Supreme Court

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2024 | Last Update : 11:24 PM IST

Supreme Court Upholds Election of Independent MLA in Arunachal

SC held that candidates are not required to disclose each and every moveable property owned by them

10 Apr 2024 1:59 AM

SC hears Karnataka on Centre fund release

The bench urged for cooperation between the Centre and the state, stating that there should not be a contest over the issue

09 Apr 2024 1:11 AM

AA Edit | Heed SC message on climate

Landmark Supreme Court Ruling: Right to Equality Extended to Include Protection Against Climate Change

09 Apr 2024 12:05 AM

AA Edit | Only probe can establish facts of murky poll bond sales

Supreme Court strikes down electoral bond scheme, revealing potential violations, sparking calls for court-monitored investigation.

27 Mar 2024 12:05 AM

JMM legislator Sita Soren, the sister-in-law of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, after joining the party, in New Delhi, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)

Manish Tewari | Don’t be in haste to curtail parliamentary privileges

Unpacking the implications of the Sita Soren verdict

24 Mar 2024 12:05 AM

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

AA Edit | Balaji: SC upholds CM’s primacy

The Supreme Court had to remind governors that they hold no veto power over the right of the state legislatures in lawmaking

08 Jan 2024 12:00 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

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (File Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | A judicial rap for Netanyahu

The Israeli army may have strategically decided to pull some troops from Gaza

03 Jan 2024 12:00 AM

AA Edit | HC’s telling call on ED powers

The orders of the constitutional courts will resonate in the higher echelons of the agency concerned

30 Nov 2023 12:00 AM

The Supreme Court of India designating a bill returned by a state governor and readopted by the state Assembly as money bill is one of the most important outcomes of the litigation some state governments have initiated against the arbitrary acts of their governors. This order of the apex court would bind the governors to sign the bills into law, denying them a discretionary power which never existed in the first place. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | Court Finds a Way to Rein in Wayward Governors

The court has done nothing except interpreting the spirit of Article 200 of the Constitution which has clearly stated

21 Nov 2023 11:14 PM

The panel has forwarded the ludicrous suggestion to make the new law gender-neutral so that the woman in the relationship gets a punishment equal to the man. This is a cure worse than the disease as it fully extinguishes her choice with respect to relationships. (Representational Image: DC)

AA Edit | Let society evolve; resist return of regressive laws

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has time and again spoken about getting rid of the colonial laws

16 Nov 2023 12:00 AM

AA Edit | Why governors need to study the Constitution

One of the worst displays of gubernatorial excesses in Independent India was orchestrated by Tamil Nadu governor R.N. Ravi

01 Jul 2023 12:05 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (PTI file photo)

AA Edit | SC puts Mamata on the spot over poll violence

The court order came in the backdrop of violence in several parts of the state

21 Jun 2023 12:15 AM

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (ANI file image)

AA Edit | Listen to Kejriwal’s warning

The Ordinance is the product of the Union govt’s unwillingness to go by that profound principle, or with the SC which sought to underline it

13 Jun 2023 12:00 AM

The government must realise that the country earned global notoriety by imposing Internet shutdown 84 times in 2022, the highest for a nation. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | Manipur’s Net shutdown is excessive and uncalled for

The SC had in 2020 ruled that indefinite shutdown of Internet is curtailment of fundamental rights, an abuse of power and not permissible

07 Jun 2023 12:10 AM

All Opposition parties, in their own self-interest, must come together to oppose this ordinance when it comes up for ratification in Parliament. (Photo: PTI

Pavan Varma | Opp. must join hands, fight back over Delhi ordinance

It is becoming more than apparent that the BJP is acrimoniously unreconciled to losing electoral battles

27 May 2023 8:54 PM

AA Edit | Centre ordinance on Delhi is an open challenge to SC

It is for the apex court to determine how to view the open challenge posed to its prestige and authority by the Narendra Modi government

24 May 2023 12:10 AM

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (Photo: PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Secy falls in line after showcause notice, but Delhi govt woes linger

What the ongoing power tussle shows are the complex dynamics of administrative authority in Delhi

19 May 2023 12:00 AM

The effort should be to find comprehensive solutions to legal and practical issues which have constitutional backing. (Photo: Pixabay)

AA Edit | Let gay couples live normally

The govt’s position reflects a refreshing change from the earlier one of extreme denial, calling same-sex marriage an urban elitist concept

05 May 2023 12:10 AM

AA Edit | Court wages war on hate

Haters are not part of the solution; they are out there only to aggravate problems and must be resisted by society with all available tools

03 May 2023 12:15 AM

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