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Ex Keralam CM fears arrest in CMRL payoff case; SC may hear in Dussehra holidays

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday agreed to try and hear, during the apex court's Dussehra holidays, petitions filed by former Keralam Chief Minister and current Leader... Read More


SC holds conversion does not automatically grant quota benefits

New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday declared that a Hindu belonging to a Backward order cannot claim the same reservation benefits as a Muslim Backward Class member merely on conversio... Read More


Delhi SIR case: SC agrees to 'take care of' ECI move to restore deleted voters as fresh voters

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- The Supreme Court of India agreed to intervene for Delhi's voters deleted from the electoral roll pursuant to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), and are now effectively being ... Read More


SC to hear a plea that de-notifying Jantar Mantar pushes dissent 'out of sight, out of mind'

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition challenging the de-notification of the iconic Jantar Mantar premises as a designated site of protest in the national capital. Rend... Read More


Govt response to allegations of illegal detention, clampdown ready, but needs fine-tuning: Govt to SC

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The Union government informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that its response to petitions alleging illegal detentions, shutdown of public and rail transport, including metro serv... Read More


SC Registry clears, numbers Rahul Gandhi's plea against SIR-CEC within 24 hours

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- A petition filed by Opposition leaders led by Rahul Gandhi in the Supreme Court for a complete disclosure of records and decisions of the Election Commission of India on the Spec... Read More


LoP, Opposition leaders move SC for full disclosure of EC records on SIR

New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking a full and complete disclosure of "files, agendas, minutes, notings and objections" recorded by Electi... Read More


Neither approved nor disapproved, SC clarifies stance on Form 6 alterations

New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had neither approved nor disapproved the controversial alterations made to Form 6 in its May 27 judgment, which was entirely about t... Read More


SC mandates free movement and no illegal detentions, 'subject to public order'

New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- After a day of mass detentions and a "curfew-like" clampdown on civil rights which senior lawyers compared to the 1975 Emergency, the Supreme Court convened what it called an "ex... Read More


SC backs right to protest, urges govt against blanket transit ban in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Choosing gentle persuasion, the Supreme Court on Friday refrained from questioning the Delhi Police on the legality of shutting down free movement to and within the national capit... Read More