The Supreme Court bench comprising CJI Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud on Tuesday (August 28) was told by the Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi appearing for Dawoodi Bohra commun...
Above: Activists stage a dharna against AFSPA in Imphal. There have allegedly been 1,528 extra-judicial killings by security forces in Manipur between 2000 and 2012/Photo: UNI
A petition by 356 sol...
In a debatable judgment, the apex court convicts a man on the grounds that his illicit relations with another woman abetted his wife’s suicide
~By Venkatasubramanian
Section 113A of the Indian E...
Above: Under the NDPS Act, the onus of proving innocence lies on the accused/Photo: prlog.org
The apex court’s acquittal of an accused under the NDPS Act raises questions about investigators’ compl...
The Supreme Court has ruled that though this option may be “an elixir” in direct polls, it could undermine the purity of democracy if allowed in the Rajya Sabha polls
~By India Legal Bureau
In a...
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 24) directed BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad to give admission to a vision-impaired candidate to study MBBS in the current session as per the provisions of the Disabi...
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) PS Narasimha on Friday (August 24) informed the apex court that the water level of Mullaperiyar dam has been reduced by 2-3 feet below the maximum limit of 142 feet....
The Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal on Friday (August 24) advised the apex court not to allow live streaming of cases involving matrimonial, national security and sexual assault.
The bench compr...
In the hearing on the case about the recent West Bengal panchayat elections in which the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the BJP have claimed that there was large-scale vandalism by the incumbe...
The Supreme Court constitution bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Kurian Joseph, Rohinton Fali Nariman, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Indu Malhotra, hearing the case of continuation of reservati...