Justice Sanjiv Khanna takes oath as 51st Chief Justice of India

Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Monday took oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other prominent persons wishing him well. IMAGE: Justice Sanjiv Khanna takes the......

Right to be forgotten goes before SC, Madras HC order stayed

Removing judgments from public domain by court order under the right to be forgotten after the acquittal of an accused in criminal cases will have “very serious ramifications”, the......

SC rules on speaker's recusal in disqualification pleas

The speaker of Parliament or a legislative assembly can decide on the notice seeking his recusal from dealing with disqualification pleas of lawmakers subject to judicial review and can ascertain......

Outgoing SC judge Justice Nazeer was part of several landmark verdicts

Justice S Abdul Nazeer, who is set to retire as a judge of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, has been part of several pathbreaking verdicts including those on the politically sensitive Ayodhya land......

WhatsApp's privacy policy goes before SC's Constitution bench

The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred social media platform WhatsApp's privacy policy matter to a Constitution bench which will hear the issue on April 18. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar......

To skirt liquor ban, Rajasthan renaming state highways to 'urban roads'

SC had ruled liquor shops licenses along national & state highways won't be renewed after March 31 Rajasthan Public Works Department, (PWD) is mulling de-notification of state highways to urban......

SC: People with genuine reasons should be allowed to deposit old notes

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India two weeks to consider the option of granting a window to those who could not deposit their demonetised......

SC notice to Centre on deadline for depositing old notes

The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India on a plea alleging that people were not being allowed to deposit demonetised currency notes till March......

Plea in Supreme Court seeking e-auctioning of IPL media rights

'It is a requirement that non-discriminatory and transparent method, with the best international practices must be adopted for distribution of the valuable media rights so as to ensure the maximum......