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-…
NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and its foreign partners have moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court‘s February ruling quashing an arbitral award in their favour in the dispute with the Centre’s $1.7 billion claim over alleged siphoning of gas from a Krishan=Godavari field off the Andhra coast.RIL filed the lead petition…
In an important judgment relevant to several judiciary aspirants, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 20) restored the condition that a minimum practice of three years as an advocate is necessary for a candidate to apply for entry-level posts in judicial service. The period of practice could be reckoned from the date of provisional enrollment….
NEW DELHI: Cheering most senior court judges who retire into a quiet life, Supreme Court on Monday ordered that all retired HC judges, irrespective of their source of recruitment – whether from the district judiciary or the bar – would be entitled to a uniform basic pension of Rs 13.5 lakh per annum.Six months ago…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has rejected Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah’s apology over his derogatory and communal remarks for a woman military officer and ordered that a new three-member team of IPS officers would now probe the case against him. The court rebuked the minister again for his “crass comments,” with Justice Surya Kant…
