No parity between Agniveers, regular soldiers on pensionary benefits: Centre to HCThe Union government has told the Bombay High Court that Agniveers are different from regular soldiers. This means families of deceased Agn...
11 May, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
AI can't steal your job! A China twist can avert AI jobs apocalypseA Hangzhou court has set a precedent, ruling that companies cannot use AI automation as a blanket justification for firing workers. The dec...
02 May, 2026, 01.59 PM IST
Legislation on hate speech lies in domain of legislature, not courts: SCThe Supreme Court has ruled that current laws are adequate to control hate speech nationwide. The court stated that creating new criminal o...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.18 PM IST
Judgements on decriminalising adultery, same-sex consensual relationship 'not a good law': Centre in SCThe Centre has informed the Supreme Court that landmark judgments on adultery and same-sex relationships were based on subjective 'constitu...
08 Apr, 2026, 05.29 PM IST
'No courtroom for 50 million minor cases', says Piyush Goyal; urges closure after Jan Vishwas Amendment BillIndia is tackling its overloaded courts by decriminalizing minor offenses. The Jan Vishwas Bill aims to clear millions of pending cases. Th...
04 Apr, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
Why it's high time to review the review architecture of RBI's quasi-judicial functionsFor RBI-regulated entities, though - and, in this instance, for banks subject to orders under Section 35A of the BR Act - legal options are...
06 Feb, 2024, 11.15 PM IST
Same-sex marriage: Court must steer clear of policy matters, says CJIChief Justice D Y Chandrachud has stated that the court should be cautious not to interfere with policy matters that fall under the legisla...
18 Oct, 2023, 10.17 AM IST
Courts can declare, interpret law but cannot entrench upon legislation: SC judgeJustice Gupta, who wrote a dissenting verdict in the judgment on Tribunals Reforms (Rationalization and Conditions of Service) Ordinance 20...
14 Jul, 2021, 10.29 PM IST
Government unlikely to seek review of Supreme Court order on NJACGovt is unlikely to rush seeking a review of the Supreme Court verdict which overturned its law on appointment of judges to higher judiciar...
17 Oct, 2015, 09.31 PM IST
Watershed movement, imperative to avoid conflict, says former Law Minister Ashwani KumarAnother former Law Minister M Veerappa Moily attacked the government for its "recluse approach".
16 Oct, 2015, 07.02 PM IST
Raghuram Rajan is stonewalling reform by disagreeing on judicial review of regulatory decisionsOrders passed by Sebi have showed a marked improvement once the SAT started reviewing them. RBI would similarly benefit from judicial revie...
26 Jun, 2014, 08.09 AM IST
- Government organs should not overstep their limits: LS Speaker Meira Kumar
LS Speaker Meira Kumar today cautioned government organs against "overstepping" their assigned limits so as not to undermine the constituti...
23 Sep, 2011, 01.30 PM IST
- Judicial restraint does not mean abdication of duty, says Apex Court
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court has said that the judicial restraint cannot mean abdication of the constitutional mand...
05 Mar, 2011, 12.23 AM IST
- Judicial review is welcome
SC's directive to UP govt to stop using public fund for statues can't be faulted.
14 Oct, 2009, 02.36 AM IST
- PM advises judiciary not to overstep
The Prime Minister and the chief justice of India on Sunday gave their respective takes on how to maintain harmony in the delicate relation...
09 Apr, 2007, 03.32 AM IST
- SC can scrutinise any legislation: CJI
Ask Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan about judicial review, and he doesn’t step back to assert its supremacy, saying "there is no lim...
05 Feb, 2007, 03.30 AM IST
- SC bench begins hearing on 9th Schedule review
The Supreme Court on Monday commenced hearing in a case to examine the scope of judicial review about legislations being put in the ninth s...
31 Oct, 2006, 01.14 AM IST