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The top court said power and accountability go hand in hand and noted that while all citizens shall have the 'right to information' under Section 3 of the Act

Supreme Court has sought the assistance of Attorney General R Venkataramani in a plea seeking to fix a time period for the Union government to notify appointment of judges

If someone find it is essential to use social media, then he should be ready to face the consequences also, said Supreme Court

The apex court said it would take up the case as first item on August 21. The bench also sought a response from the state government and agencies concerned on the plea.

SC sought a response from the Centre on a PIL seeking a direction to decriminalise the law on statutory rape often invoked against 16- to 18-year-old adolescents for indulging in consensual sex.

The decision of a caste census was taken by the Bihar cabinet on June 2 last year, months after the Centre ruled out such an exercise in the Census.

Notably, the caste-based survey in Bihar has been completed and its results are expected to be out soon in the public domain.

In an important verdict, the top court also held the state government was not required to review its orders of detention every three months after it has passed the confirmatory order following the report of the advisory board.

The Supreme Court bench held that to deprive the state and its citizens of the benefit of these experienced judicial officers at a senior position would not be in public interest

Commenting on the remission policy of states, the bench said the question is whether the policy of premature release is being implemented uniformly in all cases in respect of all those who have completed 14 years and are eligible for it.

The regulatory authorities of 30 States/UTs have operationalised their websites under the provisions of RERA.

The SOP placed reliance upon the earlier judgments of the Supreme Court providing that courts should practice necessary restrain while summoning government officials during hearing of cases

Supreme Court provided several details in tabular form in its handbook which contains a glossary of gender unjust terms and phrases and suggests alternative words for being used in judicial discourses and decision making

CJI Chandrachud emphasised on granting access to justice to the citizens, saying the court provides a safe democratic space for individuals to seek protection of their lives

Speaking at the Independence Day celebrations organised by SCBA at the apex court lawns, the CJI also talked about efforts of the apex court to make all its 35,000 judgements available to citizens in regional languages

Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a plea seeking direction to the Centre to formulate a law for mandatory pre-litigation mediation

The apex court said it will list the appeals challenging the Gujarat High Court verdict in the case before an appropriate bench.

The apex court on June 12 had stayed the high court order that essentially allowed bike-taxi aggregators Rapido and Uber to operate in the national capital by asking the Delhi government not to take any coercive action against them till a new policy was formulated.

On August 7, the top court had refused to stay the Patna High Court's order giving the go-ahead for a caste survey in Bihar, and deferred the hearing on petitions challenging it to August 14.

The Trust has challenged an order of the Allahabad High Court which dismissed its plea to direct the Mathura civil judge to decide its application for a scientific survey of Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah mosque premises first before deciding the objections raised against the suit.