Supreme Court to pronounce judgement on 'triple talaq' tomorrowA five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar had reserved its verdict on May 18 after a six-day marathon hearing duri...
21 Aug, 2017, 08.13 PM IST
Supreme Court restores CBI look-out notice against Karti ChidambaramThe look-out notice would ensure that immigration officials report back to CBI if they spot him at any airport so that he can be prevented ...
14 Aug, 2017, 11.23 PM IST
Expedite triple talaq verdict: Petitioners to CJIWhile reserving its verdict on the matter, the apex court had asked Muslim bodies how could a practice like triple talaq be a matter of "fa...
10 Aug, 2017, 09.52 PM IST
CJI Khehar recommends Justice Dipak Misra as his successorAccording to laid down procedure, the law minster writes to the CJI seeking his recommendation on who should succeed him.
26 Jul, 2017, 12.50 AM IST
SC gives Centre, RBI time to devise plan for depositing demonetised currencyA bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud asked Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, representing the Centre, to t...
05 Jul, 2017, 12.09 AM IST
Will go paperless in phases, says Supreme CourtOn May 10, the CJI had declared before PM Narendra Modi that from July 3, appeals against high court judgments in the SC would involve fili...
03 Jul, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
Triple talaq not integral to Islam, is intra-community tussle: Centre to Supreme CourtFormer Union minister and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, representing the AIMPLB, said that he will respond to after talking to all the board m...
18 May, 2017, 01.26 AM IST
Have devised mechanism to deal with arrears of cases: SCDuring the hearing today when the advocate said that the apex court should at least fix a date for hearing of his matter, the bench decline...
05 Apr, 2017, 10.07 PM IST
CJI Khehar offers mediator judge for Ayodhya disputeThe CJI offered any judge of the Supreme Court to mediate between the two warring parties. He said if the parties accept a moderator the be...
22 Mar, 2017, 12.18 AM IST
Collegium sends, recalls and resends names for appointment as HC CJsJudges and chief justices of high courts are selected by a smaller collegium -comprising the CJI and two most senior judges of the Supreme ...
27 Feb, 2017, 11.59 AM IST
No bail, parole for Lajpat Nagar blast case convictNaushad’s lawyer Siddharth Dave pointed out that the accused had already spent over 20 years in prison, pleading for leniency on this count.
21 Feb, 2017, 12.38 AM IST
Supreme Court hints at end to ‘media trial’A Constitution bench had ruled that if any accused faces a smear campaign during trial he would be free to ask the trial court to postpone ...
08 Feb, 2017, 12.51 AM IST
Number of fake lawyers across the country to touch the halfway mark, drive continuesVoters are lawyers enrolled with various State Bar Councils to practice law in respective trial courts and the state’s high court. The figu...
23 Jan, 2017, 11.17 AM IST
SC forms panel on recruitment of judges in lower judiciaryA bench headed by CJI Khehar said the committee would deal with the date for advertisements for filling up the vacancies.
18 Jan, 2017, 08.45 PM IST
After months of testy ties, an easy week for government in Supreme CourtThe Modi government has claimed that it needed to iron out some bottlenecks to give more teeth to the law, but senior advocate Shanti Bhush...
16 Jan, 2017, 01.32 AM IST
CJI refers depleted strength in Supreme Court, to take steps to fill vacanciesCJI Khehar said the shortfall in the number of judges was affecting work in the apex court, which currently has 23 judges against the sanct...
11 Jan, 2017, 09.18 PM IST
Chief Justice tells 'slow' government to audit all 30 lakh NGOsSC also directed the government to put in place a regulatory mechanism which would keep a continuous check on use of public funds by NGOs.
11 Jan, 2017, 12.48 AM IST