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Victims of crime, their heirs can file appeal against acquittal of accused: Supreme Court

August 25, 2025 12:10 pm

The right of a victim of a crime must be placed on a par with the right of an accused who has suffered a conviction, said the SC bench.

Supreme Court orders status quo in Sambhal mosque row, issues notice

August 22, 2025 1:10 pm

A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and A S Chandurkar passed the orders.

SC asks whether harmony between governor, state govt exists as envisioned by Constitution framers

August 20, 2025 12:11 pm

The bench was told by Mehta that unlike criticism made in different quarters, the post of governor is not for political asylum seekers but has certain powers and responsibility under the Constitution.

Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya on death row in Yemen: SC told negotiations going on, no immediate threat

August 14, 2025 1:10 pm

The apex court was hearing a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to use diplomatic channels to save the 38-year-old nurse from Kerala who was convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner in 2017.

‘Can’t ignore what happened in Pahalgam’: SC on plea seeking statehood for Jammu and Kashmir

August 15, 2025 2:25 am

The Supreme Court is hearing a plea seeking the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, with the applicants saying that not doing so ‘violates the idea of federalism’.

Citizenship, due process, timing: SC marks out three key issues for the commission

July 11, 2025 7:55 am

A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi said that “there is no question that this issue is an important one and goes to the very root of democracy and the right to vote.”

Demolitions in Prayagraj inhuman and illegal, shock conscience, says SC, orders Rs 10-lakh each in 6 weeks

April 02, 2025 3:53 am

The bench of Justices A S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing an appeal against the Allahabad High Court's decision, on March 8, 2021, to dismiss a clutch of petitions against the demolitions carried out the previous day. The petitioners included a professor, a lawyer and three others.

Cutting large number of trees worse than killing human beings:SC

March 26, 2025 10:41 am

The apex court accepted the report of the central empowered committee (CEC), which recommended a fine of Rs 1 lakh per tree for cutting 454 trees in Dalmia Farms in Mathura-Vrindavan by one Shiv Shankar Agarwal.

'Hopeful there would be breakthrough': Punjab Govt informs Supreme Court of protesting farmers’ agreement to meet high-powered committee

January 06, 2025 2:26 pm

The Supreme Court adjourns hearing on the Government’s compliance with its direction to shift farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a hunger strike at the Khanauri border, to hospital.

Caste discrimination in universities: SC asks UGC for data on Equal Opportunity Cells, number of complaints

January 03, 2025 5:24 pm

The mothers of Rohit Vemula and Payal Tadvi had filed a PIL alleging caste discrimination in higher educational institutions. They have also alleged institutional apathy to caste discrimination.

Uphaar Tragedy: Ansals Too Old To Go To Jail, Says SC

September 25, 2015 9:21 am

What Next For Yakub Memon

July 17, 2015 6:08 pm