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Sunday, August 17, 2025
TopicSupreme Court of India

Topic: Supreme Court of India

How WhatsApp payment service works and why it’s been challenged in court

A plea has been filed in Supreme Court saying until WhatsApp appoints a grievance officer, it should not be allowed to begin its payments service.

When creativity dies, values of civilisation corrode: CJI Dipak Misra

Full text of M.C. Setalvad Memorial lecture delivered by CJI Misra in New Delhi.

Supreme Court refuses to pass interim order on reservation for promotions in govt jobs

The top court says a seven-judge constitution bench is needed to consider its 2006 M. Nagraj verdict.

In SC, woman seeks abortion past 20-week ceiling, asserts right to privacy

Plea says privacy accorded to her by the August 2017 nine-judge bench challenges validity of MTP provisions

Featuring Friday, the Delhi power tussle and Modi’s MSP pitch

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint. The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or...

Supreme Court refuses to grant temporary stay on RBI’s restriction on cryptocurrencies

RBI had told SC that Bitcoins cannot be treated as currency under India’s existing law; finance ministry yet to take a decision. 

Cow vigilantism a law & order issue that states must tackle, says Supreme Court

Nobody can take law into their hands, reiterates 3-judge bench, observes that vigilantism is actually mob violence.

Indian judiciary doesn’t need to fear the government; it needs to be afraid of itself

Governments throughout the world want a pliant judiciary, but the onus is on the judiciary to push-back. It is no different in India.

An ineffective collegium gives government an opportunity to revive NJAC 2

The collegium gives the impression that it has been certain of the need to appoint an eminent member of the Bar and that Joseph was the only other fit person.

Judges call to laud me, I ask them to take a stand too: Justice Chelameswar

Outgoing SC judge stands by decision to call January 12 press conference, stresses he has nothing personal against anyone. 

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?