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Zubeen case accused calls for central agency probe

New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Shyamkanu Mahanta, the organiser of the North East India Festival and a key accused in connection with the death of singer Zubeen Garg, has approached the Supreme Court seeking a ... Read More


India governed by the rule of law, not bulldozer: CJI Bhushan R Gavai

New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai on Friday underscored that the Indian legal system is governed by the rule of law, "not by the rule of the bulldozer", stressing that legali... Read More


Wasteful government litigation hurting mediation growth: Justice Nagarathna

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- Mediation cannot truly succeed in India until governments and their institutions stop pursuing litigation merely to exhaust judicial avenues despite having no likelihood of succ... Read More


Can't make death row convicts wait endlessly: Centre to SC

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Union government on Wednesday pressed the Supreme Court to expedite hearing on its plea seeking stricter timelines for death row convicts to avail legal remedies and for exe... Read More


Supreme Court pulls up Centre for denying FCRA renewal

New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Friday cautioned the Union government against harassing non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and pulled up the Centre for refusing to renew the registratio... Read More


Waqf by user was widely misused to claim government land: Supreme Court

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday prima facie upheld the Union government's move to abolish the concept of "waqf by user" under the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, observing that the provis... Read More


SC ruling on Waqf Act a fine balance of presumption of constitutionality, property rights

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to suspend the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 in its entirety, but kept in abeyance some provisions that could have immediate and irreversible c... Read More


SC backs 5-year rule for creating Waqf but stays implementation pending norms

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Monday found favour with the constitutional validity of the provision in the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025 requiring a person to have practised Islam for at leas... Read More


Courts cannot fix time to revise poll rolls, ECI tells Supreme Court on nationwide SIR

New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that it cannot be judicially directed to carry out special intensive revisions of electoral rolls across the co... Read More


Courts cannot fix time to revise poll rolls, ECI tells SC

New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that it cannot be judicially directed to carry out special intensive revisions of electoral rolls across the co... Read More