‘Let governments and politics stay out of it,’ says the Supreme Court responding to a request for MNREGA workers’ pending wages
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the UOI to file its answer to the 2021 petition, which claims that delayed wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MNREGA) are piling up, coupled with negative balances in most states’ accounts.
SC, In Case relating to Uphaar Fire Tragedy, Asks CBI To Respond To Theater Owners’ Plea For Property Return
The Supreme Court on Wednesday requested an oral statement from the Central Bureau of Investigation about the 1997 Uphaar fire Tragedy in response to an appeal petition filed by the proprietors of Ansal Theatres asking for custody of the theatre and its grounds.
APEX COURT CONSTITUTES A FIVE-JUDGE CONSTITUTIONAL BENCH TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER OF THE LEGALITY OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGES IN INDIA
A number of petitions requesting legal recognition of same-sex marriages in India will be heard by the Supreme Court beginning on April 18. In the meantime, appropriate benches are still deliberating on several crucial constitutional bench matters, such as the repeal of Article
Supreme Court To Consider Gujarat Govt’s Objection To Sharing Records With Petitioners
In a case wherein the Supreme Court is monitoring 22 alleged ‘fake encounters’ conducted by the Gujarat Police between 2002 and 2007, it indicated, on Monday, that it would consider the reservation expressed by the State of Gujarat in sharing records of three
Technology not a cure for all malaise, Said CJI DY Chandrachud highlighting the Need of Digital Inclusion
On Friday, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud emphasised the importance of digital inclusion and an ecosystem that allows the benefits of technology to be realised. “Technology is not a cure in and of itself,” the Supreme Court judge recalled, emphasising the significance
SC refuses to entertain the Interlocutory application for the stay on expansion of the Okhla waste-to-energy plant
The background of the case is that the incineration plant was constructed at an open dump in Okhla, which is a public-private venture between Jindal ITF Urban Infrastructure Limited and the Delhi government, which was commissioned in the year 2012. It is the
Apex Court States That There Can Be No Equality In The Matter Of Illegality
The supreme court bench of justices V Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal decided to deny the relief to a school teacher who was dismissed from the service for the reason that he secured through distance education. The petitioner in the case at hand was
SC: “Unjustified Compassion Unsustainable When Objective of IPC is to Punish Offenders” HC Judgment on Motor Accident Case Quashed
Issue In overturning a decision by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to reduce a sentence imposed on a man convicted in a motor accident case of rash driving and causing death due to negligence, the Supreme Court stated that the Indian Penal
Overcoming the “Narrow, Excessively Legalistic” Discussion over the SC Election Commission’s Decision
Issue The Supreme Court’s most recent decision on the appointment of the chief electoral commission and election commissioners was overly legalistic and restricted to the institution’s constitutional and legal structure and judicial interpretations of the status and authority of the Election Commission of
In a Suit For Possession, Prior Possession Becomes Relevant When Both Parties Fail To Establish Title: Supreme Court
What: “When both parties fail to establish title, prior possession becomes relevant in a suit for possession”: Apex Court. Facts: The side that can demonstrate earlier possession will prevail in a possession lawsuit if neither party has proven title, the Supreme Court has
