New Delhi, Dec. 6 -- Emphasising that simplicity in public transactions is "good governance" and a constitutional value, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that executive actions imposing unnecessary o... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday underscored that states governments cannot distance themselves from their statutory obligation to provide adequate manpower for electoral work, makin... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- The Union government on Wednesday agreed to bring back a pregnant woman deported to Bangladesh earlier this year along with her eight-year-old son, after a strong nudge from the S... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 3 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a Muslim woman, who has been divorced, is legally entitled to recover cash, gold and other articles given to her or her husband by her pare... Read More
New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- Emphasising that the principle "bail is the rule and jail, an exception," does not entitle all accused to automatic relief, the Supreme Court has held that courts must also weigh ... Read More
New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Friday delivered a scathing denunciation of dowry-related cruelty, lamenting that the "pious bond of marriage has regrettably been reduced to a mere commerci... Read More
New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday delivered a call for predictability within the judiciary itself, urging the evolution of a uniform national judicial policy that co... Read More
New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- The Union government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that unregulated real-money online gaming has demonstrable links to terror financing and money laundering, offering to shar... Read More
New Delhi, Nov. 23 -- In a first-of-its-kind institutional exercise, the Supreme Court has released a report on "judicial conceptions of caste" that urges judges to adopt constitutionally sensitive vo... Read More
New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- The Supreme Court will on Thursday deliver its advisory opinion on a rare presidential reference that asks whether constitutional courts can prescribe timelines for the President... Read More