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"
The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing petitions against the Election Commission’s (EC) special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, with Justice Surya Kant stating that Aadhaar cannot be treated as proof of citizenship. The Supreme Court observed that the inclusion and exclusion of citizens and non-citizens from the electoral rolls falls within the remit of the… Continue reading "Aadhaar not proof of citizenship’: SC agrees with EC"
“If you are a true Indian, you wouldn’t say such a thing,” the Supreme Court told Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday, criticising his alleged derogatory remarks about the Indian Army during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. However, the court stayed the proceedings initiated against him in a Lucknow court. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih issued… Continue reading "‘True Indian won’t make such statement’: Supreme Court slams Rahul Gandhi"