Kerala Governor and former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam today told journalists to ensure that they report court cases after reading the judgments. “First get the copy of the judgment… these days in the Supreme Court, it’s available on the internet after two or three hours. Then read the judgm...

The central government today told the Supreme Court that it could not disclose the names, received from foreign governments, of people who have allegedly stashed away their ill-gotten money to tax havens, as it was bound by the confidentiality clause under the double taxation avoidance agreement. It...

The Supreme Court Friday granted bail to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, convicted of possessing assests disproportionate to her known sources of income. Alongwith Jayalalithaa, her aide Sasikala Natarajan and two others have also been granted bail. PTI tweeted: “Jaya volunteered be...

The Supreme Court Thursday asked the chief secretaries and police chiefs of Bihar and Chhattisgarh to be present in the court Oct 30 to answer why they did not comply with its direction on the investigation and recovery of missing children. A bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu, Justice Madan B Lokur an...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) in the 2G case, senior advocate Anand Grover, to file two reports on the role of CBI chief Ranjit Sinha in the probe and naming the person who leaked the contents of the visitor book at his residence. A bench of Justice HL Da...

The Supreme Court Thursday said it cannot restrict the companies, whose mining licences it has cancelled, from extracting coal as they have been allowed to carry on for six months till their ownership and management can be transferred. The apex court bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu, Justice Madan B ...

Senior counsel P Chidambaram, former Congress finance minister, has picked up his law practice again four months after his party’s electoral defeat, representing Reliance Infra in a Supreme Court dispute with GVK and Larsen & Toubro over hydropower projects, reported the Financial Express.

The Supreme Court Monday said sugarcane farmers will have precedence over banks for the recovery of their dues from mills as they are in a state of financial distress and are prone to commit suicide. A bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu, Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice AK Sikri, while dismissing appe...

The Supreme Court will Friday hear the bail plea of AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa, who is at present in a Bangalore jail after her conviction in a corruption case. The former Tamil Nadu chief minister was sentenced to four years in prison and a Rs.100 crore fine. A bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dat...

The Supreme Court Friday said that the rules and regulations governing the payment of insurance claims could be not come in the way of people of Kashmir who lost their properties in the recent devastating floods that had hit the state. A bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu, Justice SA Bobde and Justice ...

Taking exception to the central environment and forest ministry “sleeping” over its order to submit the environment and ecological impact of each of the 24 projects proposed or underway on Bhagirathi and Alaknanda river basin, the Supreme Court Thursday said that unless its orders were complied with...

Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, currently lodged in Bangalore jail following her conviction in a disproportionate assets case, today moved the Supreme Court seeking bail on several grounds including her ill health. Jayalalithaa, along with her aide Sasikala Natrajan, VK Sudhakaran a...

The new Chief Justice of India (CJI) HL Dattu has put an end to the practice of orally seeking case adjournments in the Supreme Court, by making it mandatory to circulate an advance written request for adjournments, to the court and the opposing counsel. A Supreme Court circular from yesterday state...

The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to vacate or suspend an order banning animal sacrifice during Kulu Dushara and in other religious rituals of the Kulu region of Himachal Pradesh. The apex court bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu, Justice SA Bobde and Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre declined to order an ...

The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking cooling-off period for the retired judges of the apex court before they take up next assignment. The issue of cooling-off period is being debated by the legal fraternity after former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivanm accepted the governorship of...

The Karnataka high court Tuesday rejected the bail plea of jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, abruptly ending frenzied celebrations by her supporters after one of her lawyers earlier said she had got conditional bail. Justice AV Chandrashekara, who heard Jayalalithaa’s petition,...

The coal ministry has sought the advice of the government’s chief legal official on issues arising from the Supreme Court’s decision to de-allocate coal mines like forfeiture of bank guarantees and title deeds of mines purchased by the companies. The attorney general Mukul Rohatgi’s opinion is being...

The Supreme Court has participated in Narendra Modi’s open challenge to clean India, by literally sweeping its own back yard.

A special bench of the Karnataka high court has adjourned to 7 October the hearing of jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s petition for suspension of the sentence and bail in a corruption case, despite her lawyers, including Ram Jethmalani, having yesterday managed to secure an e...

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***A Chief Justice of India for 153 days is unlikely to leave a legacy behind. Somehow, this one did, explains Court Witness.