The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a petition filed by YouTube channel Third Eye, challenging a Bengaluru court order that restrained it from publishing any defamatory content against Harshendra Kumar D, brother of Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Veerendra Heggade, in connection with the Dharmasthala temple burial case. Noting that it could not discourage the High Courts, the…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its strong displeasure against the government of Telangana over large-scale felling of trees in 400 acres of land at Kancha Gachibowli forest area near the Hyderabad Central University campus in Telangana. The Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice Vinod Chandran and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the counselling process for NEET-UG 2025 candidates on the grounds that it would affect around 22 lakh students, who appeared for the exam. The Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar passed the order on two petitions filed by NEET-UG 2025 candidates, seeking re-test on the…
In order to prevent the misuse of Section 498A IPC (cruelty offence) in matrimonial disputes, the Supreme Court has directed the States and Union Territories to establish Family Welfare Committees (FWCs) in each district of the country. The Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih on Tuesday directed the appropriate…
Suspended Janata Dal (Secular) leader Prajwal Revanna has filed a petition in an MP/MLA court seeking bail in a rape case of 2021. After Revanna failed to secure bail in his first round of litigation, he approached the High Court for bail citing a change in circumstances due to delay in trial. The single-judge Bench…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai on Wednesday recused himself from hearing the petition filed by Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma challenging the in-house committee report indicting him over the recovery of a huge sum of unaccounted cash at his official residence in Delhi. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter before…
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has apprised the Supreme Court that Aadhaar cards and ration cards could not be accepted as proof of eligibility to vote in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar since they failed to meet the standard required under Article 326 of the Constitution. The Commission…
The Appellate Tribunal under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, 1976 has found former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar guilty in a money laundering case linked to the ICICI-Videocon loan scam case. Setting aside an earlier verdict of the Adjudicating Authority, the Tribunal observed that the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central government and all state governments across the country to file their respective response on the reference made by President Droupadi Murmu regarding the powers granted to the Governor and the President under Article 200 and 201 of the Constitution on assent of pending state Bills. The Constitution…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the vendors falling on the Kanwar Yatra route to display their licence and registration certificates, as per the statutory requirements of the law. The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice NK Singh passed the order on interlocutory applications that challenged the recent directives issued by the governments of…