When Justice DY Chandrachud overruled his father's judgmentsAnd it's a wrap. DY Chandrachud retired as the Chief Justice of India on November 10. He delivered his final order from the Supreme Court's...
11 Nov, 2024, 05.35 PM IST
Justice Sanjiv Khanna to be sworn in as 51st CJI on November 11Justice Sanjiv Khanna, renowned for landmark judgments on electoral bonds and Article 370, was sworn in as the 51st Chief Justice of India....
11 Nov, 2024, 11.10 AM IST
View: Public commentary on the court is proportionate to its own oversize role in governanceFor the court today to usurp the role of time and hold Bhushan’s expression of opinion to be contemptuous, no matter how disagreeable it ma...
04 Sep, 2020, 09.13 AM IST
Lockdown not akin to Emergency, default bail an indefeasible right: SCA bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said the view of the high court that restrictions imposed during the lockdown should not give the r...
20 Jun, 2020, 01.42 PM IST
‘There is pandemic but no formal emergency, hence fundamental rights can’t be taken away arbitrarily’The state government had on April 11, 2020, permitted only government hospitals to conduct diagnostic tests and admit Covid patients for is...
23 May, 2020, 08.59 AM IST
SC 'lost its way' while cancelling coal blocks, 2G licences: Mukul RohatgiReferring to the taking over of the power to appoint judges in higher judiciary by the CJI-led collegium, he also said the Supreme Court sh...
16 May, 2020, 06.45 PM IST
Chandrachud vs Chandrachud: SC judge confident his father would have concurred on ADM Jabalpur verdictChandrachud Jr, while overruling the 1976 verdict, termed the earlier verdict as being 'seriously flawed'.
24 Oct, 2019, 02.45 PM IST
View: In his second term, Narendra Modi is a more decisive leaderModi, in his second coming, is also bolder than he was in his first tenure.
30 Aug, 2019, 11.11 PM IST
Aadhaar ruling will be more significant than Emergency verdict, Kapil Sibal tells SCSibal said Aadhaar with biometrics was a sure invitation for disaster in a digital world, where corporate entities thrive on compiling meta...
14 Feb, 2018, 11.08 AM IST
View: Why the privacy ruling may be the finest in Supreme Court's historyThe court's evolution of PIL jurisprudence in subsequent decades helped neutralise the inequity somewhat, as did the compromised coalition ...
27 Aug, 2017, 01.16 PM IST
From Aadhaar to food, Supreme Court's privacy ruling opens Pandora's box for Modi govtThe decision may impact everything from govt's signature Aadhaar programme to civil liberties, to gay rights to collection and use of perso...
25 Aug, 2017, 08.38 AM IST
Apps on mobiles expand 'privacy' debate exponentiallyDuring the ongoing debate over right to privacy, the SC bench realised that Indians are a soft target of the apps which commercially exploi...
24 Jul, 2017, 09.05 AM IST
Does the nation not reflect the sentiments of the Republic?Three recent instances of constitutional subversion that infringe our fundamentalrights and make celebrations meaningless.
29 Jan, 2017, 12.33 AM IST
Personal law should be subject to fundamental rights: FM Arun JaitleySC asked the government why polygamy in the Muslim community should not be banned and sought the Centre’s response on framing a Uniform Civ...
29 Nov, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
Procedure for selection of judges should not compromise the independence of judiciaryCare will have to be taken by Parliament to ensure that the composition of the Judicial Commission should not compromise the independence o...
31 Jul, 2014, 08.36 AM IST
Accidental Prime Minister: Did Manmohan Singh violate the oath of secrecy?The most startling claim in Baru's book was that PMO official Pulok Chatterjee had "regular, almost daily meetings with Sonia Gandhi in whi...
14 Apr, 2014, 12.06 PM IST
- Review calls a sign of court-executive tussle?
The government has given vent to its disgust over repeated judicial encroachment into areas which fell squarely within the executive’s doma...
12 Mar, 2012, 10.27 AM IST