2+ day, 6+ 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, 12+ 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…...

16+ hour, 25+ min ago   (464+ words) Being an advocate does not place a person above the law, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held, while directing the police that any assistance sought from a lawyer in connection with an investigation must be sought strictly…...

2+ day, 10+ 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, 2+ 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, 6+ hour ago   (494+ words) The Supreme Court declined to stay contempt proceedings against a Maharashtra judicial officer who allegedly shouted at the Bombay High Court, remarking “let him repent” and calling the conduct “gross indiscipline,” while issuing notice on his plea and asking the…...

3+ day, 8+ 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, 11+ 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, 14+ 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…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (257+ words) The Supreme Court posted the marital rape exception pleas for final hearing and asked whether a husband can be prosecuted for rape of his wife while the exception’s constitutional validity is undecided. The threshold question the Court framed The most…...