'Won't be able to...': CJI defers hearing on marital rape

Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, who is demitting office on November 10, Wednesday deferred by four weeks hearing on pleas challenging the immunity granted to husbands in cases of marital rape.......

Why is SC library's 'Lady Justice' statue unique?

The Supreme Court of India has a new 'Lady Justice' -- a six-foot-tall sculpture in the judges' library holding scales in one hand and the Constitution in the other sans the sword. IMAGE: A view......

SC directs HC to appoint another judge for TN minister Balaji's trial

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Madras high court chief justice to appoint another judge for trial of a case related to Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, who was granted bail last week in......

SC sets aside deletion of YouTube channel as bail condition

The Supreme Court on Friday termed as “unwarranted and extraneous” the Madras high court directive to YouTuber Felix Jerald to close down his channel as one of the bail conditions. The......

AIFF Elections: Bhutia, CoA favours reforms; Patel not interest in holding post

IMAGE: Praful Patel, a former union minister, served as acting president for one year after long-time head Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi became ill. Photograph: ANI Former Indian skipper Baichung......

SC postpones AIFF elections by one week

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the termination of the mandate of the three-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) headed by a former apex court judge, appointed by it nearly two months......

AFI to include high jumper Tejaswin in CWG contingent

IMAGE: On Wednesday, the AFI told the Delhi HC that it will include Tejaswin Shankar, a national record holder, in the Indian contingent. The AFI lawyer informed the court that there was a vacancy......

Delhi High Court orders AFI to consider Tejaswin Shankar for CWG

Photograph: Kind courtesy Tejaswin Shankar/Twitter The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Selection Committee to consider on merits the case of athlete Tejaswin Shankar, a high jumper who......

'If BCCI changes reforms, it would be ridiculing SC'

The BCCI's plans to dilute reforms mandated by the Supreme Court amount to "ridiculing" the country's highest judicial authority, asserted Lodha committee secretary Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who had......