Chief Justice of India is the ‘Master of Roster’, and is tasked with constituting benches of two or more judges and assigning cases to the benches. The Chief Justice is typically appointed... Read more »
The Supreme Court on Friday praised the highlighted concern in a plea addressing the necessity for page limits on court-filed petitions. However, it noted that may be difficult to frame the “one... Read more »
The Syro-Malabar church, an influential Catholic church in Kerala, has expressed its strong opposition against the legal validation sought for same-sex marriages. Hailing the stand of Union government in the Supreme Court,... Read more »
The Supreme Court today notify the Centre considering arranging a committee of experts to examine an extensive mode of execution of death row convicted by hanging in the country. The bench comprising... Read more »
The Supreme Court has recently allowed judicial services aspirants suffering from writer’s cramp to get a scribe to write his preliminary examination for civil judges in Uttarakhand. The candidate, Dhananjay Kumar approached... Read more »
The Supreme Court asked the Varanasi district collector today to ensure that a sufficient number of plastic tubs with water is made available for “wazu” (ritual ablution) for Muslim devotees at the... Read more »
A plea has been mentioned today before the Supreme Court claiming that the women’s toilet in Ooty District Court has been sealed. The petitioner’s advocate told Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY... Read more »
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on April 28 a fresh plea against the Bihar government’s decision to conduct a caste-based survey in the state. The division bench of Chief Justice... Read more »
The Supreme Court today agreed to list for hearing a plea challenging the Karnataka government’s decision to scrap the 4% reservation for Muslims in the state. The bench comprising Chief Justice DY... Read more »
The Supreme Court has today agreed to hear a plea by the arrangement committee of Gyanvapi Masjid seeking permission to perform wudu (washing of hands and face for religious purposes) inside the... Read more »