On the basis of her committee's report, the UCC in Uttarakhand established mandatory registration for marriages and live-in relationships, banned polygamy, and provided equal inheritance rights for......
The debate over Speakers' power under the Constitution to entertain pleas seeking disqualification of MLAs has been ignited again amid the political crisis in Rajasthan with the Assembly Speaker......
Justice Altamas Kabir, who has delivered several landmark judgments, on Saturday took over as the new Chief Justice of India. President Pranab Mukherjee administered the oath to Justice Kabir. He......
Former Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir passed away at a Kolkata hospital on Sunday afternoon. Kabir, 68, who was suffering from a kidney ailment and related complications, died at 2.52 pm, a......
Following is the chronology of events in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case in which four death row convicts were hanged Friday morning: Dec 16, 2012: Paramedical student......
Sahara group was on Tuesday given a day more by the Supreme Court to spell out when it would return Rs 27,000 crore (Rs 270 billion) invested by people in its two firms. A bench headed by Chief......
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre and West Bengal government on a public interest litigation seeking CBI probe in Saradha chit fund scam. A bench of Chief Justice Altamas......
The government has ordered internet service providers in India to block 39 internet sites that host and allow their users to share obscene content. Providing specific names of the 39 websites,......
Even as the Supreme Court on Thursday restrained Bharti Airtel from adding new customers in seven circles, it did not impose any bar on offering 3G services to its existing customers in Kolkata,......
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the government to refrain from taking any "coercive steps" against Bharti Airtel, accused of illegally providing intra-circle roaming facilities in seven circles......