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SC reserves order on plea regarding EWS quota in NEET-PG admissions

The Supreme Court reserved its order on a plea related to the Economically Weaker Section quota in connection with the NEET-PG admissions

SC to hear PIL seeking probe into security lapses during PM's Punjab visit

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Friday a plea seeking a court-monitored probe into the breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security while on a visit to Punjab on Wednesday

NEET-PG: SC says need to end uncertainty, Centre urges to allow counselling

The top court will continue to hear the matter on Thursday

NEET-PG admissions: SC to hear Centre's plea hear related to EWS quota case

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea related to the EWS quota in connection with the NEET-PG admissions on Wednesday

OBC reservation: SC to hear matters related to Maharashtra, MP on Jan 17

The Centre has requested the top court to suspend the election process as an interim measure

Incitement to violence: When will Supreme Court take note?

In the Tehseen Poonawala judgement, the Court had asked that a Nodal Officer be appointed in each district to monitor and identify, with police help, tendencies for vigilantism, mob-violence.

Hit with Pegasus? Contact Supreme Court-appointed panel by January 7

The panel will give an acknowledgement for having received the instrument and also make and give the user a digital phone image for their records

Omicron spread: SC to conduct hearings virtually for next two weeks

The Supreme Court administration issued a circular announcing the decision on Sunday evening

23 names reiterated by SC for appointment as HC judges pending with govt

Names of 23 candidates recommended by various high court collegiums since 2018 and reiterated by the Supreme Court collegium were pending with the government at the end of 2021

CJI Ramana says news mixed with views is a 'dangerous cocktail'

The CJI cautioned journalists against the trend of seeping of ideological biases into news stories

Sahara yet to deposit money fully ordered by SC, says Sebi chief

The regulator has issued many advertisements asking investors/bondholder to come forward and who have made their claims have already been paid, it said

Supreme Court's 2022 docket spills over with landmark cases

Come new year, the Supreme Court will consider pivotal cases, which broach some of the contentious issues having an impact across the political spectrum.

Attacks, media trials among new threats to judiciary: CJI N V Ramana

Calling attention to the increasing incidents of attacks on the judiciary, CJI NV Ramana underlined the need for the law enforcement agencies to deal with them effectively

'Judges appointing judges' a propagated myth, says CJI Ramana

There is a need to liberate the institution of public prosecutors. Total independence must be granted to them and to make them answerable only to the Courts, he further said

SC dismisses appeal against Patna HC verdict in 38-year-old case

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed against a verdict of the Patna High Court modifying the conviction and sentence awarded to a man from life term to five years in a 38-year-old case

Jaipur ex-royals' property dispute of Rs 15,000 crore gets settled

The Jaipur former royal family's property dispute worth Rs 15000 crore, going on for nearly two and a half decades, has been settled with the mediation of the Supreme Court

Not necessary for court to give elaborate reasons while granting bail: SC

The top court's observations came on appeals against an order of Patna High Court which granted bail to an accused in a murder case

SC stays proceedings of Bengal's Lokur panel probing Pegasus case

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the ongoing probe by the West Bengal government appointed commission headed by former apex court Justice M B Lokur into the Pegasus snooping allegations. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli took note of the plea that despite the assurance of the West Bengal government that the Lokur panel would not proceed with the inquiry, the commission has commenced its work. The apex court on October 27 had appointed a three-member panel of cyber experts to probe the alleged use of Israeli spyware Pegasus for surveillance of certain people in India, saying every citizen needs protection against privacy violation and mere invocation of national security by the State does not render the court a mute spectator. Former Supreme Court judge Lokur and former chief justice of Calcutta High Court Jyotirmay Bhattacharya are the members of the commission of inquiry announced by the West Bengal government last month. An ...

SC dismisses PIL against taxing of interest on accident compensation

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition seeking quashing of the provision mandating tax on interest earned on compensation received by a road accident victim.

Delhi air remains toxic; SC asks panel to find 'a permanent solution'

The Air Quality Index (AQI) of the national capital was 339 --'very poor'-- at 8 am, according to SAFAR