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Friday, September 26, 2025
TopicSupreme Court of India

Topic: Supreme Court of India

‘Don’t mislead students,’ board exams will be offline, rules Supreme Court

The court was hearing a plea that sought directions to authorities to consider other modes of assessment.

India’s public prosecutors aren’t independent. This is how it can be fixed

The lack of independence for public prosecutors results in executive interference, which affects their unbiased functioning.

SC sets aside HC stay order on Haryana law providing 75% reservation in private sector jobs

The apex court requested the Punjab & Haryana HC to decide expeditiously in the matter within 4 weeks. It also directed Haryana govt to not take any coercive action against employers.

SC to hear review plea against Navjot Singh Sidhu in 1988 road rage case on 25 February

The apex court had in 2018 held Sidhu guilty of the offence of 'voluntarily causing hurt' to a 65-year-old man, but it spared him of a jail term & imposed a fine of Rs 1,000.

Indian drawing room talk on ‘merit’ stands demolished by Supreme Court NEET ruling

Supreme Court's explanation on the constitutional validity of OBC quota in NEET rejects commonly held views of dominant castes who are blind to India's social realities.

SC directs Maharashtra govt to submit data on OBCs to State Backward Classes Commission

The top court also directed the SBCC to submit the interim report to the authorities concerned in 2 weeks of receiving information from the state govt.

SC grants protection from arrest to actress Poonam Pandey in pornography case

Pandey has been accused in the FIR along with actor Sherlyn Chopra. In December, the apex court had granted protection from arrest to Raj Kundra in a case related to pornographic videos.

Fiji reappoints SC ex-judge Lokur for another term on its apex court’s ‘non-resident panel’

Justice Lokur, who served on the Supreme Court of India from 2012 to 2018, was first sworn to Fiji’s apex court in August 2019 for three years.

SC wants Centre & Uttarakhand to respond in Haridwar ‘Dharam Sansad hate speech’ case

The apex court also issued notice to Delhi Police chief and took note of an event in Delhi last month where speakers allegedly made calls for 'genocide of Muslims to achieve ethnic cleansing'.

Supreme Court to hear plea on NEET-PG admissions tomorrow

A bench of CJI N V Ramana and justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared in the court on behalf of the Centre.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.