While some ruling BJP leaders demand that the Places of Worship Act, 1991 be repealed, legal experts describe it as a weak law with ambiguous clauses
The petition, filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay through advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey, submitted that only those places can be protected, which were...
With Article 142, the Supreme Court has been likened to an entity of 'Natural Law' which theoretically prevails over laws of the land. The article was meant...
According to the order, uploaded on the apex court's website on Saturday, the plea of the Committee of Management Anjuman Intezamia Masjid, which manages the...
The apex court, which was informed about the custom in Tamil Nadu of the marriage of a girl with her maternal uncle, said considering the facts and...
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The petition sought to quash the GO issued in October, 2020, which refused the premature release of Hariharan under GO dated February 1, 2018 of the Home...
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram hit back at Law Minister Kiren Rijiju over his remarks after the Supreme Court put on hold the application of sedition...
Justice Chandra Dhari Singh noted that the charge sheet stood filed in the case and all material as well as evidence was documentary in nature and allowed the...
Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana granted relief to the accused person -- Mohd. Shahid, Mohd. Rashid, Ashabuddin, Abdul Subhan, and Pakistani national...
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One Dhandapani, who while serving as an office assistant in the Panchayat Union Primary School at Karunguzhi in Cuddalore district, died in March 2000. He had...
Days after the Supreme Court Collegium headed by CJI N V Ramana recommended the names of Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Jamshed...
Madhav Godbole's life is testimony that honest and efficient civil servants should keep a measured profile and maintain a dignified stance even in adversity
The order has been reserved by Justice Rahul Chaturvedi. An FIR was lodged against Khan and others for alleged grabbing of enemy property and misappropriation...
Judges calling slum dwellers ‘encroachers’ goes against constitutional human rights and indicates the sorry state of the poor
Legal experts say politically motivated demolition drives threaten rule of law and principles of natural justice
Two First Information Reports (FIRs) were registered against Naik, a former Maharashtra Minister, in Navi Mumbai for alleged rape as well as for offenses under...
The conference is a platform to discuss challenges being faced by the judiciary. A proposal of CJI Ramana to develop infrastructure facilities in courts has...
Convicts Jitendra Shinde and Nitin Bhailume were sentenced to death by a trial court in November 2017 for raping and murdering a minor girl in 2016 in Kopardi...
Taking a stance in linking online gambling with public interest and law and order, the Government stressed on a direct correlation between the crime rate in...
As often quoted and reiterated, judicial independence is nothing but a dual concept. It speaks of freedom from external influences as well as an independent...
Condoling the death of former chief justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, PM Modi said that he will be remembered for his contributions to the judiciary.
The top court has been hearing cases through video-conferencing and later through hybrid mode since March 2020 due to the pandemic.
The top court also stated that a judicial officer while discharging his/her duties is expected to be independent, fearless, impassionate and not impulsive.
We are talking about boosters these days. Booster vaccines, boosters for the economy. We read somewhere that the current budget is a booster for the nation's...
The Supreme Court Collegium has also resolved to reiterate its earlier recommendation for elevation of five Judicial Officers as judges at different high...