SC quashes case against Standard Chartered Bank over violations of FERA provisionsThe Supreme Court quashed a 23-year-old criminal complaint against Standard Chartered Bank. This decision provided relief to the bank after...
Pending civil suits, arbitral claims stand abated after resolution plan approved under IBC: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has ruled that once a resolution plan is approved, any pending civil suits and arbitration proceedings are effectively ha...
Staines murder case: SC gives Odisha govt one month to consider Dara Singh's remission pleaThe Supreme Court has given Odisha one month to decide on Dara Singh's remission plea. Singh is serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder...
Headmistress to be prosecuted under POCSO; Supreme Court says anyone failing to report child sexual abuse can face actionThe Supreme Court has expanded the definition of knowledge under the POCSO Act. Anyone aware of a sexual offense against a child must repor...
Person receiving info from minor victim about sexual assault must report to authorities: SCSupreme Court declared minor victim reports credible under POCSO Act. Recipients must report sexual assault information to authorities imme...
Sonam Raghuvanshi Case: SC mulls larger bench reference in Meghalaya honeymoon murder caseThe Supreme Court might send a bail case to a larger bench. This concerns a typographical error in an arrest memo for Sonam Raghuvanshi. Th...
Premarital sex is common today, can't be used to judge a person's character: SCThe Supreme Court has ruled that consensual premarital relationships between adults do not constitute moral turpitude. Overturning a Telang...
'Physical relationship between consenting unmarried adults no ground to show poor character': Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has declared that a physical relationship between consenting unmarried adults does not reflect negatively on character. T...
SC reviews GST on costs paid to municipal bodiesThe Supreme Court will review if GST applies to companies paying municipal bodies for road restoration after utility work. This follows a G...
SC junks PIL seeking to replace term 'Hindutva' with 'Indian constitutionalism'The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking to replace the term 'Hindutva' with 'Bharatiya Samidhaanitva' (Indian consti...
Supreme Court dismisses plea to declare caste system unconstitutionalThe court was hearing a petition filed by one Wazir Singh Poonia, contending that the caste system is against fundamental rights.
SC seeks replies from Centre, secretaries of WB, Kerala governors against denial of assent to billsThe Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre and the secretaries to the governors of West Bengal and Kerala regarding separ...
SC to hear JMM leader Hemant Soren's plea against arrest in money laundering case on Feb 2JMM leader Hemant Soren on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering cas...
Process to set up GST tribunals has started, Centre tells SCA bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was told by Attorney General R Venkataramani th...
"It does not matter", says SC on objectionable video against itAn advocate mentioned the matter before a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. "There...
Supreme Court Collegium recommends five names to Centre for appointment as apex court judgesThe Collegium also recommended the name of Ahsanuddin Amanullah, a judge of the Patna High Court, as SC judge. It recommended Justice Manoj...
BJP demands details of public money spent on Saifai MahotsavThe BJP sought from the UP govt the details of public money spent on the just concluded 'Saifai Mahotsav' held at CM Akhilesh Yadav's nativ...