Supreme Court of India

The Central Government has filed a detailed affidavit before the Supreme Court in connection with the loan moratorium case, stating that the difference between compound interest and simple interest will be deposited in the account of borrowers by November 5.

There are a few months to go before Justice N.V. Ramana will take over as India’s 48th Chief Justice. That is the trajectory of the senior most puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of India as per convention and judicial precedent.

The Supreme Court has ordered an interim stay on the Orissa High Court order of banning animal sacrifice during Chhatar Yatra in the Kalahandi district.

Even as the Covid conflagration rages and the nation hurtles towards an economic crisis of unfathomable proportions, controversies surrounding the judiciary continue to compete for the headlines as they have been doing for the last several weeks.

The growing and steady barrage of ad hominem public attacks on sitting senior judges reveal how the Supreme Court has become an arena for target practice by politicians and opportunists from within and outside.

The apex court has disapproved of the way in which the Shaheen Bagh protests took place and ruled that such agitations must be in designated areas alone and public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely.

In a 150-page judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that the wife has the right of residence in the shared family property and not just in the separate property of the husband. This is a verdict under the Domestic Violence Act.

The Supreme Court today reserved its order on a batch of petitions in the alleged Hathras gang rape and murder case. The issues under consideration by the court are: who would monitor the CBI, if the case should be transferred and which agency will provide security.

The Supreme Court bench led by Justice D Y Chandrachud allowed Republic TV's CFO Shiva Sundaram's to withdraw his plea against the summons issued by Mumbai Police to the news channel in connection with the alleged Television Rating Point (TRP) scam.

The Supreme Court has held that mere inclusion in the selection list does not give an indefeasible right to a candidate as the employer has a right to refuse appointment on any valid ground.