Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra says adultery can be a ground for divorce but can’t be held a criminal offence
In a landmark verdict, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Cour...
Sunlight is the best disinfectant, live streaming of court proceedings will bring transparency, says Supreme Court, lays down guidelines for pilot project
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday (September 2...
Constitution Bench holds part of Nagaraj verdict in contravention of landmark Indra Sawhney judgment, says quantifiable data on backwardness not needed
A five-judge Constitution Bench, on Wednesday...
Constitutional validity of Aadhaar upheld by majority verdict authored by Justice Sikri and supplemented by Justice Bhushan, Justice Chandrachud the lone dissenter
Conclusions of the Aadhaar verdict ...
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea challenging the appointment of Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the next Chief Justice of India on the grounds that the petition “was devoid of merits”. “We are of the vi...
Sunlight is the best disinfectant, live streaming of court proceedings will bring transparency, rules Supreme Court while directing government to frame rules
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday (Septembe...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid even as it struck down some of the provisions of the 12-digit unique identification number, like ...
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Following the majority opinion delivered by Justice AK Sikri (for himself, CJI Misra and Justice AM Khanwilkar), Justice DY Chandrachud gave a dissenting opinion holding the Aadh...
In the ongoing Aadhaar verdict, the initial judgment has been delivered by Justice AK Sikri for himself, CJI Misra and Justice AM Khanwilkar. However, in a separate judgment delivered by Justice DY Ch...
The constitution bench of the Supreme Court has started delivering its judgment on the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act. The majority judgment penned by Justice AK Sikri, for Chief Justice M...