The Supreme Court has enhanced the compensation awarded to a 14-year-old boy who suffered 100 per cent permanent disability in a road accident, observing that the amounts granted earlier by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and the Rajasthan High Court were wholly inadequate given the lifelong consequences of the injuries. The Bench of Justice J.K….
The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the prolonged delay by Parliament in enacting a statutory framework governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs), observing that the continued absence of such a law until judicial intervention in 2023 reflected what it described as the ‘tyranny of the elected’. The Bench…
The Supreme Court has delegated statutory powers to District Collectors (DCs) across the country under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, empowering them to enforce the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026. The Bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice SVN Bhatti directed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to issue a notification…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has cautioned that Artificial Intelligence (AI), despite its rapid growth and increasing influence, appears to carry an inherent bias against the poor, stressing that social justice continues to be the bedrock of a humane and equitable society. Delivering the 8th Dinkar Memorial Lecture on ‘Rashmirathi: The Epic of…
The Supreme Court has directed the Union government, States and Union Territories to strictly implement the policy of ‘upward movement’ for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), under which candidates securing marks above the general category cut-off on their own merit must be adjusted against unreserved vacancies instead of being counted within the reserved disability quota….
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to news media company NDTV, its parent entity AMG Media Networks Limited and journalist Rahul Kanwal, in a defamation suit filed by industrialist Anil Ambani over reports relating to investigations by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against companies linked to the…
The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud as a mediator to resolve the ongoing family dispute between Rani Kapur, mother of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, and his wife, Priya Sachdev Kapur, over his estate and control of the Sona Group family trust. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and…
The Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of all 22 accused, including 21 police personnel, in the alleged fake encounter killings of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kauser Bi and associate Tulsiram Prajapati. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad dismissed the criminal appeals filed by Sohrabuddin’s brothers, Rubabuddin…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced hearing the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, which excluded the Chief Justice of India (CJI) from the selection committee responsible for appointing members of the Election Commission of India (ECI)….
The Supreme Court has clarified that mere managerial or supervisory control over a religious institution did not establish legal ownership or title to the property by itself. Setting aside a Rajasthan High Court verdict, which upheld the claim of a respondent society over the Moorti Swarup Shri Govardhan Nath Ji temple in Kota, the Bench…