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CJI DY Chandrachud's remark on Krishna Iyer unwarranted, could have been avoided: Justices Nagarathna, DhuliaSupreme Court justices B V Nagarathna and Sudhanshu Dhulia disagreed with Chief Justice DY Chandrachud's criticism of Justice Krishna Iyer'...
Not all privately owned resources can be acquired by State: SC in landmark judgmentIn a majority ruling, the Supreme Court decided that the State cannot seize all private resources. The court overturned previous rulings, s...
SC overturns 1997 judgment which granted power to Centre for regulating industrial alcoholThe Supreme Court of India overturned a 1997 order which previously granted the Centre regulatory control over industrial alcohol. With the...
Mining operators case: SC through majority opinion holds that royalty is not in the nature of taxA nine-judge Supreme Court bench, led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, has clarified that royalty is not considered a tax. This statement w...
Governor post 'serious', must act under Constitution: Justice B V NagarathnaIn her keynote address at the inaugural session of the fifth edition of Courts and the Constitution Conference, held at the NALSAR Universi...
Plea seeking review of verdict on demonetisation filed in SCA plea seeking a review of the judgement that upheld the Centre's 2016 decision to demonetise Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes was filed ...
No additional curbs on free speech rights of public functionaries: SCThe court ruled that a fundamental right under Article 19 (Right to freedom of speech and expression) and 21 (protection of life and person...
The Supreme Court must be applauded for refusing to play to the political gallery this timeBriefly, the majority judgment and the dissent agreed that the objectives of DeMo were good. Where they disagreed was on the legality of th...
Disparaging statement by minister can be vicariously attributed to govt if made in official capacity: Justice NagarathnaA Constitution bench of Justices S A Nazeer, B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, in a separate judgement, ruled that a minister's...
Demonetisation 'unlawful', says dissenting SC judgeThe dissenting ruling goes on to state that "the proposal for demonetisation arose from the Central Government and therefore, could not be ...
FM Nirmala Sitharaman welcomes SC verdict on demonetisationOn November 8, 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced demonetisation of old Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 banknotes and one of the key objec...
Important quotes from Supreme Court on demonetisationThe Supreme Court said on Monday the Centre's 2016 decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes was not hasty and such measure...
Demonetisation decision not hasty, such measures require confidentiality and speed: SC" It would thus show as to what great degree of confidentiality was maintained. In any case, the material placed on record would show that ...
Measures intended to strike at practices like hoarding black money & counterfeiting must be commended: Justice NagarathnaMore than six years after the Centre's decision to demonetise the Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes, the Supreme Court in a 4:1 majori...
Demonetisation case in the SC: What did the sole dissenting judge sayThe Supreme Court on Monday rejected petitions challenging the Narendra Modi government’s decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 curren...
Wrong to say SC has upheld demonetisation, verdict does not deal with outcomes: CongressThe dissenting verdict on demonetisation is a "slap on the wrist" of the government as it has pointed out the "illegality and irregularitie...
Supreme Court verdict on pleas challenging the government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency todayThe top court had, on December 7, directed the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India to put on record the relevant records relating to the g...