The social justice bench of the Supreme Court comprising justices Madan B Lokur and Uday Umesh Lalit heard six cases on Friday, September 11, and made significant interventions in at least two.

Despite suffering from adjournments and not having been able to close a single case since starting nearly a year ago, as reported last week by SCOI Reports, on Friday (September 4) the social justice bench continued its work with justices Madan B Lokur and UU Lalit hearing six cases in 40 minutes after 2 pm.

The Supreme Court’s social justice bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and UU Lalit heard seven cases between 2 and 4.15 p.m on Friday, August 28 but has failed to dispose of a single petition since it was set up in 2014.

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government to have a fresh look at its National Policy on Older Persons (NPOP) as much had happened since it was put in place in 1999. “The national policy on old age homes is 15 years old. You need to update it. So much has happened since then,” a social justic...

On yesterday’s penultimate day of hearing of Union of India vs V Sriharan @ Murugan, the battle lines were clearly drawn between the Central Government and the State Governments, most of whom are listed as respondents in this case.

The fake encounter case involving the use of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) against innocent victims - being heard by the Supreme Court suo motu - came up before justices Madan B Lokur and UU Lalit.

The fake encounter case involving the use of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) against innocent victims - being heard by the Supreme Court suo motu - came up before justices Madan B Lokur and UU Lalit.

The central government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that no mercy could be shown to the killers of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi as it opposed the Tamil Nadu government’s move set free seven convicts by granting them remission of sentence. Opposing Tamil Nadu government’s plea to release the ...

NLU Delhi’s nine-month-old death penalty clinic helped death penalty convicts Shabnam and Saleem win relief in the Supreme Court, which quashed their death warrants on Wednesday after having stayed their execution earlier in the week . The clinic, according to its press release, coordinated the lega...

In a small advantage to the central government, the Supreme Court today described as “tentative” the Delhi high court’s observation that its May 21 order giving Delhi’s Lt. Governor the final say in posting and transfers of bureaucrats was “suspect”, even as it issued notice to the city government o...

The Supreme Court will hear on Friday the central government’s plea challenging the Delhi high court verdict (click to read judgment) which described as “suspect” the May 21 central notification on the Delhi government powers. The notification barred the Delhi government from proceeding against cent...

The Supreme Court today issued notice to three students of Jindal Global Law School in Sonepat, Haryana, who are accused of sexually assaulting a junior BBA/MBA course student . The notice will be served on the three students - Hardik Sikri, Vikas Garg and Karan Chhabra - through jail superintendent...

The Supreme Court today stayed the execution of death warrants of Shabnam and Salim - convicted for murdering seven members of the girl’s family, including a ten-month-old child, and whose death sentence was upheld by the top court on May 15 . “Execution of death warrant is stayed,” said the vacatio...

The Supreme Court will hear, on Thursday May 21, a petition seeking re-conduct of the All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test (AIPMT) as the key to the answers was leaked in several states and was made available to some candidates using sophisticated technology. The vacation bench of Justice AK Sikri an...

The recently constituted social justice bench of the Supreme Court, to be presided over by Justices Madan B Lokur and UU Lalit, will sit today at 2pm for the first time. Today will kick off what is intended as a weekly session, reported India TV News According to a statement from the Supreme Court: ...

Bar owners in Kerala, other than five star hotels, will be able to serve liquor till Sep 30 as the Supreme Court Thursday ordered status quo till this date while asking the state high court to decide the challenge to the notification directing them to shut shop. A bench of Justice Anil R Dave and Ju...

Justices Abhay Manohar Sapre, R Banumathi and Prafulla Chandra Pant, together with former senior counsel UU Lalit today took up their post as Supreme Court judges to take the bench strength of the apex court up to 30 out of 31 sanctioned judges. PTI

Senior Advocate UU Lalit was cleared for Supreme Court judgeship by the collegium, alongside Meghalaya chief justice Prafull Chandra Pant, Gauhati chief justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Jharkhand chief justice R Banumathi, reported The Hindu . Lalit will be elevated in place of former solicitor gener...

Supreme Court senior advocate Uday U Lalit will be elevated to the apex court’s roster, it has been confirmed, as former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium withdrew his candidature facing controversy over his elevation.

Senior advocate UU Lalit, with Abhimanyu Bhandari as counsel, acting independently of Axon Partners where he is a partner, and Karanjawala & Co partner and advocate-on-record Sandeep Kapur acted for jailed Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal, getting him bail to attend the funeral of his mother...