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The Supreme Court has now brought the high court into the scene, with the hope that the process will gain the seriousness it deserves. (PTI)

AA Edit | Crime and the legislator: SC does its bit to sever link

Supreme Court seeks better accountability and transparency from the executive branch of government and the political parties that run them

12 Aug 2021 2:22 AM

The court also directed the Centre to make available additional food grains to states for providing food grains to migrants/unorganised workers. (PTI)

Government apathy towards guest workers unpardonable: SC

The top court on Tuesday directed the states to implement a one-nation one-ration card scheme by July 31

30 Jun 2021 7:26 AM

Attorney General K K Venugopal told this to a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari which was hearing a plea seeking directions to cancel the class 12 exams. (PTI)

Government to take decision within two days on class 12 board exams: AG tells SC

The Supreme Court bench has posted the matter for hearing on June 3

31 May 2021 12:19 PM

It is time the judiciary started taking steps to correct itself, and this could well be a major step towards that direction. (ANI)

AA Edit | Judicial correction

The two judgments triggered widespread outrage among the general public as well as the legal circles

01 Feb 2021 8:51 AM

The top court also issued notice to Maharashtra government and permitted the AG to file an appeal against the January 19 verdict of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court. (ANI)

Skin to Skin contact: SC stays Bombay HC order acquitting man under POCSO

The verdict said that groping a minor's breast without

27 Jan 2021 3:38 PM

Justice Sanjiv Khanna (Photo credit : Wikipedia)

Pavan K. Varma | Why J. Khanna dissented from Central Vista ruling

Justice Sanjiv Khanna, in his dissenting judgment, used a very telling expression to describe the undemocratic opacity of the government

10 Jan 2021 7:17 AM

AA Edit | Rebuke for media, govt

Campaigns that the virus spread was part of a plan to destabilise India were carried not only on social media but the mass media as well

23 Aug 2020 8:09 PM

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan (PTI)

AA Edit | MP govt’s job quotas: Dangerous, desperate

The MP chief minister’s announcement is also in violation of the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment

20 Aug 2020 5:40 PM

Palghar lynching: Supreme Court seeks Maharashtra government's response on pleas

An FIR into the killings was registered on April 18 at the Kasa police station in Palghar.

11 Jun 2020 1:15 PM

Apex court clears permanent commission for women officers in Army

A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud rejected Centre's argument of social norms for denying permanent commission

17 Feb 2020 12:06 PM

A bench comprising justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao said the job of the CoA Vinod Rai will come to an end after former cri cketer Saurav Ganguly-led elected office bearers of the BCCI will take charge. (Photo: Facebook)

Vinod Rai-led CoA shall quit from office after elected office members of BCCI take charge: SC

Supreme Court directed that the CoA headed by former CAG Vinod Rai shall demit office once the elected BCCI officials arrive.

22 Oct 2019 2:39 PM

An official checks the documents submitted by people at an NRC Seva Kendra in Guwahati on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Anomalies in NRC work to the fore

The SOP further said that in such cases, the district registrars of citizen registration would authorise any officer to carry out a probe.

31 Aug 2019 7:02 AM

Current Indian rules do not mandate a tech company to have such an executive stationed in the country. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

SC wants central bank to report on WhatsApp's compliance with local data rules

WhatsApp has been testing a peer-to-peer payments service for over a year in India.

03 Aug 2019 10:53 AM

The latest development would mean that the Indian archers will have a new administrative set-up before the marquee World Championship from June 10. (Photo: PTI)

AAI president BVP Rao resigns after SC ruling

Justices AM Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi Wednesday ordered that fresh elections be held for Archery Association of India within four weeks.

01 May 2019 3:52 PM

SC to take up electoral bond matter on April 10

Prashant Bhushan alleged that 95% electoral bonds sold so far to the tune of Rs 2,000 crore have been in favour of the BJP.

06 Apr 2019 5:52 AM

The apex court perused the NITI Aayog's report which said that various authorities were passing the buck and shying away from their responsibility. (Representational image)

Delhi groundwater depletion "serious problem": SC

'You are doing nothing to reduce water consumption, there is no plan for recharge and preservation of groundwater,' the bench said.

11 Jul 2018 3:48 PM

Court is not a substitute for a democratic political process

Executive and legislative excesses can be cured by courts.

08 Jul 2018 12:46 AM

Judges remain hooked to arcane law as it suits them

Civil contempt lies in obstructing the enforcement of a court order in civil proceedings.

24 Jun 2018 6:07 AM

Congress and six other parties had submitted an impeachment notice to VP Venkaiah Naidu on Friday against CJI Dipak Misra. (Photo: File)

Facing impeachment, CJI Dipak Misra to go about his duties as usual

Beginning this week, CJI Dipak Misra will hear some contentious cases including the ongoing Aadhar case.

22 Apr 2018 10:38 AM

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh (Photo: File)

Punjab CM Amarinder defends govt stand in road rage case against minister Navjot Sidhu

The state government in the apex court had favoured Punjab, Haryana HC verdict convicting Navjot Singh Sidhu in the 1988 case.

14 Apr 2018 6:07 PM

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