The social justice bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and UU Lalit, set up by the previous chief justice of India, justice HL Dattu on 12 December 2014 has now officially ceased, and the cases which were part-heard before that bench, have been distributed to other benches.

Today’s judgment in Sachchidanand Gupta “Sachchey” vs State of UP through Chief Secretary and Others showed that the chief justice of the Allahabad high court had also opposed Justice Sanjay Misra’s name, which was proposed by the chief minister.

The Supreme Court appointed ex-Allahabad high court judge Sanjay Mishra as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh, reported Mint , after the court had ordered ex-judge Virendra Singh to take up the post in December but admitting that the state government had not shared with the about reservations about the inte...

“Bollywood actor Salman Khan filed a caveat petition in the Supreme Court today asking to be heard when the Maharashtra government’s appeal against his acquittal in the 2002 hit-and-run case comes up for hearing,” reported The Indian Express . A caveat would prevent the apex court from making any ex...

The Supreme Court’s two constitution benches in adjacent court rooms of 1 and 3 heard two governors simultaneously at 2pm today: one a former governor, and an alleged victim of political vendetta, and the other a sitting governor, who allegedly conspired with the Centre to topple a duly-elected government by recommending President’s rule.

The case Nabam Rebia vs Registrar General, Gauhati High Court, will be heard at 2pm tomorrow (27 January) before the five-judge Constitution bench in Court No 3.

Several chief justices (CJ) will be moved, according to several press reports.

The Supreme Court yesterday declined to entertain three review petitions of its original 7 May 2014 judgment banning Jallikattu, reported The Hindu , only a week after the Supreme Court had ordered that the Centre’s restarting of Jallikattu was illegal and declined to vacate its order. As reported b...

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Delhi high court order quashing the 60 percent admission quota for the wards of Group A officers of the All India Central Services in elite Sanskriti schools. An apex court bench headed by Justice Anil R Dave, however, said the quota will also cover the childre...

A court has dismissed a criminal complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleging he asked voters to take bribes from other parties but vote for his AAP in elections. Metropolitan Magistrate Babru Bhan dismissed the plea seeking prosecution of Kejriwal, saying that no offence was made...

Court No 7 of Supreme Court was witness to a suspenseful hearing on 20 January as counsel after counsel told the Bench comprising justices Ranjan Gogoi and Prafulla C Pant that it had been misled by the Uttar Pradesh Government that Justice Virendra Singh, a former judge of the Allahabad high court, whom it appointed as the Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh under Article 142 of the Constitution, which gives the Court extraordinary powers to do complete justice in a case, was in the list of names being considered by the selection panel.

After having lost two rounds in the Supreme Court, first on 12 January and again on on 13 January the Jallikattu fans in Tamil Nadu appear to be a determined lot, keeping all their hopes in the Apex Court once again.

The Delhi high court on Tuesday issued notice to the central and city governments and the Delhi Commission for Women on a plea seeking expedition of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, which deals with issue of child sexual abuse. A division bench of C...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq’s plea for an open court hearing of his petition seeking review of its 10 August 2011 verdict upholding his death sentence in the 22 December 2000 Red Fort attack case. Making exception to its 2 Sept...

Taking serious note of threats to the president of the petitionerassociation, the Indian Young Lawyers Association, whose PIL the SupremeCourt is currently hearing, the three Judge bench led by Justice DipakMisra on 18 January made it clear that access to justice can’t be dented byanybody.

With the Juvenile Justice Act of 2015 coming into force from Friday and allowing for lower culpable age of a juvenile, such accused can now be tried as adults for heinous crimes. The act - lowering culpable age from 18 years to 16 years - was passed in the winter session by the Rajya Sabha and recei...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said patent fees for start-ups will be cut by 80 per cent to support and protect intellectual property rights of new entrepreneurs. “Patent fee for start-ups will be reduced by 80 percent. India’s future lies in innovation and creativity. Newcomers should get...

A case was filed on Saturday against Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan in a court in Meerut for hurting the sentiments of the Hindu community. The case was filed before the special judicial magistrate’s court by the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, accusing the two actors of showing disres...

Several instances of mobs assaulting men accused of rape, murder and other heinous crimes within the court complexes in Manipur have left many worried over this extra-constitutional phenomenon. Even the judiciary and legal fraternity, apart from a section of society, have expressed unhappiness over ...

A judge, who was an accused in the cash-for bail scam involving former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy, on Monday died under suspicious circumstances here, police said. D Prabhakar Rao was found dead at his residence in east Maredpally in Secunderabad. Family members said he died of cardiac...