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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicSupreme Court of India

Topic: Supreme Court of India

SC notes ‘scurrilous allegations, insinuations against judges’ in plea against senior designations

Justice Gavai Thursday advised the petitioner to make legal arguments, not those for 'purpose of gallery'. The court allowed Nedumpara to make amends to his petition.

SC didn’t answer key question in preamble case. Does 42nd Amendment pass democracy test?

The verdict on the preamble amendments of 1976 suggests that the courts will accept flexible meanings of terms. A Constitution built of plasticine can be made to mean anything.

Sambhal mosque survey: SC stops trial court from proceeding, tells petitioners to move HC

Four people died in clashes on 24 November after a trial court ordered the survey on the back of a petition that there was once a Harihar temple at the site.

SC dismisses plea seeking regulation for quality of ‘prasad’ distributed in temples

A 2-judge bench observed such a plea should be addressed to an appropriate government authority as the matter was under state domain.

SC orders liquidation of grounded air carrier Jet Airways’ assets

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday exercised its extraordinary constitutional powers and ordered the liquidation of grounded air carrier Jet Airways' assets. A bench...

SC says cop who exposed Punjab’s ‘biggest drug syndicate’ was ‘victimised’ by AAP govt, upholds CBI probe

Senior officer Vaninder Mahajan, who was slapped with a graft case by state police, has alleged harassment by the Punjab govt after he made a big drugs haul & exposed pharma companies.

Urban Elite vs Union of India—what went behind the scenes of SC judgment on same-sex marriage

On 17 October 2023, the Supreme Court rejected the plea for queer persons' right to marry. A year later, a discussion on lawyer Rohin Bhatt’s book discloses what went wrong.

SC upholds summons to Kejriwal over remarks on Modi’s degrees, ex-CM faces defamation trial in Gujarat

Gujarat University registrar had filed defamation case against Delhi ex-CM Arvind Kejriwal & AAP MP Sanjay Singh over comments they made about PM's educational qualifications.

SC upholds validity of Section 6A of Citizenship Act which grants citizenship to Assam immigrants

Section 6A was inserted into the Citizenship Act as a special provision to deal with citizenship of people covered under the Assam Accord.

Storage of pornography involving children an offence under POCSO Act if not reported, rules SC

With its judgment, the two-judge bench set aside a Madras HC order quashing criminal proceedings against a man accused of downloading pornography involving children.

On Camera

Mumbai fashion weeks need a revamp. Not Dharavi & Girgaon

Bless Mr Adani’s kind heart. So glad his view from the private jet will improve by 2032.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.