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Supreme Court calls for fresh look at 2-child norms

New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday called for a fresh examination of laws across the country that disqualify people with more than two children from contesting local body elections, h... Read More


'Policies need to be in tune with reality': Supreme Court calls for fresh look at 2-child norms amid decline in fertility rate

New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday called for a fresh examination of laws across the country that disqualify people with more than two children from contesting local body elections, h... Read More


Husband calling wife 'stupid' not cruelty, says SC

New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Supreme Court has held that a husband calling his wife "stupid" and "useless" cannot, by itself, constitute an offence of cruelty or criminal intimidation, cautioning courts a... Read More


Supreme Court dismisses woman's plea to terminate 26-week pregnancy over marital discord

New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a married woman's plea to terminate her nearly 26-week pregnancy, holding that a consensual pregnancy conceived within a subsisting marria... Read More


'Dialling wrong number': CJI Surya Kant-led Supreme Court bench on plea seeking rotation of SC/ST seats

New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the petitioner that the demand for mandatory rotation of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Parliament and... Read More


'Dialling the wrong number': Supreme Court rejects plea for rotation of SC/ST reserved seats

New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the petitioner that the demand for mandatory rotation of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Parliament and... Read More


'Were officers sleeping?' SC raps Centre, drug regulator over expired Covid-era approvals

New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down hard on the Union government and the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for failing to act against pharmaceutical companies allegedly ... Read More


SC slams Centre, drug regulator over expired Covid-era approvals for antifungal drug

New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down hard on the Union government and the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for failing to act against pharmaceutical companies allegedly ... Read More


West Bengal SIR: Election Commission cites SC orders to justify 1.61 million appeals

New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday told the Supreme Court that 1.61 million appeals challenging the inclusion of voters in West Bengal's electoral rolls after the s... Read More


Justice Lalit changed case listing approach as CJI, says Justice Kaul in memoir

New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- The Supreme Court had more than 1,000 cases marked as "sensitive" that were kept off its regular cause lists, a practice that exposed how the Chief Justice of India's control ove... Read More