The Supreme Court has requested responses from the Centre and Election Commission of India regarding a PIL challenging the election of conv...

The Supreme Court has sought the opinion of the attorney general on the issue of how convicted individuals can return to Parliament. The co...

The Supreme Court is urged to expedite nearly 5,000 pending criminal cases against lawmakers. An affidavit highlights the undue influence o...

The Supreme Court suggested establishing open jails as a solution to prison overcrowding and prisoner rehabilitation. Open prisons allow co...

"Two years ago, my law clerk was parking his car and he was also attacked by street dogs," the CJI said. After dogged pursuit by some lawye...

The affidavit filed in the apex court by senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, one of the four amicus curiae in a matter related to filling of va...

The report has been prepared based on information received from 16 high courts. However, high courts of UP, Rajasthan, Bihar, Telangana, Hi...

On November 24 last year, the top court had asked the Allahabad High Court to issue a fresh notification to set up special magisterial cour...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to consider listing for early hearing the PIL which has sought expeditious trial of criminal cases ag...

In the report submitted with assistance from advocate Sneha Kalita on Monday, Hansaria said the number of criminal cases pending against si...

The petitions were filed in the apex court in the backdrop of a case in which the Allahabad High Court had in January declared a man, earli...

Mehta said that if proceedings of any of these cases against lawmakers are stayed by the high court, then the top court may direct the it t...

A bench led by Justice NV Ramana, who will be the next Chief Justice of India when SA Bobde demits office, issued the notices. The Centre w...

The court had earlier asked the states to fast track these cases to maintain purity of the electoral process and keep out politicians with ...

The submissions were made in a report filed by senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, who is assisting the court as amicus curiae in the matter al...

A bench headed by CJI Khehar said the committee would deal with the date for advertisements for filling up the vacancies.

The bench chided the Meghalaya government for not challenging such orders and, thus, giving an opening to "interlopers" to jump into the fr...