New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was “impossible” that in a continuing marriage a husband or a wife could say they want to be independent of their partner. If anybody wanted to be independent, they ought not enter matrimony, a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan cautioned. The bench…
New Delhi: Judicial activism should not become judicial terrorism, Chief Justice of India B R Gavai said on Thursday during the presidential reference hearing, which raised constitutional questions on whether the court can impose timelines for governors and the president to deal with bills passed by state assemblies. The chief justice’s remark came when Solicitor…
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into alleged large-scale manipulation of electoral rolls in Karnataka’s Mahadevapura Assembly constituency and other areas during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The petition, filed by advocate and Congress member Rohit Pandey, has urged the…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked what is wrong if the president herself seeks views through a presidential reference on whether fixed timelines can be imposed on governors and the president for acting on bills passed by state legislatures. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Centre on a plea seeking the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, saying ground realities, including the recent Pahalgam incident, cannot be ignored. “You also have to take into consideration the ground realities… You cannot ignore what has happened in Pahalgam,” CJI…
New Delhi: The whole problem of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR is because of “inaction” of local authorities, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while reserving its order on the interim prayer seeking a stay on the August 11 directions passed by the apex court. A two-judge bench of the top court had on August 11…
New Delhi: Observing that persons, regardless of popularity, are equal before the law, the Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled the bail granted to actor Darshan and other accused in the Renukaswamy murder case. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan set aside the Karnataka High Court order, saying it suffers from various…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted six weeks to the Telangana government to come out with a “good proposal” for the holistic restoration of the Kancha Gachibowli forest site, saying the state government will have to replant the uprooted trees. A bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the 11 documents required to be submitted by an elector for Bihar’s special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, as opposed to seven documents in summary revision conducted previously, showed the exercise was “voter-friendly”. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, which resumed hearing…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed its retired judge L Nageswara Rao as an ombudsman of Bihar Cricket Association to take action against alleged illegal activities of some office bearers. A bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said it was passing the order to ensure smooth functioning of the association without…
