Padma ceremony on April 22; govt says no poll code violation as awards declared earlierPrime Minister Narendra Modi and other cabinet members are expected to attend the daylong event, they added. The awards were announced earl...
15 Apr, 2024, 11.59 PM IST
Laws framed today will further strengthen India of tomorrow: PM Modi at SC eventPrime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized the government's efforts in modernising laws and implementing new criminal justice laws. He highlig...
29 Jan, 2024, 12.39 PM IST
Govt awards Padma Bhushan to Dalai Lama's ally Togdan RinpocheKagyupa is now headed by Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche with his seat in exile in Dehradun and is a relative of Dalai Lama. The move is seen as ...
26 Jan, 2024, 10.52 PM IST
Justice Fathima Beevi: Small town girl who breached glass ceiling to become first woman SC judgeJustice M Fathima Beevi, born in Travancore in 1927, was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court and later the Governor of Tamil Nadu. S...
23 Nov, 2023, 06.49 PM IST
First woman judge of SC, former TN Governor Justice Fathima Beevi deadJustice Fathima Beevi, the first woman judge of the Supreme Court and former Governor of Tamil Nadu, passed away at the age of 96 in a priv...
23 Nov, 2023, 03.18 PM IST
Malayalam short story writer T Padmanabhan receives Kerala's highest civilian awardEminent writer T Padmanabhan has been awarded the prestigious Kerala Jyothi Award for his remarkable contributions to literature.
02 Nov, 2023, 08.42 AM IST
Nine new judges administered oath of office by CJI, strength of SC rises to 33With the swearing-in of the nine new judges, the strength of the Supreme Court has risen to 33, including the CJI, out of the sanctioned st...
31 Aug, 2021, 03.54 PM IST
Don't know any finer judge than Justice Indu Malhotra: CJIShowering all praises on Justice Malhotra, the CJI said that he does not wish to say anything about her judicial acumen as her judgements a...
12 Mar, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
History repeats as Supreme Court to witness all-women bench on September 5The apex court had seen a women alone bench for the first time in 2013 when Justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Ranjana Prakash Desai sat togethe...
01 Sep, 2018, 04.33 PM IST
In a first, three women judges in Supreme CourtMalhotra was the first senior woman advocate to be directly appointed as the judge of the Supreme Court.
07 Aug, 2018, 02.06 PM IST
Indu Malhotra sworn in as Supreme Court judgeWith Malhotra joining the bench, the strength of the Supreme Court is now 25, against the sanctioned strength of 31, including the CJI.
27 Apr, 2018, 01.33 PM IST
Activist & expert arbitrator, meet Indu Malhotra, 1st woman lawyer to become SC judgeAs a counsel for Save Life Foundation, Malhotra framed guidelines for the Good Samaritan law for protection from harassment of those who he...
26 Apr, 2018, 06.02 PM IST
Collegium sends Indu Malhotra, KM Joseph's names as SC judgesThis move by the collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, comes amid an ongoing tussle in the top court which had cam...
22 Jan, 2018, 09.19 PM IST
Key NHRC post vacant as ministers campaign, Supreme Court toldThe SC had taken strong objection to the Centre's inability to find an eminent person to fill the NHRC member's post that fell vacant in Ma...
28 Feb, 2017, 11.30 AM IST
Loyal to the core, new Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam skips Jayalalithaa's chambersHe did not assume office at the chamber allotted to the Chief Minister, occupied by Jayalalithaa till her conviction on September 27 by a B...
29 Sep, 2014, 06.59 PM IST
J Jayalalithaa fought more than a dozen cases and was acquitted in most of themTamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had fought more than a dozen cases and was acquitted in most of them.
27 Sep, 2014, 03.55 PM IST
Four judges assume charge in Supreme CourtJustices Abhay Manohar Sapre, R Banumathi, Prafulla Chandra Pant and Uday Umesh Lalit today assumed charge as Supreme Court judges.
13 Aug, 2014, 12.37 PM IST