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Waqf by user was widely misused to claim government land: Supreme Court

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday prima facie upheld the Union government's move to abolish the concept of "waqf by user" under the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, observing that the provis... Read More


SC ruling on Waqf Act a fine balance of presumption of constitutionality, property rights

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to suspend the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 in its entirety, but kept in abeyance some provisions that could have immediate and irreversible c... Read More


SC backs 5-year rule for creating Waqf but stays implementation pending norms

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Monday found favour with the constitutional validity of the provision in the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025 requiring a person to have practised Islam for at leas... Read More


Courts cannot fix time to revise poll rolls, ECI tells Supreme Court on nationwide SIR

New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that it cannot be judicially directed to carry out special intensive revisions of electoral rolls across the co... Read More


Courts cannot fix time to revise poll rolls, ECI tells SC

New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that it cannot be judicially directed to carry out special intensive revisions of electoral rolls across the co... Read More


SC order tomorrow on Waqf Act's interim suspension

New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- The Supreme Court will on Monday deliver its order on whether to suspend the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, nearly four months after reserving its ruling on a batch of 21 petitions... Read More


SC lets off senior advocate with warning for misconduct

New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- The Supreme Court's full court has decided not to strip senior advocate Rishi Malhotra of his gown despite a severe indictment of his professional conduct in a recent judgment, ... Read More


Rape vs consent: Supreme Court frames 4-step test for high courts

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- There exists a "clear distinction between rape and consensual sex", the Supreme Court held on Wednesday as it ruled that courts must carefully assess allegations of sexual assau... Read More


Rule of law is democracy's essence: Justice Nagarathna

New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna on Saturday underscored that the rule of law is the essence of democracy, reminding that it is the duty of courts to enforce it "without... Read More


SC takes suo motu cognisance of lack of CCTVs in police stations

New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday registered a suo motu public interest case over the lack of functional CCTV cameras in police stations, a persistent problem despite a string of bin... Read More