Context: A CJI -led bench has decided to examine a petition challenging mandatory minimum sentencing in the case of gang rape of a minor below the ag… Continue Reading
Context: The SC refused to entertain a PIL challenging the decisions of the Uttarakhand and Gujarat governments to constitute committees for implemen… Continue Reading
Context: A Bench led by the Chief Justice of India (D.Y. Chandrachud) agreed that urgent steps need to be taken to enforce Section 136A of the Motor … Continue Reading
Context: The SC held there is no reason to impose “additional restrictions” on the right to free speech {under Article 19(2) of the Indian Consti… Continue Reading
Context: Recently, the Supreme Court has passed a verdict on the Demonetisation of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 in a majority 4-1 by a five-… Continue Reading
Context: Recently, the Delhi High Court recently passed an interim order to prevent the unlawful use of a Bollywood star’s name, image and voice. … Continue Reading
Supreme Court Judgement: Justice Kant wrote: “Society has a right to lead a peaceful and fearless life, without free-roaming criminals creating h… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Judgement: The intention to abet suicide cannot be assumed and it needs to be backed by solid, visible proof. A three-judge Bench … Continue Reading
The Supreme Court, in an order on 31st August 2020 had directed the removal of 48,000 slums along the railway tracks in the national capital within th… Continue Reading
The Supreme Court has prioritised the need to expeditiously complete trial in over 4,000 criminal cases, from corruption to money laundering, pending … Continue Reading
The Supreme Court has reached out to Attorney-General K.K. Venugopal to act as amicus curiae and assist it with legal questions raised in a contempt c… Continue Reading
The Supreme Court has ordered the Centre to adhere to a Union Road Ministry circular of March 2018. The circular had advised against building full-… Continue Reading
NEWS: The Supreme Court has expanded a Hindu woman’s right to be a joint legal heir and inherit ancestral property on terms equal to male heirs. … Continue Reading
The Supreme Court has removed a Minister against whom disqualification petitions were pending before the Speaker since 2017. The court invoked its dis… Continue Reading
News: CJI Sharad A. Bobde expressed alarm about trial courts issuing death warrants in undue haste without offering condemned prisoners a chance to… Continue Reading
News: The Supreme Court has delivered a sharp rebuke to the government by asking it to adhere to its own stated policy, articulated on February 25,… Continue Reading
Details: Women Army Officers in a jubilant mood in New Delhi on Monday after Supreme Court directed the Centre to grant permanent commission to wom… Continue Reading
News: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered political parties to publish the entire criminal history of their candidates for Assembly and Lok Sabha… Continue Reading
News: A five-judge bench that heard the Sabarimala review petitions framed seven questions to be answered by a larger bench, resulting in the const… Continue Reading
News: The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Amendment Act of 2018, which nullified its own controversial… Continue Reading
Context: Supreme Court Judgment. Details: The SC emphasizing its past judgments has held that reservation in advancement in open posts cannot… Continue Reading
Abstract: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad A. Bobde on Thursday said a condemned person cannot fight the death penalty endlessly and it was impo… Continue Reading
News: CJI's statement clarifying that the electoral bond scheme will not be stayed by the SC. Details: There have been pleas filed in the SC … Continue Reading
Context: Supreme Court Judgment. Background: Right to private property was a fundamental right under Article 31 of the Indian Constitution. … Continue Reading