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Supreme Court of India
SC rejects plea challenging EC's decision to hold WB Assembly polls in eight phases
The plea had sought the SC's direction to prevent the EC from conducting 8-phase polls in W Bengal, alleging that it violates Articles 14
09 Mar 2021 1:05 PM
AA Edit | Dissent not sedition: SC sends govt clear signal
The criminalising of dissent is the clearest sign of an authoritarian government
05 Mar 2021 8:38 AM
AA Edit | Rape case: Bizarre suggestion
The court’s job was limited to see if the man in the dock is guilty or innocent or if he deserves a lenient treatment
03 Mar 2021 10:15 AM
AA Edit | Pay heed to ex-judge’s plea
Criticisms of Supreme Court judgments by retired members of the top judiciary are not unknown
10 Feb 2021 8:36 AM
Mary Mitzy | Ensuring justice in virtual courts: Who controls the mute button?
Today, nine months on, the Supreme Court still takes up only urgent matters for hearing
08 Jan 2021 4:06 AM
V. Vijayasai Reddy | Justice hurried is justice buried
The speedy disposal paradigm also conflicts with the present condition of fast track courts in the country
13 Dec 2020 11:59 PM
Pavan K Varma | Will apex court protect liberty for all citizens?
The administering of justice should never be selective, or so lacking in humanity that it revolts the human conscience
16 Nov 2020 10:31 AM
Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami gets interim bail from Supreme Court
The three accused were arrested by Alibaug police in Maharashtra's Raigad district on November 4
11 Nov 2020 5:09 PM
Ashwani Kumar | Ensuring dignity for all, respect for the law, still a key challenge
Questions about the Supreme Court’s vacillation and seeming incapacity to enforce its judgments, have diminished judicial prestige
28 Oct 2020 9:34 AM
Edit | India's judiciary must be above suspicion
The political rivalry between YSRC chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his arch-rival Telugu Desam chief N Chandrababu Naidu is irrelevant here
12 Oct 2020 11:33 PM
SC seeks Centre's reply on pleas challenging constitutionality of farm laws
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, in a hearing conducted via video conferencing, issued notice to the central government
12 Oct 2020 4:26 PM
Tablighi case: Freedom of speech & expression most abused right in recent times, says SC
The court sought an affidavit from the I&B secretary with details of steps taken in the past to stop motivated media reporting in such cases
08 Oct 2020 1:51 PM
NGO seeks transfer of probe into Hathras incident to CBI, moves SC
The Uttar Pradesh government, which filed an affidavit in the case this week, also urged the top court to order CBI probe into the incident
08 Oct 2020 1:21 PM
Protest, but only at designation places: Supreme Court on Shaheen Bagh
The top court's verdict came on a plea against the anti-CAA protests which had led to blocking of a road in Shaheen Bagh last December
08 Oct 2020 1:12 PM
Tell us about steps taken to protect Hathras case witnesses: Supreme Court to Yogi govt
Chief Justice SA Bobde termed the incident as horrible and extraordinary
06 Oct 2020 2:30 PM
Relief for MSMEs: Centre waives off compound interest on loans during pandemic
Any individual/entity whose loan amount is more than Rs 2 crore will not be eligible for waiver of the compounding of interest.
03 Oct 2020 2:52 PM
Supreme Court seeks J-K administration's response on Mehbooba Mufti detention plea
A bench of Justices SK Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy granted 15 days to the Union Territory to file response
29 Sep 2020 3:49 PM
Centre tells Supreme Court: Regulate digital media, not television channels
Centre says setting up a committee to lay down guidelines for the regulation of content on TV channels neither warranted nor permissible
18 Sep 2020 12:50 PM
Ajay Maken moves Supreme Court seeking rehabilitation of slum dwellers in Delhi
On August 31, the top court has directed that the slum dwellings will be removed in a phased manner.
11 Sep 2020 3:03 PM
Supreme Court stays implementation of reservation to Marathas in education, jobs
On November 30, 2018, the Maharashtra legislature had passed a bill granting 16-per cent reservation to Marathas.
09 Sep 2020 4:27 PM
Columns
Was planning an eight-phase poll spread over a month, and during a pandemic too boot, wrong, after all?
India’s urban unemployment is at a historic high and, more important, the participation rate of India’s labour force is at a historic low
The last time the Taliban had taken over Afghanistan, 26 years ago, India’s historical presence in Afghanistan was forced to abruptly end
Politicians are voted in and voted out for a variety of reasons, but rarely have they been voted out for incompetence