By-polls on 3 vacant assembly seats in TN to be held within reasonable time: ECI to SC
Supreme Court: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the bench of S A Bobde and S A Nazeer, JJ that
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Integrated Nodal Agency for all Tribunals: 5-judge SC bench seeks Centre’s view
Supreme Court: To ensure “efficient functioning” and “streamlining the working” of tribunals, the 5-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and N V
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Mathews Nedumpara barred from practicing in SC for one year
Supreme Court: Holding advocate Mathew Nedumpara guilty of contempt, the bench of RF Nariman and Vineet Saran, JJ has barred Nedumpara from practicing
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MS Dhoni approaches SC seeking payment of dues from Amrapali Group for acting as their Brand Ambassador
Supreme Court: Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday approached the Court seeking its direction to Amrapali group for payment of
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SC acquits man in an 18-year-old rape case
Supreme Court: The bench of Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ acquitted a man convicted for the offence of rape and
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Death due to malaria occasioned by a mosquito bite in a malaria prone area is not an accident
Supreme Court: When the bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, JJ was tasked with determining whether a death due to
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Decision of Foreigners Tribunal versus NRC: Senior Assam bureaucrats to appear before SC on March 28
Supreme Court: The Court has directed the Chief Secretary and Home Secretary of Assam to appear before it on March 28 in
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SC refuses to direct EC to grant ‘Pressure Cooker’ Symbol to TTV Dhinakaran-led AIADMK faction
Supreme Court: Refusing to acknowledge the claim of the TTV Dhinakaran-led faction over ‘pressure cooker’ as common election symbol, the Court has
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SC dismisses plea challenging constitutional validity ‘triple talaq’ ordinance
Supreme Court: A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed a plea of a Kerala-based outfit challenging the constitutional validity of
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SC| Delhi Govt seeks constitution of larger bench to decide the issue of who controls the services in Delhi
Supreme Court: CJI Ranjan Gogoi has said that the Court will look into the plea of the Government of NCT of Delhi has
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SC seeks Election Commission’s reply on plea by 21 opposition leaders for verification of 50 pc VVPAT slips
Supreme Court: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the plea of 21 opposition leaders, led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N
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SC stays Meghalaya HC judgment holding Editor and Publisher of Shillong Times guilty of contempt
Supreme Court: The Court has stayed the Meghalaya High Court judgment holding The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim and publisher Shoba Chaudhuri
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SC| Can’t summon additional accused under Section 319 CrPC in the absence of strong and cogent evidence
Supreme Court: In case where a man tried to rope in other relatives of his wife in a criminal proceeding that he
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IPL spot-fixing: SC sets aside life ban imposed on Sreesanth by BCCI
Supreme Court: In a huge relief to cricketer S. Sreesanth, the bench of Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph, JJ has set aside
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Rafale Deal: SC reserves order on admissibility of the ‘leaked’ documents
Supreme Court: Making it clear that it will decide first on the preliminary objections raised by the Centre and then go into the facts
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SC appoints PS Narsimha as mediator for resolving disputes relating to BCCI
Supreme Court: The bench of SA Bobde and Abhay Manohar Sapre has appointed Senior Advocate PS Narsimha as a mediator in all
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SC yet again reminds the High Courts of the limitations under Section 100 CPC
Supreme Court: The Court, yet again, reminded the High Courts of the limitations under Section 100 CPC and said: “despite the catena
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Rafale Deal: SC allows Defence Ministry to file affidavit
Supreme Court: The Court has allowed the Defence Ministry to file an affidavit in the Rafale Deal case that will come up
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SC| UPSC can recommend Officers having atleast 6 months tenure left for post of Director General of Police
Supreme Court: Clarifying the order dated 03.07.2018, the bench of CJ Ranjan Gogoi and L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ said
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SC commutes death sentence of a man who raped and killed a 5-year-old to 25 years’ imprisonment. Here’s why
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, MM Shantanagoudar and Indira Banerjee, JJ has commuted the death sentence to 25 years’
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