SUPREME COURT

Supreme Court seeks Centre's reply on plea for opening places of worship

The plea said it has been filed with the "solemn and pious objective to protect the fundamental rights enshrined and guaranteed under the A...

Supreme Court refuses to entertain pleas seeking deferment or cancellation of NEET exam

The apex court had on September 4 dismissed petitions, including the one filed by ministers of six opposition-ruled states, seeking review ...

Attorney General K K Venugopal in self-quarantine, Supreme Court informed

A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta was requested by Additional Solicitor General S V Raju that a short adjournment be gra...

Supreme Court dismisses review petition filed by six states on NEET, JEE

Cabinet Ministers of six states had sought a review. The States are: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Punjab and Rajastha...

Supreme Court to issue guidelines on right to protest while addressing the right to free movement

Right to protest must be balanced with right to free movement, says Supreme Court. The bench was dealing with pleas which sought to highlig...

Supreme Court says NCLAT to decide on spectrum sale of bankrupt Aircel

The government in various appellate and insolvency courts has said that spectrum is a national asset that cannot be transferred to a third ...

Supreme Court issues notice to Chhattisgarh government in multi-crore PDS scam

The apex court also sought response from the state government, its Economic Offences Wing/Anti-Corruption Bureau, Special Investigation Tea...

Donald Trump infuses politics into his choice for the Supreme Court

Even before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death last week, the president had tried to use likelihood of more Supreme Court vacancies to his...

US presidential election will 'end up in the Supreme Court': Trump

President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that the 2020 presidential election "will end up in the Supreme Court." And he suggested that is...

Supreme Court to commence physical hearing of cases in limited manner, issues SOP

The SOP issued by secretary general Sanjeev S. Kalgaonkar of the top court said "On an experimental basis, and as a pilot scheme, physical ...

Supreme Court to pronounce quantum of sentence in Prashant Bhushan contempt case

The Supreme Court is set to pronounce its verdict on the quantum of sentence to be awarded to lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan in conne...

Covid, economy, Supreme Court among US presidential debate topics

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace said the 90-minute discussion will also include the records of President Donald Trump and Democratic presiden...

Donald Trump says will announce his Supreme Court Nominee on Saturday

"I am getting very close to having a final decision made. Very, very close. I am going to make it, I believe that 5 o'clock on Saturday (Se...

To curb fake news and hate speech, first regulate digital media, Centre tells Supreme Court

In an affidavit filed in court, the ministry of information and broadcasting said that there was no need to lay down any fresh guidelines b...

There shouldn't be further delay in NCDRC appointments: Supreme Court

There should not be a further delay in appointing members of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), the Supreme Court...

Supreme Court cancels NLSIU Bengaluru entrance exam NLAT-2020

While cancelling the NLAT-2020 entrance exam, the apex court also directed that admissions in all 22 National Law Universities (NLUs) be co...