Supreme Court Hearing Arnab Goswami's Petition [LIVE-UPDATES]

Supreme Court Bench of justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah begins hearing the petition filed by Arnab Goswami against FIR against him...

Breaking: New Chief Justices Appointed For Bombay, Meghalaya and Orissa High Courts [Read Notifications]

The Central Government has elevated Justice Dipankar Datta, presently a judge at the Calcutta High Court, as the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court and Justice Biswanath Somadder of Calcutta High Court, presently at Allahabad High Court, as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court. The Government has also transferred Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court, Justice Mohd Rafiq,...

Vegetarians Suffer Due To Eating Habits Of Some : Plea In SC Against Centre Promoting Meat Consumption Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in Supreme Court claims that the entire class of vegetarian people are facing the Corona Virus crisis due to the violent eating habits of meat eaters. Representing this class of vegetarian people, the Vishwa Jain Sangathan asserts that people eat domestic and wild animals merely for a 'change of taste' and in doing so, they have jeopardized all...

Plea In SC Seeks Temporary Pan-Indian Community Kitchens At Block-Level Amidst COVID Lockdown

The Supreme Court has been moved in a plea seeking directions to the Centre and the states to set-up pan-India temporary community kitchens at the Block-level amid the pandemic of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to ensure that no person is forced to sleep on an empty stomach in these trying times. The applicants, through Advocate Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi and Ashima Mandla submits that concept...

Trade Unions Oppose Plea In SC Against MHA Direction To Pay Full Wages During Lockdown

The Trade Unions of Maharashtra have filed an application in Supreme Court, seeking to intervene in a plea which had prayed that the Court should set aside the order by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) which directed private establishments to pay full wages to workers during the lockdown. The Applicants have requested for permission to reply to the contentions of this petition, as...

Plea In SC Seeks Curb On Religious & Community Profiling Associated With COVID19

A Petition has been preferred in the Supreme Court seeking intervention of the Top Court for directions to the Central Government for issuance of guidelines to prevent attacks and stigmatisation of certain communities basis religious, racial and caste profiling.The PIL has been filed by Aanchal Singh, Disha Wadekar & Mohammad Wasim and prays for immediate steps to formulate and...

Affluent & Advanced Within SC/ST Not Permitting Reservation Benefits Trickle Down To Needy : SC Calls For List Revision [Read Judgment]

The Court said that list revision was necessary to ensure that reservation benefits are not 'usurped' by those who have already obtained benefits.

Application Filed Before SC To Oppose The Shifting Of Migrant Workers To Their Homes [Read Application]

An Intervention Application has been filed before the Supreme Court, opposing the IA filed before SC to oppose movement of migrant workers to their homes who wish to be sent back home in wake of the national lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The IA has been filed in the Public Interest Litigation which seeks for the enforcement of the Fundamental Right to Life of lakhs of...

[100% Reservation Unreasonable]Questions Referred And Answers Given By Constitution Bench [Read Judgment]

The issue of validity of the Government Office Ms. No.3 dated 10.1.2000 issued by the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh providing 100% reservation to the Scheduled Tribe candidates out of whom 33.1/3% shall be women for the post of teachers in the schools in the scheduled areas in the State of Andhra Pradesh was referred to the 5 Judge Bench led by Justice Arun Mishra and comprising...

NDPS - Quantity Of Neutral Substances In Mixture Must Be Taken Into Account With Actual Drug Weight To Determine 'Small Or Commercial Quantity' : SC

The court said that even mixture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substance is more dangerous

SC Bar Association To Intervene In PIL Seeking Exemptions For Advocates From Rent Obligations During Lockdown

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Wednesday resolved to file an application taking up the problems being faced by legal practitioners before the Supreme Court.The Executive Committee has decided to intervene in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) already pending before the Apex Court which has highlighted the difficulties being faced by lawyers in meeting office expenses due to the...

State & Centre Have Concurrent Power To Fix Sugarcane Prices; No Conflict If State's Price Is Higher Than Centre's 'Minimum Price' : SC [Read Judgment]

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday held that both the Centre and the State have concurrent powers to fix the prices of sugarcane. At the same time, the price' fixed by the State Government for sugarcane cannot be lower than the 'minimum price' fixed by the centre, the Court added.Also, it is open to the States to fix the price higher than the price fixed by the...