The Supreme Court judgement struck down Section 497 of the India Penal Code that dealt with adultery.
The five-judge bench comprised Chief Justice Dipak Misra...
Supreme Court in a majority opinion upholds constitutional validity of Aadhaar but strikes down certain provisions including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phones...
The Supreme Court extended till March 31, 2018 the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various services and welfare schemes of all ministries...
The Supreme Court has issued some important directives and set deadlines to make public places easily accessible for visually disabled persons.
The Supreme Court fixed...
A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court by 3:2 majority struck down triple talaq, saying the practice was void, illegal and unconstitutional. The apex...
The Rajasthan High Court directed the state government to coordinate with the Centre and take necessary steps to declare cow as a national animal.
The...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Supreme Court’s Integrated Case Management System.
The system will help litigants access data and retrieve information online and will...
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a PIL that alleged that political organisations were resorting to hartals to hoodwink repeated judicial pronouncements banning strike...
The Supreme Court commuted to life term the capital punishment awarded to a murder convict, noting that death penalty “somehow breaches the reformative theory...
The Supreme Court sentenced Calcutta High Court judge Justice CS Karnan to six months imprisonment for contempt of court.
Karnan is the first sitting judge...
The Union Cabinet has approved the implementation of Supreme Court’s Judgment dated 27th October 2015 regarding Target Plus Scheme (TPS) 2004-09 in Civil Application...
The Supreme Court is examining whether Hindus and other non-Muslim communities constitute a minority community in Jammu and Kashmir and whether they are eligible...
President Pranab Mukherjee, on January 1, commuted the death sentences of four convicts to life imprisonment, accepting their mercy petitions. They are Krishna Mochi,...
The Karnataka government’s eagerly awaited ‘Akrama-Sakrama’ scheme suffered a major setback with the Supreme Court ordering a stay on the scheme.
Admitting a special leave petition...
The Supreme Court rejected a plea seeking to allow the bull-taming sport Jallikattu played during Pongal festival which falls on January 14 this year...
A Seven judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court has held that seeking votes in the name of religion, caste or community amounted to corrupt practice...
Supreme Court has directed the Centre and state governments to strictly enforce provisions of the law while asking other competent authorities to discharge their...
The Supreme Court in its ruling directed the Central government to formulate within six months a National Action Plan for children addicted to alcohol,...
The Rajasthan High Court has quashed a notification dated 16th October, 2015, issued by the state government and Rajasthan Special Backward Classes (Reservation of...
Allahabad High Court terms Triple Talaq 'unconstitutional'; Observes, no personal law is above the constitution and it violates the rights of Muslim women.
The triple...
61 MPs of Rajya Sabha have moved a petition for impeachment proceedings against Justice CV Nagarjuna Reddy of the Andhra Pradesh/Telangana High Court.
The petition...
The Supreme Court has appointed receivers in the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal dispute between Punjab and Haryana.
It has also sought a report from them...
Cracking down on online advertisements on pre-natal sex determination tests, the Supreme Court directed the Microsoft, Google and Yahoo to block all pre-natal sex...
A Constitution Bench of Supreme Court of India unanimously held that Punjab Termination of Agreement Act, 2004 which terminated the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal...
The Supreme Court stayed the commercial release of the genetically modified (GM) variety of mustard till October 17.
The petition was filed by an Aruna...
Contempt of Courts
In Gyani Chand vs. State of A.P, three-judge Bench comprising Justice Anil R. Dave, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice L. Nageswara...
Patna high court struck down Bihar Government's 'The Bihar Prohibition and Excise Bill 2016'.
A division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice Iqbal Ahmed...
The Delhi High Court upheld WhatsApp’s revised privacy policy.
The order of the division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal comes...
Three major search engines -- Microsoft, Google and Yahoo -- have agreed to block ads commercially promoting sex determination tests.
The government informed the Supreme...
The Delhi High Court in a judgement held that the photocopying of course packs prepared by Delhi University comprising portions from books published by...
The Supreme Court reinstated the 170-member general house of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elected in 2011.
The court also disposed of a petition...
Delhi High Court set aside the Arvind Kejriwal headed Delhi government's order appointing 21 AAP MLAs as parliamentary secretaries.
A bench of Chief Justice G...
Supreme Court directed all States and Union Territories to upload the FIRs on their websites within 24 hours of registration at police stations.
The direction...
The Supreme Court refused permission to Vedanta Group to export iron ore mined from Karnataka while allowing National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to continue...
The Supreme Court has upheld a Madhya Pradesh High Court decision holding that two Indian firms, Sasan Power Ltd and North American Coal Corporation...
According to latest data of Law Ministry, High courts in India faces shortage of 458 judges.
According to the statistics, against the approved strength of...
The Supreme Court said an Italian marine under investigation for the killing of two fishermen is free to go home while international arbitration into...
The Bombay High Court upheld Maharashtra government’s decision to ban slaughter of bullocks in the State.
A division Bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice...
The Supreme Court dismissed the plea of Maharashtra and Mumbai Cricket Associations against the Bombay High Court order directing shifting of IPL matches outside...
Classifying powerful, high-end diesel private cars and Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) as “vehicles used by the super-rich who want to show-off”, the Supreme Court...
The Supreme Court on 10 January questioned Governor J.P. Rajkhowa’s use of his “constitutional discretion” to advance the sixth session of the Arunachal Pradesh...
In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Mr. Arakalagudu Venkataramaiah...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s reiteration that an ordinance be promulgated as a last-ditch attempt to allow the conduct of jallikattu in 2016 may...
