The Supreme Court, led by Justice A.S. Bopanna, has recently directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to provide details of the affirmative action taken to address caste discrimination on campuses. Referring to... Read more »
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea on July 10 challenging the decision of the Varanasi district magistrate to demolish a building owned by the Sarva Sewa Sangh. The... Read more »
The Supreme Court upheld the order of NGT that had directed a Chennai-based private builder company, Purvankara Projects, to pay ₹5.5 crores for violating environmental laws. The Apex Court observed that compensation... Read more »
The Supreme Court of India, while pronouncing the sentence for four Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front (JKIF) militants convicted in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar bomb blast, emphasized the importance of speedy trials.... Read more »
The Supreme Court recently commenced phase one of its neutral citation system. The prescribed format for the neutral citation entails the first four digits representing the year of the judgment, followed by... Read more »
The Supreme Court has issued notice in a special leave petition (SLP) filed by a husband challenging a court direction that allowed his wife, who accused him of adultery, to obtain and... Read more »
The Supreme Court has recently observed that trial courts have a crucial duty to conduct a proper preliminary examination of minor witnesses before recording their evidence. This examination is necessary to determine... Read more »
The Supreme Court emphasized that courts cannot impose sentences lesser than the minimum punishments prescribed in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The bench, consisting of Justices Abhay S.... Read more »
The Supreme Court has instructed the Sessions Judge in West Bengal to address and resolve the plea of Mohammad Shami’s estranged wife within a month. It was emphasized that if this timeframe... Read more »
The Supreme Court, consisting of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and Manoj Misra, has declined to entertain a plea filed by two Manipur residents regarding the recurring... Read more »