Meghalaya Mine Tragedy : SC Urges Centre To Persist With Rescue Operations

“Don’t cease the endeavour,they may be alive”, the bench said.

'One Rank One Pension' Norm For HC Judges: SC Seeks Centre's View [Read Order]

“These petitions highlight the perceived inequalities in the matter of payment of pension to Service Judges as compared to Bar Judges following the decision of this Court in P.Ramakrishnam Raju vs. Union of India.”

Party Not Entitled To Prior Notice When National Security Issue Is Involved: SC Upholds Cancellation Of Cable TV Licenses [Read Judgment]

"Since the grant of permission was subject to obtaining of the security clearance from the concerned Ministry, the competent authority was justified in cancelling the conditional permission for want of security clearance."

Breaking: Delhi High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court today refused to quash the FIR Registered against Rakesh Asthana, CBI Special Director and Devender Kumar, CBI DySP.They were accused of taking Rs. 3 crores in bribe from businessman Sathish Babu Sana to sabotage a money laundering investigation against meat exporter Moin Qureshi. Justice Najmi Waziri of the High Court had reserved its verdict on December 20 on...

Johnson & Johnson Faulty Hip Implants : SC Closes Case Accepting Centre's Compensation Scheme

Taking note of the compensation scheme proposed by the Centre in this behalf, the Supreme Court on Friday disposed off a PIL alleging "faulty" and "deadly" hip implants, manufactured by US-based pharma major Johnson and Johnson, having been fitted into the bodies of as many as 14,525 Indian patients. On October 5 last year, the apex court had asked the Union Ministry of Health and...

'Have Tried To Uphold Integrity Of Institution', Alok Verma Issues Statement After Removal As CBI Director

Allegations were made by "only one person inimical to me", he said

SC Relief To Employee 'Harassed' By Karnataka Govt By Withholding Of Pension [Read Orer]

“We are of the view that once suspension has been revoked and the incumbent has been reinstated, obviously the period has to be counted as ‘spent on duty’ for the purpose of grant of service benefits available on retirement.”

Why Speedy Hearing Of Ayodhya-Babri Case Is Unlikely?

Arduous task awaits the Supreme Court in the hearing of Ayodhya-Babri Masjid title dispute case.Before the Court are appeals arising from the 2010 judgment of Allahabad High Court in four suits.The matter is voluminous, with the judgment running to 4304 pages and depositions of 88 witnesses running to 13,866 pages. 257 documents were marked in the trial, in which 120 issues were framed....

Alok Verma Removed As CBI Director By High Powered Committee [Read Order]

Alok Verma, who was reinstated as CBI Director by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, was removed by the High Powered Selection Committee today eveningThe Committee consisting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, SC judge Justice A K Sikri(CJI nominee) and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge has decided to transfer him to the post of Director General Fire Services, for his residual term which will...

Children Born Out Of Void Marriage Are Legitimate, Compassionate Appointment Cannot Be Denied To Them: SC

"Children do not choose their parents. To deny compassionate appointment though the law treats a child of a void marriage as legitimate is deeply offensive to their dignity and is offensive to the constitutional guarantee against discrimination."

Bhima Koeraon Case: SC Reserves Judgment On Maha Govt's Appeal Against HC Order Refusing Further Time For Filing Charge sheet

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved Judgment on a petition filed by Maharashtra Government against the October 24 judgment of the Bombay High Court by virtue of which a Pune court's order granting additional 90 days' time for further investigation and filing the charge sheet against lawyer Surendra Gadling and other activists accused in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence was...

BREAKING-Economic Reservation : Constitution Amendment Challenged In SC As Violating Basic Structure [Read Petition]

The PIL says that the economic criteria cannot be a base for reservation, and that the amendment breaches the 50% upper cap fixed by SC.