The Supreme Court on Wednesday while calling the 1998 Coimbatore bomb blast incident that killed 58 people and left 250 injured, "atrocious", dismissed the bail pleas of some of the convicts.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked why "a political party" has not been made an accused in matters pertaining to liquor policy irregularities as "a political party" is alleged to have benefitted from it.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down three petitions moved by ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in connection with a drug seizure case and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh for each petition
The occasion was marked by a cleanliness drive and the garlanding of Mahatma Gandhi's statue and photograph of Lal Bahadur Shastri in the Supreme Court compound.
One of the petitioners has told the Supreme Court that the Uttar Pradesh government has not given complete details 183 encounter killings and said that such response by the state government raised doubt over these incidents.
Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy, in his ongoing legal battle in the disproportionate assets (DA) case, filed an appeal in the Supreme Court on Saturday, seeking further consideration and potential resolution in this matter.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that the state government will file a review petition before the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and the Supreme Court on September 30, as the state does not have water and so cannot release it.
Hours after Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) directed Karnataka to release 3000 cusecs of Cauvery water to its neighbouring Tamil Nadu every day, until October 15, state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held a meeting with retired judges of the Supreme Court and others.
A bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra noted that the petition could be filed before the High Court instead of in the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has held that a condition imposed by the Government that the land owner should handover a part of land free of cost for public utility purposes in return of the permission granted for converting the nature of the use of the land cannot be held illegal.