industrialist Anil Ambani called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Today, just days after the Supreme Court had ordered re-negotiation of the Krishna-Godavari gas supply ....
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