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Supreme Court of India. (File Image: ANI)

AA Edit | Verdict on MPS’ bribery puts free speech at risk

While welcomed for curbing corruption, concerns arise over potential impact on free and fearless discussions in legislatures

06 Mar 2024 12:00 AM

DMK youth wing secretary and Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin. (PTI)

SC raps Stalin Jr over Sanatan remark

Stalin’s controversial statement was made during a conference in September 2023

05 Mar 2024 1:55 AM

Vote-for-bribe: SC says no immunity from prosecution to MPs, MLAs

The apex court overruled a five-judge bench’s 1998 verdict in the JMM bribery case

05 Mar 2024 1:38 AM

the Supreme Court (SC) struck down the legality of electoral bonds. That was the right decision, considering that the bonds did nothing to eliminate the deliberate opacity in the role of anonymous money in politics, except to make the donations through a bank transfer. Everything else remained the same, or even worse: The donor was unknown, the party receiving the funds unknown, the cap on amount of funding removed, and donations from foreign sources — not allowed earlier — made unlimited. (Image:AP)

Pavan Varma | Bonds, not black money, gone: All eyes now on EC

Supreme Court's striking down of electoral bonds underscores the need for comprehensive reforms to combat corruption

03 Mar 2024 12:00 AM

SC Raps Returning Officer For Defacing Mayor Ballot Paper

The court said it would review on Tuesday the ballot papers of Chandigarh mayoral polls and the entire video-recording of the counting day

20 Feb 2024 1:47 AM

Supreme Court junks electoral bonds over secrecy

Orders disclosure of donors, amount, recipients by March 13; petitioners say it is a big boost to democracy

16 Feb 2024 1:42 AM

Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad addresses a press conference at BJP HQ, in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. (PTI)

Bonds were part of poll reforms: BJP

The BJP sought to downplay the verdict, urging respect for the judiciary and accusing Opposition parties of politicising the issue

16 Feb 2024 12:29 AM

SC rejects plea against CEC, EC appointments; to hear petitions

The Court agreed to examine a batch of petitions challenging the new Act and issued a notice to the Centre

13 Jan 2024 12:41 AM

SC Upholds Decision to Cap Number of Visits by Prisoners' Kin, Counsel

A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal said it was not inclined to interfere with the high court order as it a policy decision

10 Jan 2024 3:06 AM

Bilkis Bano case: SC quashes remission granted to 11 convicts

Accusing the Gujarat government of abusing its power, the Supreme Court said that the remission order was without “application of mind”

09 Jan 2024 2:00 AM

The Supreme Court of India. (File Image: ANI)

AA Edit | Sebi probe must be time-bound

Institutional credibility is paramount in a democracy, whether it is market regulator or the judiciary

04 Jan 2024 12:00 AM

Supreme Court of India. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

AA Edit | Executive powers must be defined in a ‘federal’ India

The Supreme Court, armed with vast powers, must step in and stop constitutional actors from crossing their limits.

19 Dec 2023 12:31 AM

Shah, who had moved the legislation in Parliament to abrogate Article 370 and turned the erstwhile state into two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh — said Prime Minister Modi took a visionary decision five years ago that brought peace and normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: PTI)

Article 370 Verdict is Historic, Say Modi, Shah

The Union home minister said growth and development have brought new meaning to life in the Valley, which was once torn apart by violence

12 Dec 2023 12:53 AM

The Supreme Court also directed the Election Commission of India to hold the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir by September 30 next year. (AP)

Order to scrap J&K’s special status Constitutionally valid: SC

Calls for restoration of statehood; polls by September ’24

12 Dec 2023 12:37 AM

AA Edit | SC tells HCs: Don't sermonise

Desist is the order coming from the highest court now.

11 Dec 2023 12:05 AM

The official sources said that the J&K police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) permanently standing guard at hundreds of pillboxes and sandbag bunkers in the cities and towns and those sent out on a daily basis for performing law and order duties will be joined by additional armed personnel to reinforce security and thwart off threats to peace. (PTI Photo)

Security Tight for J&K Verdict Tomorrow

The police and other law-enforcing agencies in Ladakh, too, have been put on high alert, reports from Leh and Kargil said

10 Dec 2023 2:38 AM

SC Senior counsel Dushyant Dave. (File Image)

Dave Writes to CJI on Listing of Cases in SC

The letter, written by Dave, who is a former president of the SCBA, urged the Chief Justice to take immediate corrective measures

07 Dec 2023 12:41 AM

Governor Can't Refer Bills for Presidential Assent Once Withheld: Supreme Court

The bills are related to different departments including law, agriculture and higher education

02 Dec 2023 1:14 AM

Governors Can't Keep Bills Pending Indefinitely: Supreme Court

The top court said federalism and democracy, both parts of the basic structure, are inseparable

25 Nov 2023 2:38 AM

SC to Consider Same-sex Wedding Plea

Multiple petitions have been filed before the top court, seeking a review of the order in the matter

24 Nov 2023 2:14 AM

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