2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (538+ words) Weeks after a written order fixed a Rs 35 lakh divorce settlement as full and final, a petitioner-wife tried to reopen it before the Supreme Court, prompting Justice B.V. Nagarathna to draw a firm line, shield the young lawyer the litigant had…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (271+ words) The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether the closure of 17 Delhi Metro stations during the July student protests was a proportionate measure, issuing notice on a plea that argues no law permits shutting down a public utility to curb…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (193+ words) In a comment piece for The Tribune, former Supreme Court judge Justice Deepak Gupta argues that no country can call itself truly free without an independent and fearless judiciary, and warns that on liberty, dissent and the appointment of judges,…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (315+ words) The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of eight judicial officers, including three women, as judges of the Delhi High Court, which is functioning with 16 vacancies against a sanctioned strength of 60. New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (535+ words) The Supreme Court said allegations of intimidation and violence involving a 14-year-old girl linked to the CJP protests cannot be taken lightly, and directed immediate action on the FIR she has lodged, along with police protection for her and her…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (544+ words) Hearing the student-protest matter, the Supreme Court stopped a vulnerable witness from speaking in open court because the proceedings were being live-streamed, and directed that such witnesses receive protection no less than that given to protected witnesses in judicial proceedings,…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (251+ words) The Supreme Court dismissed Abu Salem’s plea seeking premature release in the 1993 Bombay serial blasts case, rejecting his contention that earned remission and undertrial custody should count towards the 25-year cap flowing from India’s extradition assurances to Portugal. A Bench…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (226+ words) The Supreme Court used Article 142 to quash NEET-protest FIRs so they “cease to exist,” bypassing the closure-report route. Here’s how the mechanism works and why it matters. The hearing before a Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (176+ words) The Centre is set to ask the Supreme Court to quash FIRs against July’s student protesters under Article 142, days before the CJP’s September 5 march, with a carve-out for grave offences. ‘We are invoking Article 142’ The brief exchange in court set…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (463+ words) Hearing the Shiv Sena disqualification case, the Supreme Court asked whether it could itself declare Shinde-faction MLAs disqualified or only set aside the Speaker’s order and remand it. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya…...