In a huge win for the West Bengal government, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Centre’s petition that challenged the Calcutta High Court’s order directing the resumption of MGNREGA, a 100-day rural employment guarantee scheme, in the state, after over three years. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme, launched by the UPA … Read more
The Bench was hearing a plea of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) seeking contempt action against 71-year-old advocate Rakesh Kishore, who hurled an object towards the CJI on October 6 during court proceedings. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (October 27, 2025) voiced its preference to treat advocate Rakesh … Read more
A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was hearing a plea seeking removal of the present mode of execution of death row convicts by hanging from the statute. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The problem is that the government is not ready to evolve, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday (October 15, … Read more
Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for the conduct of elections to Parliament and State legislature shall vest with the EC. Article 326 provides that every citizen who is not less than 18 years of age shall be entitled to be registered as … Read more
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (September 22, 2025) made it clear that a Bench led by Justice Surya Kant would hear pleas challenging Karnataka’s decision to withdraw consent to investigate a disproportionate assets case against Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Chief Justice of … Read more
The scene of stubble burning in Haryana’s Hisar. Image for the purpose of representation only. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Supreme Court and the Union government differed sharply on Wednesday (September 17, 2025) over how to deal with farmers who burn stubble ahead of the winter season. Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai, … Read more
The Supreme Court is scheduled on Monday (September 15, 2025) to pronounce judgment on a plea to stay the implementation of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which over a 100 petitioners described as a “creeping acquisition” of Muslim properties while the government defended as a necessary counter to “rampant encroachment” on public and private properties. … Read more
The Allahabad High Court tops the number of vacancies, at 76, among High Courts in the country as on September 1, according to Department of Justice (DoJ) statistics. | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court Collegium has proposed 26 judicial officers and advocates to fill up vacancies in the Allahabad High Court. The Collegium, in … Read more
Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (August 26, 2025) offered a grieving death row convict the facility to virtually participate in the 13th day rituals and prayers for his departed mother, rather than allow him to make the journey from a Surat jail to the “Naxalite” … Read more
File image of Justice Alok Aradhe. Photo: Special Arrangement The Supreme Court collegium on Monday (August 25, 2025) recommended to the Centre the names of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Patna High Court Chief Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi for elevation to the top court. If the names are cleared by the Centre, … Read more