Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on September 12 a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of colonial-era provision of sedition under the Indian Penal Code
Supreme Court has said courts need not show compassion when contemnors use them as a "potent weapon" and "legal trick" to wriggle out of responsibility
The Supreme Court had on April 28 this year directed all states and Union Territories to register cases against those making hate speeches even if no complaint was made
The apex court acquitted two people whose conviction and life sentence for the offence of murder in a case lodged in 1989 was affirmed by the Chhattisgarh High Court
A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Ahsanuddin Amanullah said, "Elections to any office/body are required to be free, fair and transparent. Elections lie at the core of democracy
The matter was mentioned before a bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra after it was deleted from the causelist published for September 6.
In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the chief secretary of Manipur said it was unfortunate that the platform of the top court was being "misutilised", apparently referring to the lawyer's claim.
The petition, filed through advocate Bharti Tyagi, also sought a direction to the Law Commission to prepare a report as well as a bill to control "Deceitful Religious Conversion".
The top court had repeatedly refused to pass any interim order staying the survey process or publication of the outcomes of the survey, though it was contended that the matter will become infructuous post publication of the data.
Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing on bail plea filed by student activist Umar Khalid who was arrested and charged under the Unlawful Activities Activities (Prevention) Act
The Supreme Court agreed to examine a plea filed by the wife of slain criminal Sanjeev Maheshwari Jeeva, seeking to quash the FIR registered against her under the UP Gangster Act
According to information found on the official website of the Supreme Court, a panel led by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud is scheduled to potentially address the petitions in a hearing set for September 15.
He said that he will then also have lunch with the people from the Asian countries in the afternoon before proceeding for his meeting with the Labour Union of France