A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on the quantum of sentence for former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four other convicts in the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. After hearing detailed submissions from the prosecution and the defence, Additional Sessions Judge…
The Supreme Court on Monday indicated that it may seek responses from States and Union Territories on why adequate protective equipment, including helmets and other safety gear, is not provided to police personnel deployed during large public demonstrations while hearing a batch of petitions alleging police brutality during student protests over the NEET paper leak…
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to include a forensic auditor in the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to investigate allegations of embezzlement of donations received by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust for the Ayodhya Ram Mandir. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya…
The High-Powered Election Supervisory Committee constituted by the Supreme Court has stayed the implementation of a resolution passed by the Bar Council of India (BCI) seeking to increase the number of elected members in State Bar Councils during the ongoing elections, holding that the move is contrary to the Advocates Act, 1961, and the Supreme…
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on an appeal filed by Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suresh Gopi challenging the Kerala High Court’s refusal to dismiss an election petition questioning his victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from the Thrissur constituency. A Bench of Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice Alok…
The Supreme Court has observed that States with fewer than 1,000 pending consumer disputes may abolish some District Consumer Forums and transfer their cases to serving judicial officers, subject to the prior approval of the jurisdictional High Court. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana…
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Union government on a writ petition filed by Rajya Sabha MP and Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal challenging the interpretation of the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution, which, according to him, allowed legislators to avoid disqualification under the anti-defection law by taking the route of political party…
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its verdict on a plea filed by 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Abu Salem seeking premature release on the ground that, after accounting for the period spent in custody as an undertrial and the remission earned for good conduct in prison, he has already undergone more than the maximum…
The Supreme Court on Monday deferred hearing a petition seeking to conduct the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) through a Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode instead of the existing pen-and-paper format, observing that the issue would be considered along with other pending pleas seeking structural reforms in the examination system. The Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and…
The Supreme Court has dismissed a review petition challenging its March 24, 2026 judgment holding that a person belonging to a Scheduled Caste (SC) loses that status immediately upon converting to any religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism. The Bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Manmohan held that there was no error…