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Ex-CJI Gavai to head panel vetting forest rights claims in Tamil Nadu

New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Friday appointed former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai to head a special committee that will scrutinise orders passed by authorities in Tamil Na... Read More


SC calls for pollution fight to become people's movement

New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Friday said repeated judicial directions and restrictions alone would not help tackle Delhi-NCR's worsening air pollution, stressing that the fight against po... Read More


Supreme Court appoints ex-CJI Gavai to head panel scrutinising forest rights claims in Tamil Nadu

New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Friday appointed former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai to head a special committee that will scrutinise orders passed by authorities in Tamil Na... Read More


SC rejects bail plea of doctor accused of prescribing cough syrup linked to 26 child deaths

New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant bail to paediatrician Praveen Soni, who was arrested in October last year for allegedly continuing to prescribe Coldrif cough syrup li... Read More


Supreme Court calls for fresh look at 2-child norms

New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday called for a fresh examination of laws across the country that disqualify people with more than two children from contesting local body elections, h... Read More


'Policies need to be in tune with reality': Supreme Court calls for fresh look at 2-child norms amid decline in fertility rate

New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday called for a fresh examination of laws across the country that disqualify people with more than two children from contesting local body elections, h... Read More


Husband calling wife 'stupid' not cruelty, says SC

New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Supreme Court has held that a husband calling his wife "stupid" and "useless" cannot, by itself, constitute an offence of cruelty or criminal intimidation, cautioning courts a... Read More


Supreme Court dismisses woman's plea to terminate 26-week pregnancy over marital discord

New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a married woman's plea to terminate her nearly 26-week pregnancy, holding that a consensual pregnancy conceived within a subsisting marria... Read More


'Dialling wrong number': CJI Surya Kant-led Supreme Court bench on plea seeking rotation of SC/ST seats

New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the petitioner that the demand for mandatory rotation of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Parliament and... Read More


'Dialling the wrong number': Supreme Court rejects plea for rotation of SC/ST reserved seats

New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the petitioner that the demand for mandatory rotation of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Parliament and... Read More