Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul

Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud on Saturday said the right to free legal aid is equal to the basic right to equality, which referring to the six-week Pan India Awareness and Outreach Campaign organised by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and launched by President Ram Nath Kovind.

The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that if a vehicle is being used/driven without a valid registration, an insurance claim can be rejected, since it constitutes a fundamental breach of the terms and conditions of the contract of insurance.

The Supreme Court on Thursday heard a plea seeking directions to clear the roads blocked due to the farmers' protest and said redressal can be through judicial forum or parliamentary debates, not by blocking the roads.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held Rajiv Dahiya, MD of Rajasthan-based NGO Suraz India Trust, guilty of contempt of Court for not complying with its earlier order of depositing exemplary cost of Rs 25 lakh for casting "imaginary and scandalous accusations" on the judiciary.

Supreme Court bench while staying the Bombay High Court order, said that Gehna would not be arrested in the third FIR registered in the case.

The Central government on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to allow women to be inducted for permanent commission (PC) in the defence forces through the National Defence Academy (NDA) and the Naval Academy.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file an affidavit on an interim bail plea filed by 74-year-old former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar on health grounds, who was convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

The Supreme Court on Monday, while hearing a plea seeking directions to clear the roads, which were blocked due to the farmers' protest, said the solution lies in the hands of the Centre and the concerned state governments, and that the roads should not be blocked for any reason whatsoever.

The Supreme Court on Monday imposed a cost of Rs 25000 on the state of Himachal Pradesh for filing an appeal after a delay of 650 days against the acquittal of a man convicted and sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment in a POCSO case.

The petition in Supreme Court challenged the Punjab and Haryana High Court order, which had dismissed the appellant plea, noting that custody period alone cannot be a ground for suspension of sentence.