By Sanjay Raman Sinha In a stunning development that reopens deep wounds from one of India’s deadliest terror attacks, the Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court judgment that had acquitted all 13 men convicted in the 7/11 Mumbai train blasts in 2006. The Maharashtra government had challenged the High Court’s order, which overturned…
The Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has apprised the Supreme Court that the Election Commission of India (ECI) failed to provide any valid reason for the exclusion of Aadhaar and ration cards from the list of acceptable documents in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The NGO made the submission…
The Supreme Court will hear on July 28, a petition filed by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD), challenging the blanket ban on diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years. A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai will hear the plea…
The Union government has asked the Supreme Court not to reduce the age of consent under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 from 18 to 16 on the grounds that it would create room for abuse and exploitation of adolescent girls, especially by older persons. The Centre made these arguments in…
The Supreme Court Advocates On Record Association (SCAORA) has requested Chief Justice of India BR Gavai to formulate guidelines prohibiting the use of courtroom videos and photographs by lawyers and Advocates on Record as a means of soliciting work on their social media platforms like Instagram, X, YouTube and Facebook. In a letter written to CJI…
The Union government has said it was currently processing 178 recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as judges across different High Courts in the country. The information was given by Law & Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal in the Rajya Sabha, while replying to an unstarred question by MP Vivek T Tankha. …
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed two petitions filed by NEET-UG 2025 candidates, seeking a re-examination on the grounds that they suffered power outage in two centres of Madhya Pradesh. The Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar refused to interfere with the July 14 order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on…
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the petitioners challenging the Centre’s revisional order, which approved the release of movie ‘Udaipur Files : Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder’ with six edits, to approach the Delhi High Court for relief. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi further directed the High Court to take up…
Expressing serious concern over 288 cases related to the Gangster Act and the Arms Act pending in Delhi courts, the Supreme Court directed the Union of India and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) to set up fast-track courts for speedy disposal of such matters. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and…
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking directions for the Central government to increase the number of Assembly seats in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana through the delimitation process. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh passed the order on a writ petition filed by Professor K…