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Apex court pushes for timelines on high court bail hearings

New Delhi, May 12 -- The Supreme Court on Monday suggested that all high courts prescribe outer timelines for disposal of bail pleas, laying down an extensive set of recommendations aimed at ensuring ... Read More


Set up panels to help resolve Bench-Bar disputes: Apex court

New Delhi, May 12 -- The Supreme Court on Monday urged high courts across the country to consider constituting grievance redressal committees at the high court, district and taluka levels to resolve t... Read More


Centre seeks end to SC airfare oversight

New Delhi, May 12 -- The Union government has urged the Supreme Court to refrain from continuing its monitoring of a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging volatile airfares and airline charges,... Read More


Courts must not apply SC/ST Act bail bar mechanically: Supreme Court

India, May 11 -- The Supreme Court has held that there cannot be a mechanical denial of anticipatory bail merely because offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocit... Read More


SC cancels anticipatory bail to TN police officer in train molestation case

India, May 11 -- The Supreme Court on May 7 set aside the anticipatory bail granted to a suspended Tamil Nadu police officer accused of sexually harassing a law college student aboard a moving train, ... Read More


Top court: Must not apply SC/ST Act bail bar mechanically

New Delhi, May 10 -- The Supreme Court has held that there cannot be a mechanical denial of anticipatory bail merely because offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atr... Read More


Ex-cji appointed to mediate in dispute over kapur estate

New Delhi, May 8 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud as mediator to facilitate a settlement in the high-stakes inheritance dispute w... Read More


SC seeks update on Unitech money laundering case

New Delhi, May 8 -- The Supreme Court has turned its attention once again to the long-running Unitech saga, this time asking the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to place before it a clear picture of wher... Read More


Sunjay Kapur estate feud: SC appoints ex-CJI as mediator

New Delhi, May 8 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud as mediator to facilitate a settlement in the high-stakes inheritance dispute w... Read More


Ex-cji appointed to mediate in dispute over kapur estate

New Delhi, May 8 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud as mediator to facilitate a settlement in the high-stakes inheritance dispute w... Read More