Why are Meghalaya miners not rescued yet: SCThe private illegal mining in very small areas, traditionally practised in the hills of Meghalaya, are contemptuously referred to as rathol...
Karnataka row: SC apprehends more emergency hearingsSenior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Congress-JD(S) combine, at the outset expressed his regret to a three-judge bench headed by ...
Supreme Court orders live telecast of K'taka floor test proceedingsA bench comprising justices A K Sikri, S A Bobde and Ashok Bhushan passed the order after recording the statement of Additional Solicitor G...
Supreme Court spent Rs 38 lakh on Justice A K Sikri's air tickets, Rs 37 lakh on CJI T S Thakur's in 3 yearsIn response to an RTI query, Supreme Court Registry has provided interesting information about countries visited by several judges along wi...
Supreme Court slaps Rs 10 lakh on Spicejet for offloading disabled flyerThe apex court noted that the disabled flier was not given "appropriate, fair and caring treatment" which she required with "due sensitivit...
FCI loaders paid more than President, SC says it’s fishyFCI is held to ransom by the labourers and their unions and there is something seriously wrong with it," said a bench of Chief Justice T S ...
Court language is English, says Supreme CourtThe plea was for amending the provisions of the Constitution to make Hindi the official language in the Supreme Court.
India should aspire to be hub of neutral arbitration: SC Judge A K SikriHe said there should be solutions like introduction of elements of mediation and inquisitorial system in the arbitral process.
Row over Coal Ordinance; Supreme Court rejects Centre's pleasBLA Industries, a sister concern of BLA Power Ltd, was allocated these coal blocks in Madhya Pradesh in June 1996, which got cancelled foll...
Supreme Court refers Italian Marine Massimiliano Latorre's plea to another benchThe bench, while noting that later some other development had taken place, said, "Let it be placed before another bench."
Coal ordinance pleas turned down by Supreme CourtCESC, through counsel Gopal Subramanian, had urged the court to exempt it from the levy arguing that it was a sector where tariffs were reg...
Bureaucrat can't be victimized for crtiticising government: SCThe bench said that the Constitution declares India as a sovereign democratic Republic and "The requirement of such democratic republic is ...
Supreme Court hints at lifting embargo on accounts, for Roy releaseThe SC hinted at lifting a court imposed embargo on operating its bank accounts to secure the release of chairman Subroto Roy
Right to pension can't be taken away pending proceedings: SCThe Supreme Court has held that this right cannot be taken away from a government employee pending departmental or criminal proceedings.
- HC notice to government on plea for removal of mobile phone towers
The bench asked the Centre to file the report of the Inter Ministerial Committee and its suggestions on the issue by the next date of heari...
- Notice to government on plea for amendment to Right To Education Act
A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the central government's standing counsel Jatan Sin...
- HC upholds law on levy of service tax on leasing out premises
The Delhi High Court has held as constitutional a provision of amended Finance Act which allows the Centre to levy service tax.