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courts can fix timelines for disqualification pleas, rules sc

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that constitutional courts can fix timelines for Speakers to decide disqualification petitions under the anti-defection law, warning that protr... Read More


SC: Courts can set timelines for speaker in disqualification cases

India, July 31 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that constitutional courts can fix a timeline for speakers to decide disqualification petitions, warning that indefinite delays by high constituti... Read More


SC backs CJI's nod for Varma's removal

New Delhi, July 31 -- The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is not a mere "post office" but a constitutional functionary duty-bound to act in defence of the judiciary's institutional integrity, the Supreme... Read More


It's CJI's duty to act, justice Varma told

New Delhi, July 31 -- The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is not a mere "post office" but a constitutional functionary duty-bound to act in defence of the judiciary's institutional integrity, the Supreme... Read More


It's CJI's duty to act, justice Varma told

New Delhi, July 31 -- The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is not a mere "post office" but a constitutional functionary duty-bound to act in defence of the judiciary's institutional integrity, the Supreme... Read More


It's CJI's duty to act, justice Varma told

New Delhi, July 31 -- The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is not a mere "post office" but a constitutional functionary duty-bound to act in defence of the judiciary's institutional integrity, the Supreme... Read More


SC to begin hearing on presidential reference from August 19

India, July 30 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday set the stage for detailed hearings in the presidential reference concerning whether governors and the president can be judicially compelled to act withi... Read More


Will step in if SIR leads to mass exclusion of voters in Bihar: SC

PATNA, July 30 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned that it will "step in" if there is any mass exclusion of voters in poll-bound Bihar, asking petitioners challenging the Election Commission of Ind... Read More


judicial officer quits to protest judge's elevation

New Delhi, July 30 -- Madhya Pradesh judicial officer Aditi Kumar Sharma, whose dismissal was quashed by the Supreme Court earlier this year, has resigned from service in protest against the elevation... Read More


Will step in if there is mass exclusion of voters in Bihar: SC

New Delhi, July 30 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned that it will "step in" if there is any mass exclusion of voters in poll-bound Bihar, asking petitioners challenging the Election Commission of... Read More