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Set up new bench to hear pleas: SC

New Delhi, May 16 -- The Supreme Court has asked the chief justice of the Bombay high court to expeditiously decide on a batch of petitions challenging the 10% reservation granted to the Maratha commu... Read More


SEC push sets the ball rolling for local body polls in Oct-Nov 2025

MUMBAI, May 16 -- The state government is all set to begin the process of ward formation, nearly 10 days after the Supreme Court (SC) directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to conduct polls in 6... Read More


Restore illegally allotted forest land: SC

New Delhi, May 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all the states and Union territories to constitute special investigation teams (SITs) to restore forest lands that have been illegally allot... Read More


SC pulls up MP min for Col Qureshi comments

New Delhi/Bhopal/Jabalpur, May 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up Madhya Pradesh minister Kunwar Vijay Shah for his controversial comments on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and said that by virtue ... Read More


Rape accused agrees to marry accuser, SC suspends jail term

India, May 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the 10-year jail term of a man accused of raping a woman after he exchanged flowers with the survivor and the two "unequivocally expressed thei... Read More


Rare presidential reference triggers juridical debate

New Delhi, May 16 -- President Droupadi Murmu's decision to seek the Supreme Court's advisory opinion on critical constitutional questions marks a rare and significant moment in India's constitutional... Read More


SC pulls up MP min for Col Qureshi comments

New Delhi/Bhopal/Jabalpur, May 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up Madhya Pradesh minister Kunwar Vijay Shah for his controversial comments on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and said that by virtue ... Read More


SC suspends jail term of rape accused after he agrees to marry victim

Bengaluru, May 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the 10-year jail term of a man accused of raping a woman after he exchanged flowers with the victim and the two "unequivocally expressed th... Read More


SC to hear Waqf pleas on may 20 for orders on interim relief

New Delhi, May 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the petitions challenging the validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 to be heard on May 20 to decide on the issue whether any interim st... Read More


SC collegium recommends K'taka HC judge as Manipur HC CJ

New Delhi, May 16 -- In the first meeting on judicial appointments convened by Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, the three-member Supreme Court collegium on Thursday recommended the Centre to app... Read More