The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the preventive detention of Mulla Afroz, an accused in the 2024 Sambhal violence, holding that the Uttar Pradesh Government could not have based his detention under the National Security Act, 1980 on an alleged confession made while he was in police custody. A Bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and…
The Supreme Court Collegium, at its meeting held on September 28, 2026, has recommended the elevation of three serving Chief Justices of High Courts to the Supreme Court, according to a statement issued by the apex court. The recommendations concern Justice Sunita Agarwal, Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court; Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Chief…
The Supreme Court has brought closure to a long-pending dispute concerning unpaid dues of workers engaged by five now-defunct State-owned corporations in the erstwhile State of Bihar, directing Bihar and Jharkhand to make a one-time payment of ₹1 lakh to each eligible daily-wage employee/workman. A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta also…
The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a Public Interest Litigation concerning the blockade of National Highway-2 in Manipur after the State government informed the Court that the highway had been cleared and reopened for the transportation of essential commodities. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V…
The Delhi High Court has held that a marriage claimed to be valid under Muslim personal law cannot, by itself, provide immunity from prosecution under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) or the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), where the wife was below 18 years of age. Justice Sanjeev Narula dismissed…
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a petition challenging the Bombay High Court judgment upholding the acquittal of 22 accused, including 21 police personnel, in the 2005 encounter case involving Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and aide Tulsiram Prajapati. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi…
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to bring to finality, within four months, the dispute between rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) concerning the party’s name and its reserved ‘Flowers & Grass’ election symbol. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya…
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking a probe into the alleged routing and rerouting of funds through overseas entities into the Indian equity market, including transactions involving Adani Group entities. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana declined to entertain the plea…
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment on the implementation of front-of-pack warning labels (FOPL) for packaged foods high in sugar, salt, sodium and fats. A Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran heard arguments on whether the labelling regime should be mandatory or voluntary, the implementation timeline, consultation process and nutritional…
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Central government’s decision to impose a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified Unified Payments Interface (UPI) person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions exceeding Rs2,000. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana, however, directed the Centre to file an affidavit…