Judiciary

The Ayodhya title suit appeals are scheduled for hearing on October 29 before a completely new Supreme Court Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. The appeals are listed for Monday under the head “directions matter” before a new composition of judges, who, besides the CJI, are his …

Bench warned States against inaction The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday gave an undertaking to the Supreme Court that the office of Lokayukta will start to function from February 1 next year. The State’s assurance came after a Bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took a stern view of …

The Bench had said “treating women as the children of a lesser God is to blink at the Constitution.” It was a “form of untouchability” abolished decades ago. The ban on women was derogatory to equal citizenship. The right to practise religion should yield to the right of dignity of …

“This is like a velvet fist inside a velvet glove. It is of no use… If there is criminal liability involved, there should be prosecution launched under a penal statute,” Justice Lokur said categorically. Though the oral observations from the Bench came during the hearing of a petition filed by …

The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of over 5,000 vacancies in the lower judiciary across the country, saying the situation is “wholly unacceptable”. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi found that even the official statistics provided by various High Courts on the recruitment …

The Supreme Court decided to consider on Tuesday when it will hear multiple review petitions filed against its September 28 majority judgment allowing women of all ages entry into the famed Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Responding to an oral mentioning to urgently list the petitions, Chief Justice of India Ranjan …

The Supreme Court on Monday said media regulators tend to wear a “velvet fist inside a velvet glove” when it comes to dealing with journalists and media organisations whose actions, like revealing the identity of a rape survivor, make them criminally liable. It is a crime under the Protection of …

The Supreme Court has barred State governments from diverting money from their Compensatory Afforestation and Management Planning Authority (CAMPA) funds meant for environmental protection, rehabilitation of displaced persons due to issues like depletion of forest, mining, etc. The apex court’s order came after realising that the Punjab government took Rs. …

‘Justice in the rule book may not serve the victim’ The victim of a crime should have a say in the punishment of the criminal, the Supreme Court has said in a judgment. A Bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur, S. Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta held that punishment should …

The scheme had drastically reduced pension to employees A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday set aside the Employees Pension (Amendment) Scheme (GSR609(E) effecting various changes in the schemes that have drastically reduced pension payable to employees. The Bench comprising Justice K. Surendra Mohan and Justice A.M. …