A Supreme Court hearing via video conference was deferred twice today after one of the judges said that several of his staff members at home had tested positive for COVID-19. The Supreme Court bench took a break for a few minutes following which it reconvened. | Read more|
The right to protest and express dissent comes with certain duties and cannot be held "anytime and everywhere", the Supreme Court said in an order, dismissing a review petition on the anti-citizenship law protests held in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh in 2019. Twelve activists had filed a review petition on the last year ruling | Read more|
The entry of protesting farmers into Delhi has to be decided by the Delhi Police as it is a matter of "law and order", the Supreme Court said today as the centre sought an order against the proposed tractor rally on Republic Day, January 26. | Read more|
The three new laws at the heart of massive farmer protests near Delhi will not come into force for now. In a huge blow to the government, the Supreme Court today pressed pause on the laws enacted in September. As per news report of NDTV, the top court also said a committee of agricultural experts would be formed to tak | Read more|
Farmers' protests near Delhi borders set to intensify as the deadlock over new agricultural laws continues, the Supreme Court today expressed disappointment, saying "there's no improvement in situation at all." | Read more|
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced to set aside millions of pounds to establish a world-leading Counter Terrorism Operations Centre (CTOC) based in London. | Read more|
Conservative jurist Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in as the 115th justice of the US Supreme Court on Monday night, an hour after the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed her nomination, handing President Donald Trump a landmark win just a week before the crucial presidential polls. The Senate confirmed the nomination o | Read more|
The family of a young woman who died last month after her torture and alleged gang rape at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras has asked for the case to be moved out of the state. According to the family's lawyer, this was among the three demands placed before the Allahabad High Court, which heard the case on Monday. | Read more|
Freedom of speech is among the most-abused liberties in recent times, the Supreme Court said today in a case related to media reporting on the Tablighi Jamaat gathering at a Delhi mosque in violation of virus restrictions. The top court also berated the government for having a junior officer file what it called an "ext | Read more|
The Supreme Court Thursday held that its 2004 verdict holding that states do not have the power to further sub-classify the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, for grant of quotas in jobs and admissions to educational institutions, needs to be revisited. A five-judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said the 2004 | Read more|
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput's sister has demanded an "unbiased investigation" into her brother's death and urged people to stand together. "We stand together as a nation for CBI Enquiry! Demanding an unbiased investigation is our right and we expect nothing but the truth to come out," Shweta Singh Kirti wrote on Instagr | Read more|
Israel’s High Court of Justice has ruled that a domestic spy agency must stop tracking coronavirus patients with tech it would otherwise use on terrorists – but only pending a law to legalize the practice. | Read more|
Pakistan army rescues chief justice’s son, kidnapped in June | Read more|