Supreme Court

Expressing grave concern over rising incidents of dog bites and rabies, the Supreme Court bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice R. Mahadevan recently directed authorities in Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, and Ghaziabad to immediately pick up stray dogs from all localities and shift them to designated shelters, without releasing them back into public spaces. The […]

In a latest development, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has officially announced the formation of a three-member committee under the Judges (Inquiry) Act of 1968 to investigate Justice Yashwant Varma. The inquiry is significant as it comes after an impeachment motion submitted by 146 Lok Sabha members, raising concerns over the judge's conduct. This action

In a landmark ruling in Operation Asha v. Shelly Batra & Others, the Supreme Court—through Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan—has delivered a comprehensive guide on the scope of Section 92 of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC) and the circumstances under which a registered society may be treated as a constructive trust. Section 92 CPC

Expressing concern over the prolonged delays in pronouncing judgments by the Jharkhand High Court, the Supreme Court, led by Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, urged that judges set aside dedicated time to address the growing backlog of cases. The bench was hearing six petitions concerning the recruitment process for home guards in the

A Supreme Court bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice R. Mahadevan recently overturned the murder conviction of a man, holding that the Chhattisgarh High Court wrongly relied on a confessional First Information Report (FIR) filed by the accused himself. The Court reaffirmed that a statement made by one accused in an FIR is inadmissible

The Supreme Court has delivered a landmark judgment striking down an Indian Army policy that capped the number of women eligible for the post of Judge Advocate General (JAG). The Union of India and the Indian Army are now to comply with the directions of the court and conduct JAG recruitments without gender-based seat divisions. If

In a major ruling aimed at upholding human dignity and constitutional values, the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria strongly condemned the continued use of hand-pulled rickshaws, declaring the practice as "inhuman" and a violation of the right to dignity. The Court directed the State

Recently, the Supreme Court made a notable ruling in a contentious matrimonial case, compelling a man to provide his ex-wife with an apartment in Mumbai as alimony. The decision was delivered by a bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, alongside Justice K Vinod Chandran, who granted divorce to the couple based

The establishment of new courts often faces opposition from lawyers, but as the primary purpose of courts is to serve litigants and ensure access to justice, resistance by lawyers to relocation is unjustified and untenable, observed the bench of Chief Justice of India(CJI) B R Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran. The court made these

The Supreme Court has temporarily stayed the Bombay High Court's recent verdict concerning the Mumbai train blasts of July 11, 2006. However, the Apex Court majorly stated that while they have temporarily stayed the High Court's judgment, it will not be applied as a precedent in future cases. Significantly, the bench also did not stay