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SC's 5:4 verdict refines 48-yr-old 'industry' test but protects pending disputes

India, Aug. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday, by a 5:4 majority, refined the expansive test laid down nearly five decades ago to determine what constitutes an "industry" under the now-repealed Indu... Read More


SC's nine-judge bench verdict today on what constitutes an 'industry'

India, Aug. 20 -- The Supreme Court will on Thursday deliver its verdict on one of the most consequential questions in labour jurisprudence - what constitutes an "industry" under the Industrial Disput... Read More


Supreme Court asks NTA where things stand on 2024 exam reforms plan

India, Aug. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Union government to present details of its implementation of the recommendations of the K Radhakrishnan committee, constituted in the afterma... Read More


SC: Come clear on enforcing Radhakrishan panel report

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to come clear on its acceptance and implementation of the recommendations of the K Radhakrishnan committee, which was constituted ... Read More


Is hanging cruel and barbaric? The law, the methods, and the decades-long debate over executions in India

India, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to issue any judicial mandate for replacing hanging with a "less painful or humane" method of execution, affirming its constitutional validity b... Read More


Police defend 'graded' action on CJP protest

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Delhi Police has defended its use of force against student protesters during the July 20 "Sansad Chalo" protest march, telling the Supreme Court that it resorted to a "graded... Read More


SC: Hanging a valid execution method; open to future review

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to issue any judicial mandate for replacing hanging with another "less painful or humane" method of execution, holding that no case had been... Read More


Goa seeks life term for Tejpal, moves SC

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Goa government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking enhancement of former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal's 10-year jail term to life imprisonment, contending that the mini... Read More


Hanging stays as execution mode, sc allows room for review later

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to issue any judicial mandate for replacing hanging with another "less painful or humane" method of execution, holding that no case had been... Read More


Police defends 'graded' action on CJP protest

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Delhi Police has defended its use of force against student protesters during the July 20 "Sansad Chalo" protest march, telling the Supreme Court that it resorted to a "graded... Read More