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Multiple flaws in Opposition's motion to remove justice Yashwant Varma: Rajya Sabha official

New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- The secretary general of the Rajya Sabha, PC Mody, criticised the Opposition MPs' notice seeking removal of Allahabad high court judge, justice Yashwant Varma, as displaying a "ca... Read More


Supreme Court 'thoroughly disappointed' with the Madhya Pradesh HC for rejecting bail plea without recording reasons

New Delhi, Jan. 8 -- The Supreme Court has suspended the seven-year jail term of a man convicted of counterfeiting currency, saying it was "thoroughly disappointed" with the Madhya Pradesh High Court ... Read More


Supreme Court grants bail to former Amtek Group promoter in PMLA case

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to former Amtek Group promoter Arvind Dham in a money laundering case arising from an alleged multi-crore bank fraud, holding that prolon... Read More


SC overturns Delhi HC's ruling of multiple FIR in economic offences

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a 2019 judgment of the Delhi high court that had mandated the registration of separate first information reports (FIRs) for each investor or... Read More


Supreme Court raps 'rich, affluent' for using writ pleas to dodge PMLA trials

New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday lamented what it described as a growing trend of the "rich and affluent" approaching constitutional courts to challenge the validity of penal laws aft... Read More


'Coordinators, not conspirators': Why SC freed five in Delhi riots case but not Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam

New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Friday denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots, but ordered the release of five other co-acc... Read More


CJI Kant initiates key procedural reset at Supreme Court

New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Monday initiated a significant overhaul of the Supreme Court's functioning, introducingmandatory timelines for oral arguments and restr... Read More


SC clarifies conditions of life sentence suspension

New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- The Supreme Court has made it clear that the long-settled principle of "presumption of innocence" applies only until an accused is tried and convicted, and does not survive once ... Read More


Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of Aravalli issue, lists it for December 29

New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Saturday took suo motu cognisance of the contentious issue surrounding the definition of the Aravallis, reopening the possibility of a judicial relook at its... Read More


Supreme Court raps UP prison authorities over delay in releasing undertrial

New Delhi, Dec. 25 -- The Supreme Court has pulled up the Uttar Pradesh prison authorities for delaying the release of a Muslim undertrial, charged under an anti-conversion law, by nearly a month, des... Read More