Supreme Court of India

Attorney General K. K. Venugopal has declined consent to initiate contempt proceeding against actress Swara Bhaskar for her comments against the Supreme Court on social media.

Need to ensure that E-Lok Adalat remains the ‘People’s Lok Adalat’: said Justice N.V. Ramana, Judge, Supreme Court of India and Executive Chairman, National Legal Services Authority, during the virtual accomplishment ceremony of the online Lok Adalat.

Supreme Court has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government and SP on a writ petition seeking transfer of investigation and trial of the criminal case filed against the Additional Chief Standing counsel of the UP Govt. who has been made accused of rape by a young practicing lawyer from Delhi.

On Monday a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether right to free speech and expression of persons holding public offices may be curtailed by other fundamental rights.

The University Grants Commission has directed that final exams should be held, with Covid-19 precautions observed and in a possible hybrid form. Proceedings in the Supreme Court on the issue are examining the likely options which affect the future of all students

In the wake of Covid-19, all courts have remained shut for nearly five months and have been holding hearings through video conferencing. Although lockdown restrictions were eased from June onwards, courts have continued to hold only virtual hearings.

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions “to refrain from holding upcoming elections in Bihar till the state is declared COVID 19 and flood free.”

Our democracy in true sense is in threat if our press is not allowed to function freely, said Senior Advocate Vikas Singh during the hearing of plea filed by veteran journalist Vinod Dua seeking quashing of FIR registered against him.

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court against the press release by State of Tamil Nadu by which it had disallowed the installation of Vinayaka idols and procession of the idols for immersion in sea or water bodies.

The Supreme Court today dismissed as infructuous a plea seeking an in-house probe into alleged acts of "commission and omission" by former CJI Ranjan Gogoi during his tenure as Supreme Court judge.