Maharashtra Local Body Polls | Further Elections You Notify Must Be Within 50% Reservation Limit, Supreme Court Tells SEC

The elections notified with more than 50% reservation will be subject to the outcome of the proceedings, the Court expressed.

Supreme Court Issues Notice On MDMK Leader Vaiko's Plea Challenging SIR In Tamil Nadu

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea filed by MDMK founder and former Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko challenging Election Commission's special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order. The matter is next listed for consideration on December 2.Vaiko challenges Tamil Nadu SIR saying that the notification is...

Supreme Court Asks Petitioners Alleging Sexual Abuse In ISKCON-run Schools To Approach Child Rights Commissions

The Supreme Court on Tuesday disposed of a petition seeking an investigation into alleged instances of sexual abuse in schools run by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness(ISKCON), allowing the petitioners to approach the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and the State Commissions in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal with a fresh representation.A bench...

'Gross Indiscipline' : Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal Of Christian Army Officer For Refusal To Participate In Religious Parades

"You have failed to respect the sentiments of your soldiers. Religious ego so high that you don't care about others?" the Court asked.

Appellate Courts Can Grant Interim Relief Even If Suit Is Dismissed By Trial Court : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently observed that an interim relief can be granted by an Appellate Court even when the original suit has been dismissed. “Just because the original suit came to be dismissed, that does not mean that in the pending appeal, the appellate court cannot grant appropriate relief as prayed for.”, observed a bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan while setting...

'97 Laws Have Provisions Discriminatory Towards Leprosy-Affected Persons': NHRC Tells Supreme Court; Gives Recommendations

The National Human Rights Commission recently informed the Supreme Court that there are 97 existing laws at the Central/State level which contain provisions discriminatory towards leprosy-affected persons.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi was dealing with a PIL initiated in 2010, where it had directed the States to form a Committee to identify provisions in various laws,...

'District Judge Stooped So Low To Take Vengeance Against His PSO' : Supreme Court Rejects Plea Against Vigilance Enquiry

"We are surprised why the judge, who stooped so low, has not been suspended", said J Sandeep Mehta.

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : November 24, 2025

Links to today's reports : Justice Surya Kant Takes Oath As 53rd Chief Justice Of India'How Can Drunken-Driving Accused Go Scot-Free?' Supreme Court Questions UP Law Abating Trials Pending For MV Act Violations Till 2021'Seems Tax Department Has Not Trusted Even Its Lawyers' : Supreme Court Flags Procedural Delays In IT Dept's Petition FilingsPresident Nominates Justice Vikram Nath As...

To Convert Every Sour Relationship Into Rape Trivialises Seriousness Of Offence : Supreme Court

The offence of rape must be invoked only in cases where there exists genuine sexual violence, coercion, or absence of free consent.

Supreme Court Directs Registry To Not Clear Petitions Filed With Black & White Photographs;AoRs Must Produce Colour Photos

The Court added that if photographs have been filed electronically, hard copies must also be filed separately.

Supreme Court Seeks Status Of NIA Probe Into Deaths Of 10 Persons In Manipur CRPF Camp Encounter

The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Union and the State of Manipur in a plea seeking an investigation into the killings of 10 persons at a CRPF camp in Manipur last year. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Baghchi and AS Chandurkar agreed to consider the matter and issued notice to the Union and the State of Manipur.During the hearing, counsel for the petitioner,...

IBC | Section 7 Application Can't Be Rejected For Curable Defects In Affidavit : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday (November 24) observed that procedural defects in a Section 7 insolvency application under IBC, such as a defective affidavit, are curable and cannot be used as a basis for summary dismissal. “Mere filing of a 'defective' affidavit in support of an application would, however, not render the very application non est and liable to be rejected on that ground as it...