SC Directs Kerala Govt To Give Adequate Protection To Two Women Who Entered Sabarimala [Read Order]

Kerala Govt submitted that 51 women have visited the temple after the SC judgment

Ensure Uniform Distribution Of Funds To States For Judicial Infrastructure Development: SC To Centre [Read Order]

The Supreme Court Thursday expressed its displeasure over the Centre not disbursing funds uniformly among the state governments for development and upgradation of infrastructure in subordinate judiciary. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the Centre to ensure that the funds should be distributed uniformly in accordance with its policy decision under which a scheme has...

SC Grants Parole To TADA Convict After 24 Years Custody [Read Order]

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, granted parole to one of the convicts in the bomb blasts that were orchestrated in various trains during the night intervening 5th and 6th of December, 1993.The blasts had taken place in six Rajdhani Express trains across the country, killing two people and injuring several others. 16 people were then convicted under the now-repealed Terrorist and...

Breaking: Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Sanjiv Khanna Sworn In As SC Judges, Khanna.J Likely To Be CJI In 2024

Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna were sworn in today as Supreme Court judges, taking the number of SC judges to 28.The swearing in ceremony took place in the chamber of the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi ar 10.30 AM today.Justice Dinesh Maheshwari was earlier the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. Justice Khanna was a judge of Delhi High Court. On Wednesday, the President...

Calcutta HC Stays Recommendations For Senior Designation [Read Order]

The Division Bench of Calcutta High Court has stayed further action on the recommendations of three names for senior designation made by the committee for designation of senior advocates.."The Registry/Secretariat of this Court is directed not to take any steps for placing the 3 names recommended by the committee for being designated as senior advocates with the Hon'ble the Acting Chief...

He May Be A Reformed Person Already: SC Commutes Death Sentence To Pune Driver Who Killed 9 By His Murderous 'Joy Ride'

"There is every possibility of his reform. In fact, he may be a reformed person already as we are informed that the appellant is regretting his aforesaid action taken in undue palpitation."

State Cannot Thrust Its Own Notions Of Morality On Society: SC [Read Judgment]

"A practice which may not be immoral by societal standards cannot be thrusted upon the society as immoral by the State with its own notion of morality and thereby exercise 'social control'"

SC Asks Search Committee On Lokpal To Recommend Names By Feb End [Read Order]

The Supreme Court Thursday fixed a February-end deadline for the search committee on Lokpal to recommend a panel of names for appointment of the country's first anti-graft ombudsman. The search committee is headed by former apex court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi directed the Centre to provide the search committee requisite infrastructure...

'Cheque Bounce' Complaint Based On Second Notice After Re-Presentation Of Cheque Maintainable: SC [Read Judgment]

“Three-Judge Bench of this Court in 2013 ((1) SCC 177 MSR Leathers vs. S. Palaniappan and Another held that there is nothing in the provisions of Section 138 of the Act that forbids the holder of the Cheque to make successive presentation of the cheque and institute the criminal complaint based on the second or successive dishonour of the cheque on its presentation.”

Women Who Entered Sabarimala Seek Police Protection; SC Agrees To Hear Matter Tomorrow [Read Petition]

Petition also seeks to declare "purification ceremony" unconstitutional

Breaking: There Cannot Be A Total Prohibition Of Dance Bars In Maharashtra;SC Relaxes Stringent Conditions For Licence

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that there cannot be a total prohibition of dance bars in Maharashtra. The Bench has also relaxed the stringent conditions imposed by the Government for getting license for dance barsThe two Judge bench of Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan was delivering Judgement in a batch of petitions filed by various bar owners and 'Bharatiya Bargirls...

Nothing Changed After Judges Press Conference: Former CJI Justice Lodha

Last year's press conference by four senior-most judges including Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has not served its purpose and instead the concerns raised at it like functioning of the Collegium for the appointment of judges for higher judiciary have aggravated, a former CJI said Wednesday. Justice (retd) R M Lodha, who was the CJI from April 27 to September 27, 2014, was critical...