An uninterested bench of the Supreme Court of India has asked a bystander advocate to provide his stenographer to advocate ML Sharma to help him type his suggestions to the court in a dubious case the bench had not showed much interest in.

The Supreme Court today said that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) on 1 May and 24 July for admission to under-graduate medical courses as it had earlier directed.

China has passed a law that enables it to tighten its grip on foreign NGOs which have often been accused of meddling in its domestic affairs. The Foreign NGO Management Law was passed on Thursday by the National People’s Congress (NPC). According to Xinhua news agency, the law was passed by the NPC’...

Industrialist Vijay Mallya, at the centre of a controversy in India over alleged loan default of Rs 9,000 crore, has termed the charges against him as “preposterous” and said he was in “forced exile” here from which he would like to return to his country. “I’m absolutely not guilty of any of the pre...

The Supreme Court is likely to hear later on Friday the centre’s suggestion to hold NEET in one go - on 24 July - as it would be difficult for students not proficient in English to appear in the exam.

Asking the Supreme Court to quash a resolution of Parliament is not a simple thing. That too in the face of eminent voices in the legal fraternity disapproving of such a plea.

Tense moments were witnessed when Justice Ranjan Gogoi, sitting with Pinaki Chandra Ghose, was dictating order in the Supreme Court’s room 7 at 3:30pm earlier today, in the contempt petition against the Union of India, and the Delhi and Tamil Nadu Governments in the political advertisements case.

After having revoked his passport last week, India on Thursday wrote to Britain seeking the extradition of liquor baron Vijay Mallya. “As of today the (external affairs) ministry has written to the high commission of the United Kingdom in Delhi requesting for the deportation of Vijay Mallya so that ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday said students aspiring for admission to under-graduate medical courses will have to appear in the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET).

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a PIL seeking holding of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test (AIPMT) for admission to undergraduate courses across the country. As the apex court bench headed by Justice Anil R Dave reserved the ord...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the possibility of Sahara chief Subrata Roy’s release from jail - having been incarcerated for more than two years now - would depend on the outcome of the first round of auction of Sahara’s assets by market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

Taking serious note of the rampant unauthorised construction in south Delhi’s Sainik Farms area, the Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the CBI if it could probe the issue. A division bench of Justice BD Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said the unauthorised construction was carried out right und...

Rapping government agencies for trying to block benefits intended for manual scavengers, the Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to accept submissions that there were no manual scavengers in Delhi despite the existence of unsanitary lavatories not linked to sewerage. Read more on the failure of ma...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea challenging a Bombay high court ruling prohibiting holding of Indian premier League (IPL) cricket matches in Maharashtra due to unprecedented drought conditions in Vidarbha and Marathwada. The plea was filed by the Maharashtra and Mumbai Cricket Associ...

_President’s Rule_ will continue in Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court ruled today, drawing curtains on the floor test of the ousted Congress government that was to be held on Friday as ordered by the Uttarakhand high court. Advocate Rahul Kilam tweeted @KilamRahul: Uttarakhand fiasco: Attorney General ...

The writ petition of the former Judge of the Supreme Court and former chairman of the Press Council of India, Markandey Katju, challenging the unanimous resolutions passed by both the Houses of Parliament disapproving of his remarks on Mahatma Gandhi and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in March last year, was heard by the Supreme Court’s three Judge bench this forenoon, with the Amicus Curiae, Fali Nariman making a snide remark about the petitioner considering himself a super citizen, by adding ‘former Judge of the Supreme Court’ etc, to his name.

The central government on Tuesday opposed plea for the setting-up of a National Court of Appeal with regional centres, saying it was barred under the constitution and in no way help in reducing the pendency of cases in the top court. “There are constitutional limitations and restrictions, which proh...

In a revelation which may shock many, the Solicitor General, Ranjit Kumar told the Supreme Court’s three-Judge bench hearing the black money investigation case this afternoon at Court No 2, that nothing survived in this case, and the court could dispose it of.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya to disclose all the overseas assets held by him and his estranged wife and children to the banks which are seeking the recovery of more than Rs 9,000 crore in the principal and interest, loaned to his now-grounded Kingfisher...

The Delhi government on Tuesday told the Delhi high court that it will consider exempting lawyers from the odd-even traffic restrictions if the scheme was enforced again in the national capital.