Rash of suits over shrines after SC's 2023 Gyanvapi order

The Supreme Court's 2023 order, which refused to stay a scientific survey at the Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi, appears to have given a fillip to different groups to stake claim over several......

3-judge SC bench to hear pleas on Places of Worship Act on Thursday

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a batch of PILs challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law that prohibits filing a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek......

1981 reference challenges CJI's authority, bad in law: SC judge in AMU case

Terming the reference by a two-judge bench to a larger one over the minority status issue of Aligarh Muslim University as "bad in law", Supreme Court Justice Surya Kant said it undermined the......

SC raps Karnataka HC judge over 'objectionable' remarks

A five-judge Supreme Court bench Friday took suo motu cognisance of a Karnataka high court judge's alleged controversial and objectionable comments against a woman lawyer during the court......