The Supreme Court, on Thursday, issued a slew of directions to address the problems faced by the BLOs while working in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in various states. A two-judge Bench of the top court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, in its order directed that the states which were… Continue reading "SC directs states to deploy additional staff for SIR duty"
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Central government on a plea filed by Congress leader Jaya Thakur, seeking the implementation of a law for 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan asked the government to respond to the PIL seeking… Continue reading "SC notice to Centre on plea to implement women’s reservation in Parliament"
The Supreme Court said on Monday that digital arrest frauds need to be dealt with an “iron hand” after it was informed by the Centre that Indian citizens have been duped of an estimated ₹3,000 crore in such cases. A bench headed by justice Surya Kant said, “If we ignore this problem or cow down now and don’t pass stringent… Continue reading "Supreme Court to deal with digital arrest cases with an iron hand"
Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging what it described as the Governor’s “illegal and unconstitutional” decision to refer the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to the President instead of granting his assent. The State’s writ petition, filed through its Chief Secretary, names the Governor, the Union of India, and the University… Continue reading "Tamil Nadu challenges Governor’s Bill referral in Supreme Court"
The Supreme Court on Friday raised several questions to the Tamil Nadu government while hearing petitions on the ongoing investigation into the stampede in Karur. It also flagged the “impropriety” with the Madras High Court’s Chennai bench’s order directing a special investigation team (SIT) probe when the petition only sought guidelines to hold roadshows. The Supreme Court questioned how the… Continue reading "SC questions Madras HC’s order directing formation of SIT to probe Karur stampede"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Chief Justice of India, Justice BR Gavai following the incident in the Supreme Court when a lawyer tried to hurl a shoe at the CJI inside the court. “The attack on him earlier today in the Supreme Court premises has angered every Indian. There is no place for such reprehensible acts in our society.… Continue reading "PM speaks to CJI Gavai after shoe hurling incident in SC"
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea of DMK leader V Senthil Balaji seeking clarification of court’s earlier order on whether he can be appointed as a minister again during the pendency of trial in alleged cash-for-job scam. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi rejected the contention of Balaji, put forth by senior advocate… Continue reading "Supreme Court rejects DMK leader’s plea seeking clarification of earlier order"
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to move the Supreme Court with a Review Petition against its recent judgment mandating that all in-service teachers without the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) qualification must clear it within two years or face compulsory retirement. The School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said while the state fully supports TET as a compulsory requirement for… Continue reading "Review petition will be filed in the TET exam issue: Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi"
The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned whether a Governor could keep a Bill passed by the legislature pending indefinitely and if such a delay was entirely outside the scope of judicial review. Chief Justice of India B R Gavai, heading a five-judge Constitution Bench, asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta whether such indefinite delay would still remain beyond judicial review. “Either… Continue reading "Is Governor’s indefinite delay on bill beyond review, top court asks Centre"
The Supreme Court on Wednesday described Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as “voter-friendly,” highlighting its expansion of acceptable identity documents and rejecting concerns about Aadhaar exclusion. “They are expanding the number of documents of identity. We understand your exclusionary arguments maybe with respect to Aadhaar, but the expansion of documents followed by SIR is in fact voter-friendly… Continue reading "Bihar SIR process voter-friendly: Supreme Court says 11 documents better than 7"