Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed deep dismay over the alarming rise of drug abuse among India’s youth, remarking that substance abuse has regrettably become a symbol of being “cool”. A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and N Kotiswar…
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The Supreme Court has laid down eight factors that are required to be taken into consideration while deciding the permanent alimony amount. The top court order comes amid the ongoing debate surrounding the death of a Bengaluru-based…
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The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking directions to Centre and others to clear blockades on highways in Punjab where farmers are staging protests. A bench headed by Justice Surya Kant heard the plea. A petition was filed in…
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The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the trial court to not proceed with the case till the Shahi Idgah committee of Sambhal mosque moves the High Court. Four people were killed and many others, including police officers, were injured in…
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The Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on Monday, November 25 regarding the petitions challenging the 42nd Amendment to the Constitution, which introduced the terms ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the Preamble. The apex court has…
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that no demolition should be carried out without prior 15-day notice to the owner of the property and without following the statutory guidelines. The Supreme Court said the notice shall be served…
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday laid down the first-ever guidelines against arbitrary demolitions by state authorities, ruling that citizens’ voices cannot be “throttled by a threat of destroying their properties” and that such “bulldozer…
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The Supreme Court on Friday, by a 4-3 majority, overruled its 1967 judgment in the Azeez Basha case that became the basis for denying the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). It directed that AMU’s status would be…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the Allahabad high court's March judgment that declared the 2004 Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act unconstitutional. Simultaneously, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY…
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The Supreme Court's nine-judge Constitution bench on Tuesday ruled that not every privately owned property of citizens can be acquired by the government under Article 39(b) of the Constitution to serve the common good. The bench, headed by…
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