Death sentence can be challenged under Article 32 on ground of breach of procedural safeguards: SCThe Supreme Court has ruled that Article 32 allows reopening sentencing in capital punishment cases if procedural safeguards were breached,...
25 Aug, 2025, 12.43 PM IST
Over 1.07 cr people sterilised during Emergency, highly exceeding govt's targetDuring the Emergency period of 1975-77, over 1.07 crore people were sterilised, exceeding the government's target of 67.40 lakh. The Indira...
20 Aug, 2025, 02.43 PM IST
$26,000 on lips, $1,900 on cheeks; the price behind Andrea Ivanova’s world’s largest lips makeoverAndrea Ivanova, a Bulgarian woman, is known for her extreme cosmetic procedures. She has spent a lot of money on lip fillers and other enha...
28 Jul, 2025, 02.41 PM IST
SC calls VIP treatment in temples arbitrary, declines to intervene as it's policy matterThe Supreme Court declined to hear a plea against VIP darshan facilities in temples, labeling it a policy issue for the Centre. Chief Justi...
01 Feb, 2025, 12.36 AM IST
SC refuses to entertain PIL against special treatment for VIPs in templesThe Supreme Court of India declined to hear a PIL challenging the 'VIP darshan' practice in temples, stating it is for society and temple m...
31 Jan, 2025, 01.12 PM IST
Court cannot stop govt from bringing law in Parliament on crypto currencies: SCCrypto currencies are digital or virtual currencies in which encryption techniques are used to regulate generation of their units and verif...
09 Sep, 2022, 10.03 PM IST
Places of Worship Act 1991 cannot be enforced in dispute between two sects of same religion: SCThe Act prohibits conversion of any place of worship and provides for maintenance of the religious character of any place of worship as it ...
30 Jul, 2022, 03.36 PM IST
One person companyOPC is one of the significant milestones of the Companies Act, 2013, introduced to encourage self-employment with a backbone of India's leg...
16 Aug, 2017, 01.04 PM IST
SC refuses to entertain Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy's pleaGhandy, an alumnus of the prestigious Doon School and St Xavier's College Mumbai, is facing prosecution in criminal and terror cases.
13 Feb, 2017, 06.25 PM IST
If builder defaults then consumer court can help execute sale deedThis judgement widens the scope of the benefits to a consumer who can now get his sale deed executed through an officer empowered by the co...
23 Jan, 2017, 11.57 AM IST
CJI,T S Thakur recuses from hearing PIL seeking guidelines for raidThe petition, filed by journalist Upendra Rai, contended that probe agencies were allegedly "harassing and humiliating citizens while condu...
05 Sep, 2016, 11.17 PM IST
Cases can be shifted out & into J&K for access to justice: Supreme CourtA five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur rejected the contention of the State that it cannot interfere as neither...
19 Jul, 2016, 10.54 PM IST
Rajiv Gandhi killers to remain in jail, Supreme Court refers case to Constitution BenchThe Tamil Nadu government had sought to waive rest of their jail terms, sparking off a storm of criticism across the country.
25 Apr, 2014, 06.24 PM IST
Andhra CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy questions validity of AP Reorganisation BillAP CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy questioned the very validity of AP Reorganisation Bill-2013 saying it was violative not only of Parliamentary pro...
25 Jan, 2014, 04.40 PM IST
Why some companies are favoured in mineral allocation? SC to CentreThe Supreme Court questioned the Centre on why certain companies are always favoured in the allocation of mines and minerals which has resu...
25 Sep, 2013, 07.40 PM IST
SC refers to larger bench plea on Prez' power to pardonCan the power of the President and a Governor to pardon or to reduce the sentence of a convict be taken away by any law?
16 May, 2013, 01.40 PM IST
- Company registration in a day far from reality
While the Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA) going online is a welcome development, and the experience reported was very sweet, but the same...
01 Dec, 2006, 12.15 AM IST