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Petitioners argue that wealth-based discrimination violates rights to equality, dignity, and religious freedom The Supreme Court on October 25, 2024, agreed to review a plea seeking to abolish 'VIP entry charges' and preferential treatment for certain individuals in temples, while thousands of devotees, including senior citizens, women, children, and persons with disabilities, wait for hours. […]

The Supreme Court recently expressed concern about the growing trend of over-implicating individuals and exaggerating claims in domestic cruelty cases under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). In the Criminal Appeal before the Supreme Court, the division bench comprising Justice C.T. Ravikumar and Justice Sanjay Kumar, in their judgement, upheld that the courts

A bench comprising Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra passed an interim order on October 24 allowing a candidate with blindness to attend the interview for the selection of Civil Judges in Rajasthan. The petitioner, Siddharth Sharma, who is a blind candidate, was denied to appear for the interview round

The Supreme Court upholds the overturning of the Madras High Court's acquittal, convicting a man and his relatives for the murder of his wife, who had become a "stumbling block" in his purported incestuous relationship with his aunt. The Court observed that when the offence was committed in the presence of the accused in the

The Supreme Court of India clarified the standard of medical negligence, observing that a doctor can only be held liable if they lack the requisite qualification or fail to administer treatment with due expertise. The case originated from complaints filed by a minor patient, Jaswinder Singh, and his father against Dr. Neeraj Sud and the

The Supreme Court has directed two former Director of General Police of Uttar Pradesh to conduct an independent investigation into an issue prevailing in a village in Haryana's Hisar district pertaining to allegations of social boycott of Dalit individuals that were raised in 2017. A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Aravind Kumar passed

On Monday, October 21, the Supreme Court struck down a bail condition set by the Delhi High Court in a murder case, which required the accused to secure accommodation in Delhi and remain there throughout the trial. The Appellant is charged under Sections 302, 201, 120B, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), along

The Supreme Court has observed procedural irregularity cannot defeat substantive rights and provided relief to the decree objector, whose objection plea was refused by the High Court on the grounds of misapplication of the provisions in filing his objections towards execution of the decree. The bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Sanjay Karol sets

In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court today upheld the Bombay High Court's decision to cancel the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s lookout circular against actor Rhea Chakraborty and her family, related to the investigation following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.  A bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan dismissed the CBI's

The Crown Is Heavy: SC Suggests HC Judges To Avoid Dictating Lengthy Judgements In Court To enhance judicial efficiency and avoid lengthy courtroom dictations, the Supreme Court recommended on October 21 that High Court judges practice delivering the operative part of judgements or orders when they anticipate that dictating the full judgement will take longer