The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved an order on disqualified parliamentarian Afzal Ansari's plea seeking suspension of his conviction in a Gangster Act Case.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reprimanded three lawyers for drafting and filing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to declare fundamental rights under Articles 20 and 22 as unconstitutional and said that they showed a complete lack of knowledge of the law.
A bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and PK Mishra directed the chief secretaries of the states to file affidavits within a week apprising it of their response on the issue.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Supreme Court Advocate Nalin Kohli replied to the opposition's claim of their phones being hacked by the Centre and said "How can we assume that the Government of India has done this?"
The Tamil Nadu Government has moved the Supreme Court urging to issue direction to the Governor to clear the bills and various files forwarded by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and Government which are pending with his office within a specified timeframe.
The state government has moved the Supreme Court against the Governor over delay in clearing Bills and Government orders that were sent by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and Government.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra observed that the 2005 law on the Right to Information (RTI) will become a "dead letter" if vacancies are not filled.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said procedural wranglings should not be permitted to delay disqualification petitions.
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over the indefinite suspension of a Member of Parliament Raghav Chadha and its impact on the right of the people to be represented while calling the exclusion of a member of the political opposition from the house a "serious matter".
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to immediately decide on granting sanction to prosecute the school teacher who was accused of asking her students to slap a Muslim classmate in Muzaffarnagar.
The Supreme Court on Monday accepted the unconditional apology of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) member technical Alok Srivastava and dropped the contempt proceedings against him. Meanwhile, the top court also slapped a fine of Rs 1 crore upon Deepak Chhabria, who had to ste