Ahmed Tariq Butt, a Bengaluru-based professional working with Accenture, claimed that he and his family were reportedly issued deportation notices to Pakistan despite being Indian citizens with val…
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the WAVES summit, highlighting India’s potential as a global media hub. He emphasized creative responsibility and protecting youth from harmful ideas.read morePrime M…
The bench, consisting of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh, however, stressed that while using spyware is not wrong, the real question lies in who is targeted by itread moreThe Suprem…
A top court bench had recently prescribed a three-month timeline for the president to decide on bills reserved by governors for her nod. Reacting to the directive, Dhankhar had said that the judici…
A recent road rage incident in Bengaluru involving Indian Air Force officer Shiladitya Bose has taken a new twist. The officer has now been booked on charges of ‘attempt to murder’ and wrongful…
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday announced a three-day state mourning across India as a mark of respect following the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, the Supreme Pontiff of the Ho…
Pakistan’s Chief of Army Asim Munir dubbed Kashmir as the “jugular vein” of Islamabad, adding that Pakistan won’t “forget it”read moreThe Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday…
The bench stated that the phrase “as soon as possible” in Article 200 conveys a sense of urgency and does not permit the governor to “sit on the bills and exercise pocket veto over them”rea…
In a conversation with Zakka Jacob and Ananya Bhatnagar at News18 Rising Bharat Summit, former Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said that he supports deliberations on nationwide competitive examination…
“In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 (14 of 2025), the Central Government hereby appoints the 8th day of April, 2025 as the date …
According to the NHAI, the expressway might be ready by June. However, the legal case can stretch the operations further. The Supreme Court, meanwhile, handed over the case to Lucknow bench and the…
Advocate Rachna Tyagi, who appeared for the survivor’s mother, told the media, “The Supreme Court has taken cognizance of serious observations made by the Allahabad High Court and stayed that judgm…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday paused a controversial order of the Allahabad High Court that held “grabbing breasts” and “breaking the strings of a girl’s pyjamas” don’t constitute rape…
Justice Varma stated that no cash was ever placed in that storeroom either by him or any of his family members, and he said he strongly denounced the suggestion that the alleged cash belonged to th…
Allegations against Justice Varma
A huge amount of cash was found at Justice Varma’s official bungalow in Lutyens’ Delhi after a fire broke out on the night of the Holi festival (March 14). On Fr…
At a time when large swathes of the world are plunging into wars and authoritarianism, jurist Upendra Baxi’s new book has argued that human rights now stand at a crossroads where the new generati…
Pandit Dhirendra Shashtri, aka Bageshwar Dham Baba, has joined the debate over comedian Samay Raina’s show – India’s Got Latent- and the fresh controversy around it.
A massive row was triggered after…
India witnessed a shockingly high road crash toll in 2023, with one person dying every three minutes. The country saw a total of 1.72 lakh road crash deaths in 2023, a 4.2% increase from 2022 (1.68…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the mother of Atul Subhash, Bengaluru techie who died by suicide in 2024, his minor son’s custody saying she was “stranger to the child”.
A bench of Justices Bela M…
In the latest twist to the gripping case of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row in Yemen, details have emerged about the handling of her sentence.
The Yemeni Embassy in India has clarified…
From tackling politically delicate matters to establishing new fundamental rights, the Supreme Court of India made news in 2024 with some exceptionally groundbreaking rulings.
Here is our ranking of…
Bengaluru AI engineer Atul Subhash died by suicide, earlier this month, leaving behind a 24-page long note alleging extortion and harassment against his estranged wife Nikita Singhania and her family….
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered civil courts across the country not to register lawsuits challenging the ownership and title of places of worship under the Places of Worship (Special Provisions)…
Until this week, Sambhal was a relatively unknown district in Uttar Pradesh with people from outside knowing little about it. However, last Sunday (November 24) this small district saw massive…
The Gautam Budh Nagar district magistrate has ordered the closure of all Noida and Greater Noida schools. The extreme air pollution levels prompted the decision, which impacts physical classes for all…
The worsening air pollution levels of India’s national capital Delhi have become a global debate as the United Nations climate summit COP29 deliberates ways to fight climate change. Delhi has seen its…
Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday said all judges have been asked to allow virtual hearings wherever possible in view of the severe pollution levels in the national capital region.
As soon as the…
Delhi’s pollution level has reached a new high. The Air Quality Index surged to 500 on Tuesday as recorded by Central Pollution Control Board at 6 am. The national capital is expected to remain in the…
In a landmark decision, a 7-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India revisited the contentious issue of Aligarh Muslim University’s (AMU) minority status. By a 4:3 majority, the Court overruled its…
The father of a friend of the teenage driver involved in the Porsche car accident in Pune that claimed two lives in May this year surrendered before a court here on Wednesday. The Supreme Court had on…
In a majority 7:2 ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held that states are not empowered under the Constitution to take over all privately-owned resources for distribution to serve the “common…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) designate Sanjiv Khanna’s primary aim after taking oath on November 11 would be to reduce pendency and speed up justice delivery in the Supreme Court.
A report by The…
Living in a pollution-free environment is a fundamental right, India’s Supreme Court said on Wednesday as it urged authorities to address deteriorating air quality in the north of the country.
India’s…
Spiritual guru Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev gets big relief as the Supreme Court dismissed a plea against its organisation Isha Foundation. The retired professor has accused the organisation of holding…
The Supreme Court of India rendered a landmark decision today, October 17, affirming the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, which relates to the Assam Accord, with a…
The Centre on Wednesday questioned before the Supreme Court the maintainability of a plea filed by controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik seeking clubbing of FIRs filed in different states over his…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that whether it is a temple or a dargah, religious structures encroaching on roads, railway tracks and water bodies must be demolished as they threaten public…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on Karnataka High Court Judge Justice V Srishananda over his recent controversial remarks.
A five-judge bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud closed the…
In a significant development, the Supreme Court of India directed judges on Monday not to use the term “child pornography” in their rulings, orders or observations. The top court bench headed by Chief…
Aam Aadmi Party’s Atishi on Saturday took oath as the next chief minister of Delhi after Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation earlier this week.
With this, Atishi has become the youngest and the third woman…
The official YouTube channel of the Supreme Court of India, where hearings of the cases listed before Constitution Benches are live-streamed, was hacked on Friday. It is now showing videos promoting…
Dissident Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Swati Maliwal has slammed the party’s decision to name Atishi as the next Chief Minister of Delhi.
Flagging Atishi’s parents’ support for convicted terrorist…
Arvind Kejriwal rose India’s political scene through his anti-corruption campaign that culminated in a massive sit-in at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in 2011. With talks with the then-Manmohan Singh…
Narendra Modi’s tenure as the chief minister of Gujarat, spanning over 12 years from 2001 to 2014, was a transformative period that significantly altered the state’s political, economic and social…
Arvind Kejriwal will finally step out of jail on Thursday, six months after he was arrested in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, only freed briefly during the Lok Sabha elections. While AAP…
Junior doctors in Kolkata continued their agitation on Thursday as the West Bengal government rejected their demands for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s presence and a live broadcast as preconditions…
Junior doctors, who have been protesting for over a month seeking justice for the 31-year-old woman who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College, have agreed to hold talks with the…
“It’s a people’s movement… the Supreme Court should not forget that,” said that doctors in Kolkata who declared that they would continue with their protest against the rape and murder of 31-year-old…
The Supreme Court on Monday warned the doctors in West Bengal, who are protesting over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, to return to…
The parents of the Kolkata doctor who was raped and killed last month have alleged that the Kolkata Police tried to hush up the incident and even tried to interfere with evidence. The allegations were…
The GST Council is expected to deliberate on a host of issues today, including taxation of insurance premium, GoM’s suggestions on rate rationalisation, and a status report on online gaming, sources…
A trainee doctor was raped and murdered on August 9 at West Bengal’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, triggering huge protests in Kolkata and other places. On August 12, Chief Minister Mamata…
“How can a house be demolished just because he is accused? It can’t be demolished even if he’s convict…,” the Supreme Court said on Monday, as it made critical observations against the so-called…
In an order that may have wide-ranging implications, the Supreme Court has said the bail is the rule even in money laundering cases.
The SC said that the provisions of the Prevention of Money…
Hours after she was granted bail by the Supreme Court in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha on Tuesday evening walked out of Tihar Jail.
BRS…
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea of Kavitha Lankesh against a Karnataka High Court order that granted bail to an accused in the murder case of her elder sister and journalist Gauri Lankesh.
A…
The Supreme Court has, for the first time, retrospectively applied Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita-2023 (BNSS) in India.
As per Section 479 of BNSS, undertrials may be granted…
Will the country see a total shutdown today (August 21)? The question emerges after Dalit and Adivasi organisations have called for a “peaceful” strike on Wednesday over their demand for stronger…
The Supreme Court has been unusually active this year in taking suo motu actions in taking up cases. However, decisions have been pending in most of these cases, with some waiting to be listed for…
India must move towards adopting a secular civil code, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said while addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day.
“It is need of…