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'Everyone Has Right To Choose Medical Care' : Supreme Court Gives Abhishek Banerjee Foreign Travel Permission For Eye Treatment
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Trinamool Congress member and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee to travel abroad for a period of three weeks for medical treatment of his eye.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana allowed Banerjee's appeal against the Calcutta High Court's refusal to relax the restriction on foreign travel, which...
Supreme Court Adjourns UBT Plea Challenging MPs' Merger With Shiv Sena As Speaker Doesn't Appear
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned for two weeks the petition filed by Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) member Arvind Ganpat Sawant challenging the Lok Sabha Speaker's decision approving the merger of its six Members of Parliament with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe adjourned the matter noting that there is...
Supreme Court Asks Union, Assam To Reply To Plea Seeking I-Cards For Those Included In NRC List
The Supreme Court today(August 10) directed the Union Government and the State of Assam to file replies in a batch of petitions concerning the issuance of National Register of Citizens (NRC) Identity Cards to persons included in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) list published in August 2019.The petitions have been filed by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, the All Assam Minority Students'...
Manipur Violence : Supreme Court Urges Gauhati High Court Chief Justice To Consider Exclusive Courts For CBI, NIA Cases
The Supreme Court on Monday requested the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court to consider setting up exclusive courts to deal with cases arising out of the Manipur violence that are being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA).A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana...
Supreme Court To Hear Tamil Nadu's Plea On Cauvery Water Release On Thursday
The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday an application filed by the Tamil Nadu government seeking directions to Karnataka to implement the Cauvery Water Management Authority's (CWMA) decision to release 3,500 cusecs of water per day for 15 days from its Kabini and Krishna Raja Sagara reservoirs.Chief Justice of India Surya Kant agreed to list the matter on Thursday following an urgent...
Parliament Clears MSME Development (Amendment) Bill 2026 Addressing Delayed Payments, Enhancing Ease Of Doing Business
The Parliament has cleared the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill 2026, bringing in changes to the MSMED Act which seeks to facilitate growth and development of the MSME sector. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 7 subsequent to its passing by the Rajya Sabha on August 3. The bill now awaits President of India's assent. The salient features of...
LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts: 10 August 2026
LiveLaw is introducing a new feature —'Breaking News Alerts' — designed to keep our readers instantly updated on the most important judicial developments. With real-time coverage of urgent pronouncements and orders from the Supreme Court and High Courts, this feature ensures that critical updates reach you the moment they happen. Whether it's a landmark ruling or an urgent interim...
Republic Of Sliding Doors
On human agency & historical determinism: Small accidents that built Indian constitutional law, and what almost happened insteadIn 1952, Ray Bradbury published a short story about a man who travels back sixty-five million years to shoot a dinosaur and is warned by his guide to stay on a hovering metal path so as not to disturb even a blade of prehistoric grass. The man panics, steps off...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer of Two Orissa High Court Judges
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of two judges from the Orissa High Court to the Gujarat High Court and the Chhattisgarh High Court respectively.The decisions were taken at a meeting of the Collegium held on August 6, 2026.Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak has been recommended for transfer to the Gujarat High Court.The Collegium has also recommended the transfer of...
