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Supreme Court objects to minority status papers of Buddhism converts

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday took strong exception to upper class general category candidates getting minority certificate for availing admission benefits as it came across a c... Read More


SC carves 3 exceptions in UP law closing MV offence trials

New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- The Supreme Court has carved out three exceptions to a law passed by the Uttar Pradesh government that declared the abatement or closure of all pending trials in motor vehicle of... Read More


'SC exists to uphold personal liberty, not justify govt excess'

New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- Supreme Court's justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Sunday said that the top court exists to uphold personal liberty of citizens and not to justify executive excesses, as he emphasised the n... Read More


SC notice to Centre on plea asking ASI to take over Madurai temple

New Delhi, Jan. 24 -- The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Centre and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on a petition seeking a direction for the latter to take over Madurai's Thi... Read More


Supreme Court urges Centre, states to use blockchain to reduce forgery in property cases

New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday underlined the need for digitising land records using blockchain technology to minimise forgery in property transactions and urged the Centre and st... Read More


EC cannot have 'untrammelled' power to conduct SIR, says Supreme Court

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) cannot have an "untrammelled" power to conduct special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as the same must be subject to guideline... Read More


Examine homebuyers' plaints in subvention scheme scam: SC to CBI

India, Jan. 21 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the subvention scheme scam to examine a host of new complaints filed by homebuyers against sev... Read More


Supreme Court tells govt to consider deferring school fee law to April

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Monday told the Delhi government to consider deferring the enforcement of its law fixing fees of private schools to April 2026, observing that implementing i... Read More


Supreme Court seeks Centre's reply on SC/ST creamy layer

New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that carving out a creamy layer among scheduled castes and scheduled tribes is a "sensitive" issue, one that requires responses from the Ce... Read More


Power to determine citizenship only for poll rolls: Election to Supreme Court

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that its power to determine citizenship as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is only for the p... Read More