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The Supreme Court concluded that the judgment of the Madras High Court needs to be affirmed and it dismissed the appeals challenging that verdict while the appeals against the judgment of the Gujarat High Court were allowed. — PTI

ITC not admissible for services: SC

Hearing appeals on the contradictory judgements by Gujarat and Madras high courts, SC urged the GST Council to take a policy decision on it

14 Sep 2021 8:43 AM

The court further noted that at the present stage, it will be difficult to issue general directions, especially with regard to diversity of conditions and our directions should not infringe upon the administrative powers of the state governments. (PTI)

Directing door-to-door vaccination is not feasible: Supreme Court

A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud also dismissed another PIL, which demanded compensation for kin in each Covid death

09 Sep 2021 3:02 AM

The court further ordered that Supertech will pay the RWA Rs 2 crore as cost in one. (PTI)

Raze Supertech towers in Noida in three months: SC

Supertech in a statement has said that it will seek the review of the top court judgment directing demolition of two 40-storey towers

01 Sep 2021 6:49 AM

The other two women judges, except Justice Nagarathna are Justice Hima Kohli, chief justice of the Telangana high court, and Justice Bela Trivedi of the Gujarat high court. (Twitter)

Nagarathna may become India’s first woman CJI

Justice Nagarathna has been elevated from the Karnataka high court

27 Aug 2021 4:47 AM

The court left it to the respective high courts to pass orders to the trial courts for day-to-day hearings for an expeditious completion of the trials of MPs and MLAs facing criminal charges. (PTI)

CBI, ED probe delay in MP, MLA cases irks Supreme Court

Singh, appearing for a PIL petitioner, told the court that while a govt job was barred for a bureaucrat if convicted in a corruption case

26 Aug 2021 7:03 AM

SC allows women to appear in NDA examination, asks UPSC to issue notification

SC told the Additional Solicitor General that this policy decision is based on gender discrimination

19 Aug 2021 12:00 AM

The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking a probe into the Pegasus spyware snooping. (PTI)

SC seeks Centre's reply to PILs over Pegasus snooping

The court said that no one, including the petitioners, will seek anything that may compromise the national security

18 Aug 2021 7:21 AM

Saying Justice Nariman was a “lion who guarded the judicial institution”, Chief Justice Ramana hailed him for his “erudition, clarity of thought and scholarly approach”. — PTI

Feel like losing a lion, CJI on Nariman’s retirement

There exists a misconception in the minds of people that judges stay in big bungalows, work only from 10 to 4, Chief Justice Ramana said

13 Aug 2021 7:45 AM

SC asks Kerala to explain easing of COVID curbs for Bakrid

The Supreme Court will hold a hearing on this on Tuesday

20 Jul 2021 7:04 AM

The Supreme Court early this month issued a notice to the Centre on the use of Section 66A of the IT Act and said that it was shocking that the judgment striking down the law has not been implemented even now. (AA file photo)

MHA asks states to order cops not to register cases under scrapped section of IT Act

Recently, the SC had said that it was shocking that the judgment striking down the law has not been implemented even now

14 Jul 2021 11:57 PM

Delhi Riots: SC dismisses plea by Facebook India's Vice President

SC said that he has the option of not answering questions before the committee if they fall within the prohibited domains

09 Jul 2021 12:36 AM

Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. (Photo:PTI)

TMC writes to PM seeking solicitor general's removal over meeting with Suvendu

Adhikari, leader of the opposition in the West Bengal assembly, denied the charge

03 Jul 2021 12:34 AM

The state government said it will tentatively hold the Class 12 examination in the last week of July and the time table would be issued shortly. (PTI Photo)

Will be able to successfully conduct Class 12 board examination, AP govt tells SC

The top court is hearing a plea seeking directions to state governments to not hold board examinations in view of the COVID-19 pandemic

23 Jun 2021 8:34 PM

What we need is meticulous and unfailing enforcement of what the court had laid down as the law of sedition, and not a fresh definition. Perhaps that’s what Justice Chandrachud meant, but it’s not what he said. (Photo:PTI)

Karan Thapar | Sedition: Time for SC to enforce its own rulings

96 per cent of sedition cases for criticising politicians and governments over the last decade were registered after 2014

11 Jun 2021 12:11 AM

Flagging several other flaws in its vaccine policy -- including shortage of vaccine doses and problems faced by rural people in accessing vaccines -- the court also directed the Centre to give an outline for “how and when the Central government seeks to vaccinate the remaining population in phases 1, 2 and 3” . — PTI

SC slams Centre’s vaccination policy as ‘irrational’, asks for purchase data

The top court also sought data on the percentage of population that has been vaccinated (with one dose and both doses)

03 Jun 2021 1:03 AM

The Centre said the entire eligible population would be vaccinated by the end of 2021. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Policy makers must have 'ears on ground', SC tells Centre on vaccination policy

You must smell the coffee and see what is happening across the country, the Supreme Court said

31 May 2021 2:07 PM

It is significant that Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, at his first press conference after taking office, made it clear his government would seek NRC re-verification. — By arrangement

NRC coordinator moves apex court for comprehensive reverification

Sarma also pleaded that in the “Original Inhabitants” category and the “Persons from other States” category, errors had been detected

14 May 2021 7:50 AM

Any overzealous, though well-meaning judicial intervention may lead to unforeseen and unintended consequences in absence of any expert advice, the Centre told the top court. — AFP

Differential vaccine pricing is right, Centre tells Supreme Court

Government defends move, says it is to incentivise vaccine makers

11 May 2021 7:54 AM

SC steps in, sets up 12-member National Task Force to manage O2, pandemic

'Union government shall act on Task Force's recommendations, including on allocation of oxygen'

08 May 2021 10:28 PM

SC quashes Maharashtra law granting quota to Marathas, refuses to revisit old verdict

The court said that to change the 50 per cent limit is to have a society which is not founded on equality but based on caste rule

05 May 2021 11:05 PM

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