Supreme Court

Advocate EC Agrawala, the lawyer of fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, Thursday told the Supreme Court that he was not receiving any communication from him and sought to be discharged from the case as a counsel. A bench of Justices D Y…
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The Centre and Gujarat fast-tracked the early release of 11 men convicted of raping Bilkis Bano and killing her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots despite the CBIs strong objections, a document reveals. The Supreme Court will hear the…
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The 11 men convicted for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano during the 2002 Gujarat riots were released as they had been in jail for 14 years and their behaviour was found to be good, the Gujarat government told the Supreme Court today. The…
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The Supreme Court on Saturday suspended the Bombay high court judgment of releasing Delhi University former professor GN Saibaba in the Maoist link case. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court on Friday acquitted Saibaba and five others…
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Following the Supreme Court’s split verdict in the hijab ban case, the legal fraternity stood up for an adjudication of the matter by a constitution bench in the wake of the complexity of the issue and crucial questions of interpretations…
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Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, a judge on the Supreme Court bench that delivered a split verdict on the ban on hijab (headscarves worn by some Muslim girls) in Karnataka's educational institutions, said the question that the apex court should…
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The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a split verdict on the ban of wearing of hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka – with one judge affirming that the state government is authorised to enforce uniform in schools and the other…
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Ahead of the Supreme Court's verdict on the controversial hijab ban in Karnataka's educational institutions, senior advocate and Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Thursday said that the ban is a “lab experiment” which , if succeeds, will be…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday admitted the pleas seeking 'Talaq-e-Hasan' and all other forms of "unilateral extrajudicial divorce" to be declared unconstitutional. 'Talaq-e-Hasan' is a form of divorce among Muslims by which a man can…
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Forceful pregnancy of a married woman can be treated as “marital rape” for the purposes of abortion, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, as it delivered a landmark ruling on women’s reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. “Married women…
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