Sabarimala| 9-judge bench to start hearing the matter from January 13
Supreme Court: A nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde will hear from January 13 the issue of allowing
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Flashback 2019: From Ayodhya verdict to P. Chidambaram’s bail, here are the big Supreme Court cases that made headlines
Today marks as not only the beginning of a new year but also a new decade and it is pertinent to look
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Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – December 2019
TOP STORIES Nirbhaya Case| SC rejects review petition filed by the fourth death row convict Akshay Kumar Singh The grounds raised in the
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Call for Blogs| RGNUL Financial and Mercantile Law Review [Deadline extended]
About the Institution Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law is a National Law University located in Patiala, Punjab, India. It was established
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GLC Mumbai| Phase-I of Registrations for The GLC Debate, 2020 now open
Reported by Anjali Kumari
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SC lays down guidelines for appointment of amicus curiae where there is possibility of life sentence or death sentence
Supreme Court: Noticing that where death sentence could be one of the alternative punishments, the courts must be completely vigilant and see
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SC seeks responses from Centre & State Govts in a bid to “make criminal justice system responsive” in sexual assaults cases
Supreme Court: In a bid to make criminal justice system responsive in cases relating to sexual assaults, a 3-judge bench of SA
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Nirbhaya Case| SC rejects review petition filed by the fourth death row convict Akshay Kumar Singh [Full Report]
Supreme Court: After a brief hearing on the review petition filed by Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in the brutal
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Citizenship (Amendment) Act row | SC issues notice to Centre; No stay on the implementation of the Act
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and BR Gavai and Surya Kant, JJ has issued notice to Centre on
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Citizenship (Amendment) Act row | SC refuses to intevene in Jamia protests; Asks petitioners to approach HCs first
Supreme Court: Refusing to intervene in the incidents involving the violence taking place at the Jamia Milia University and the Aligarh Muslim
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Citizenship (Amendment) Act row| We will hear the matter tomorrow but the rioting must stop: SC
Supreme Court: When a battery of senior lawyers including India Jaising, Colin Gonsalves, Salman Khurshid, etc approached the Court to take the
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Ayodhya| All petitions seeking review of the 5-judge bench Ayodhya verdict dismissed
Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench headed by SA Bobde, CJ has dismissed a batch of petitions seeking review of its November 9
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Hyderabad encounter| 3-member panel headed by former SC judge Justice V S Sirpurkar to look into the legality of the encounter
Supreme Court: After the Court suggested yesterday that it was considering to appoint a former Supreme Court judge to enquire into the
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Hyderabad encounter| SC proposes to appoint Former SC judge to look into the legality of the encounter
Supreme Court: A bench of SA Bobde, CJ and SA Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has said it was considering to appoint
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Google India fails to gain protection under Section 79 of the IT Act, 2000; To face trial in a 2008 defamation case
Supreme Court: The bench of Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph, JJ has asked Google India to face trial in a 2008 criminal
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State legislature can’t enact a law that touches the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; Section 13(2) of the Chhattisgarh Rent Control Act held unconstitutional
Supreme Court: The 5-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran, MR Shah and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has declared Section
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Nirbhaya Case| One of the death row convicts files review petition seeking leniency
Supreme Court: Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in the brutal December 16, 2012, Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, has filed
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Remembering Adv. Lily Thomas, Supreme Court’s senior most woman advocate
Supreme Court advocate Lily Thomas, responsible for striking down of Section 8(4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 to disqualify
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Delhi-NCR Pollution| SC partially lifts ban on construction activities in Delhi-NCR; Allows construction from 6 AM to 6 PM
Supreme Court: The bench Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta, JJ has allowed construction activity in the Delhi-NCR region between 6 am and
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