The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the legal question of whether a state government is empowered to make a sub-classification in scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST) for... Read more »
The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Delhi police on a plea seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into the deaths of two students from IIT Delhi.... Read more »
The Supreme Court recently stayed the Kerala High Court order that declared CPI(M) MLA A. Raja’s election to the Devikulam reserved constituency as void. The CPI (M) MLA had moved the Supreme Court to... Read more »
The Bombay High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking legal action against former Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari for comments he made regarding Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Mahatma Phule, his wife Savitribai, and “Marathi... Read more »
The Kerala High Court recently quashed the election of Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate A Raja from Devikulam constituency in the 2021 State assembly election as null and void. Justice P Somarajan was... Read more »
The Madras High Court has recently ordered the Tamil Nadu police to allow S Kousalya to hold a public meeting in memory of her husband, Shankar, who was hacked to death in... Read more »
The Madras High Court recently dismissed the appointment of three persons as Archakas at the Arulmighu Subramaniya Swamy Thirukoil in Trichy, citing that the appointments were not in accordance with the Agama. The... Read more »
The Orissa High Court recently dismissed charges against two people under Section 3 of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, for insulting a Scheduled Caste person. The Single-Judge... Read more »
The Karnataka High Court issued notice to the State government on Thursday in a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of Seats in Educational... Read more »
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently denied bail to Hashim, who is accused of raping a girl from the Scheduled Caste (SC) community while impersonating himself as a Hindu. The bench of... Read more »