Supreme Court

Senior Advocate Indira Jaising on Monday (August 20) urged the apex court that contempt notice should be issued to the Rajasthan government in the Alwar lynching case (which happened on July 21) as th...

The apex court on Thursday (August 16) directed easier access of the final draft National Register for Citizens (NRC) to all districts, which was until now available only at the NRC Seva Kendra. Th...

In the case about continuation of reservation of the SC/ST category even into promotions, arguments before the Supreme Court constitution bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Kurian Joseph,...

Above: CJI Dipak Misra On the occasion of the flag hoisting ceremony at the Supreme Court on India’s 72nd Independence Day on Wednesday, two comments took centre stage. In one, Chief Justice Dipak ...

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Tuesday (August 14) launched a slew of mobile applications for the benefit of litigants as well as for the lawyers. The applications for E-Filing, E-Payment and N...

The Bihar government on Tuesday (August 14) apprised the apex court as to what steps are being taken by it to rehabilitate the rape victims of the infamous Muzaffarpur shelter home. Advocate Ranjit...

The top court on Tuesday (August 14) agreed to hear a plea filed by a group of 350 Indian Army soldiers challenging the dilution of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that gives immunity to m...

Above: Photo by Anil Shakya The Supreme Court on Monday (August 13) okayed the Central government’s move to colour-code diesel, CNG, petrol and electric vehicles. According to the move, blue col...

Taking a serious note of the recent mob lynching incident in Hapur (UP) in which two persons were thrashed over suspicion of killing a cow, the apex court on Monday (August 13) directed Meerut Inspect...

The BJP’s and the Communist Party of India’s (Marxist) case against the West Bengal state election commission seemed rather weak when they came up against heavy fire from senior counsels employed by t...