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Delhi excise policy case: SC reserves verdict on Manish Sisodia's bail plea
Delhi excise policy case: SC reserves verdict on Manish Sisodia's bail plea

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and S.V.N. Bhatti finished hearing the arguments by Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for Sisodia and Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S.V. Raju, appearing for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

  • Tuesday, 17 October 2023
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Same sex marriage: SC commences pronouncing verdict, says it is for Parliament to effect changes in law

“There are four separate judgements in the matter,” the CJI said and started reading out operative portion of his verdict.

  • Tuesday, 17 October 2023
SC verdict on same sex marriage
Same sex marriage LIVE Updates: SC refuses to give marriage equality rights to LGBTQIA+ community

The five-judge Supreme Court bench led by CJI D Y Chandrachud, which was hearing the batch of petitions by members of the LGBTQIA+ community seeking right

  • Tuesday, 17 October 2023
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SC rejects plea by married woman to terminate 26-week pregnancy

The top court directed the Centre to take care of the cost of all medical procedures. It further added that the woman would have the ultimate say on whether she wanted to keep the child upon being born or give it up for adoption.

  • Monday, 16 October 2023
SC refers Electoral Bonds matter to constitutional bench, hearing on Oct 31
SC refers Electoral Bonds matter to constitutional bench, hearing on Oct 31

The Supreme Court on Monday decided to refer the challenge to the controversial Electoral Bonds Scheme to a five-judge constitution bench which will hear the case on October 31.

  • Monday, 16 October 2023
Plea in SC seeks implementation of Women Reservation Bill before 2024 polls
Plea in SC seeks implementation of Women Reservation Bill before 2024 polls

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking immediate implementation of the Women Reservation Bill before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

  • Monday, 16 October 2023
SC - Bilkis Bano
SC reserves verdict on pleas filed against remission granted to convicts in Bilkis Bano case

A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan reserved the judgment after hearing both the sides on the question of validity of the remission orders setting free convicts in the case of the gang-rape of Bano and murder of her family members committed during the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

  • Thursday, 12 October 2023
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SC issues notice to Centre on uniform guidelines for issuing birth, death certificates through digital mode

The bench was hearing a special leave petition filed by a village-level officer against his conviction under Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly accepting a bribe from the son of a deceased for issuing his father’s death certificate.

  • Tuesday, 10 October 2023
UPSC Civil Services Exam: Supreme Court issues important order on claiming of EWS quota by candidates
UPSC Civil Services Exam: Supreme Court issues important order on claiming of EWS quota by candidates

The three candidates had approached the top court after the UPSC treated them as general category candidates instead of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category in the Civil Service Examinations(CSE) 2022.  

  • Tuesday, 10 October 2023
SC - Bilkis Bano
SC adjourns hearing on pleas against remission granted to convicts in Bilkis Bano case

"List on October 11, 2023 at 2 p.m.," ordered a bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan after noting that it has received written submissions filed by petitioners, including Bilkis Bano.

  • Monday, 09 October 2023
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SC to hear on Oct 9 plea against remission granted to convicts in Bilkis Bano case

A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan directed counsel appearing for petitioners, including Bilkis Bano, to file rejoinder arguments by this Monday.

  • Friday, 06 October 2023
Supreme Court
‘Environment during visitation rights also matter’: SC allows father to meet child in mall

A Bench comprising Justices AS Boppana and Manoj Misra modified the visitation rights granted by the family court and ordered that the interim custody of the child shall be given over to the father by the mother at the entrance of the mall for three hours on every Sunday.

  • Thursday, 05 October 2023
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SC adjourns hearing on bail plea by Bhima Koregaon case accused Prof Sen

A Bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi posted the matter for hearing after a period of four weeks and allowed the petitioner to file a rejoinder to the counter-affidavit filed by the NIA.

  • Wednesday, 04 October 2023
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SC says that it should not direct any court to decide any case in a time-bound manner

A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Pankaj Mithal said that those litigants who could afford to petition the apex court should not get any “priority” over others waiting in the queue.

  • Sunday, 01 October 2023
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SC declines to entertain plea for scientific survey of Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Eidgah premises

A bench comprising Justices S.K. Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia disposed of the special leave petition (SLP) filed against the decision of the Allahabad High Court where the High Court had declined to direct Mathura civil judge to decide application for a scientific survey of the disputed site before deciding on the objections raised against the suit.

  • Friday, 22 September 2023
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