The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 24, reserved its order on Karnataka government’s plea to cancel bail granted by the Karnataka High Court to actor Darshan Thoogudeepa in the Renukaswamy murder case, and observed that the approach of the court was “troubling”. The order was also criticised as “perverse exercise of judicial power”. A bench…
In his plea, Justice Varma has said the invocation of in-house procedure against him was improper and invalid since it was done in absence of any formal complaint. He has also alleged that “unprecedented” public disclosure of the allegations via a press release by the top court had subjected him to media trial. According to…
The Supreme Court today (July 22) ordered an IPS officer and her parents to issue an unconditional public apology to her ex-husband, and his family for the “physical and mental trauma” caused by multiple criminal cases filed against them during their matrimonial dispute. The Court noted that the husband was jailed for 109 days and…
The Supreme Court will hear today a bunch of petitions challenging the Election Commission’s “Special Intensive Revision” of Electoral Rolls in Bihar. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi will hear the matters. Petitions have been filed by the MPs Mahua Moitra (Trinamool Congress), Manoj Kumar Jha (Rashtriya Janata Dal), leaders of major…
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 10) told the Election Commission of India to consider Aadhaar card, voter ID card and ration card also as acceptable documents for the “Special Intensive Revision” of electoral rolls in Bihar. The Court also recorded the ECI’s submission that the list of eleven documents specified by it in its…
The Supreme Court administration has taken the unprecedented step of writing to the Union government seeking the official Chief Justice residence be urgently vacated and returned to the court’s housing pool, noting that its current occupant —former CJI Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud — has stayed beyond the permissible period. A July 1 communication from the Supreme…
Last Updated:June 27, 2025, 14:43 IST A Bench of Justice Siddharth noted that courts have been flooded with such cases ever since live-in relationships were ‘legalised’ by the Supreme Court The court’s observation came while granting bail to a man accused of sexually exploiting a woman under a false promise of marriage. (Representative Image) The…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition challenging the Assam government’s push-back policy aimed at tackling alleged infiltration from Bangladesh.The plea was filed by the All BTC Minority Students Union, which alleged that the Assam government had launched a sweeping and indiscriminate campaign to detain and deport individuals suspected of…
Justice Abhay Oka during his farewell speech organized by the Supreme Court Bar Association reflected on his judicial journey and gave various suggestions for reforming the judiciary. He raised concerns about the case listing practices in the Supreme Court and suggested reforms to improve transparency and fairness. He noted that the Supreme Court must move…
21 May 2025 12:42 PM IST SG Mehta: Now, the Gov found while registration is necessary, not brought to your notice, malafide is going on and the property was dealt with the way Muttawalli wanted Central Gov appointed a committee, 1976, report was implemented and law was passed but not given effect. findings of committee-…
