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Closed circuit not for open societies: Why transparency is important in establishing a healthy legal systemCJI D Y Chandrachud and senior justices of the Supreme Court emphasize the importance of transparency in the legal system, highlighting soc...
No SC greenlight for Vedanta's Tuticorin plant yet; expert panel likely to be set up to explore reopening of plantThe Supreme Court has proposed a bipartisan expert committee to investigate the reopening of Vedanta's Sterlite copper plant in Tuticorin, ...
Supreme Court sidesteps Hijab row for nowThe Karnataka government shut down all schools and colleges in the state following protests by the hijab-clad girl students to be allowed i...
Lock down, ban vehicles, says SC as Delhi-NCR air quality dipsThe CJI also pointed out to non-stop bursting of crackers, despite a court-ordered ban, and vehicular movement. "Some percentage of the pol...
SC allows Harish Salve to withdraw as amicus, raps some senior lawyers for imputing motives to itThe CJI observed that it was strange that every time the court looked for an amicus it would have to ensure that it was a lawyer the judges...
High Courts free to deal with Covid-19 petitions, says Supreme CourtThe court fixed further hearing for Tuesday after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta sought time for filing the Centre's response to the notice...
Supreme Court to decide on resumption of physical hearings after consulting medical expertsVirtual courts go against Article 145 of the Constitution that enjoins the court to hear cases and deliver judgements in open court, advoca...
Prashant Bhushan held guilty of "criminal contempt", fined Re 1 by Supreme CourtBhushan is to pay the penalty of Re 1 by September 15. The Court has held that if Bhushan fails to pay the penalty he will be sentenced to ...
CJI to review functioning of apex court every 3-4 days, says SCBA SecyThe top court on March 23 virtually went into the lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus and had suspended for indefinite period the...
CJI SA Bobde threatens to shut down courts amid Coronavirus scareThe CJI asked senior advocate Sanjay Hegde to suggest measures to further control crowding in the court rooms. “We can’t ask everyone to ta...
Covid-19: Ensure supply of midday meals amid closure, says SCThe Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed worries over the impact of Covid-19 on the mid-day meals to children across the country since all ...
Two women who entered Sabarimala move Supreme Court for securityJaising urged the court to allow all women to enter the temple freely and restrain the authorities from shutting the complex to pre-empt th...
Bar demands lifting ban on lawyers' strike, but CJI Ranjan Gogoi unimpressedChief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Saturday disagreed with a suggestion by the apex bar body to lift a 16-year-old ban on strikes by la...
Are you waiting for people to die due to pollution, SC asks CentreA bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justices A K Sikri and S A Bobde asked the Centre and CPCB how they intended to fight pollution in ...
SC wants to know whether government has policy on smog; Government wants 48 hoursSG Ranjit Kumar sought 48 hours to get back to the court on this when a bench, led by Chief Justice of India T S Thakur, wanted to know if ...
Supreme Court promises all help to Kashmiris, seeks reportCJI indicated that the court would be loath to jump into the security aspects of the issue, saying situation changes every hour in the vall...
Chief Justice of India HL Dattu tries to downplay row over Justice Kurian Joseph“It is an in-house meeting, a discussion, not a celebration,” the CJI told the media on the sidelines of the conference which closed on Eas...