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The state government said it will tentatively hold the Class 12 examination in the last week of July and the time table would be issued shortly. (PTI Photo)

Will be able to successfully conduct Class 12 board examination, AP govt tells SC

The top court is hearing a plea seeking directions to state governments to not hold board examinations in view of the COVID-19 pandemic

23 Jun 2021 8:34 PM

What we need is meticulous and unfailing enforcement of what the court had laid down as the law of sedition, and not a fresh definition. Perhaps that’s what Justice Chandrachud meant, but it’s not what he said. (Photo:PTI)

Karan Thapar | Sedition: Time for SC to enforce its own rulings

96 per cent of sedition cases for criticising politicians and governments over the last decade were registered after 2014

11 Jun 2021 12:11 AM

Flagging several other flaws in its vaccine policy -- including shortage of vaccine doses and problems faced by rural people in accessing vaccines -- the court also directed the Centre to give an outline for “how and when the Central government seeks to vaccinate the remaining population in phases 1, 2 and 3” . — PTI

SC slams Centre’s vaccination policy as ‘irrational’, asks for purchase data

The top court also sought data on the percentage of population that has been vaccinated (with one dose and both doses)

03 Jun 2021 1:03 AM

The Centre said the entire eligible population would be vaccinated by the end of 2021. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Policy makers must have 'ears on ground', SC tells Centre on vaccination policy

You must smell the coffee and see what is happening across the country, the Supreme Court said

31 May 2021 2:07 PM

It is significant that Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, at his first press conference after taking office, made it clear his government would seek NRC re-verification. — By arrangement

NRC coordinator moves apex court for comprehensive reverification

Sarma also pleaded that in the “Original Inhabitants” category and the “Persons from other States” category, errors had been detected

14 May 2021 7:50 AM

Any overzealous, though well-meaning judicial intervention may lead to unforeseen and unintended consequences in absence of any expert advice, the Centre told the top court. — AFP

Differential vaccine pricing is right, Centre tells Supreme Court

Government defends move, says it is to incentivise vaccine makers

11 May 2021 7:54 AM

SC steps in, sets up 12-member National Task Force to manage O2, pandemic

'Union government shall act on Task Force's recommendations, including on allocation of oxygen'

08 May 2021 10:28 PM

SC quashes Maharashtra law granting quota to Marathas, refuses to revisit old verdict

The court said that to change the 50 per cent limit is to have a society which is not founded on equality but based on caste rule

05 May 2021 11:05 PM

The EC said it was castigated without any evidence by the Madras high court over political rallies during the recent Assembly elections. — PTI file photo

Supreme Court refuses to gag media on High Court observations

The observation by the court came following an appeal by the EC that complained about the harsh observations by the Madras high court

04 May 2021 1:03 AM

Like the proverbial pigeon that closes its eyes and believes that the cat has gone, Adityanath thinks that if he closes his eyes all the miseries that people in his state are facing will disappear. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan K Varma | Reprieve, for now, from Yogi’s victim-blaming

Yogi Adityanath, the saffron dhari CM of UP, believes that everything in his state is hunky-dory

02 May 2021 12:00 AM

The court had in its February 18, 2019, order said: Therefore, it would be fallacious to state that the tribunal has powers of judicial review akin to that of a high court exercising constitutional powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. — PTI

National Green Tribunal not vested with powers to examine validity of any law or strike it down: SC

Senior lawyer Nikhil Nayyar reminded the Supreme Court had in Sterlite case said that green tribunal cannot strike down rules

14 Apr 2021 12:59 AM

Lawyer Prashant Bhushan referred to the order passed by the International Court of Justice to highlight that Rohingyas faced genocidal threat there. — PTI file photo

SC allows deportation of Rohingya refugees detained at Jammu to their parent country

The court refused to order the release of nearly 150 Rohingyas detained in holding centres in Jammu

09 Apr 2021 12:46 AM

The strong observation from the court came as it took dim view of the Goa government for giving additional charge of State Election Commissioner to a secretary serving under it. — PTI

No person serving government can be appointed Election Commissioner

The court said giving additional charge of the State Election Commission to a government official is mockery of the Constitution

13 Mar 2021 8:51 AM

Having expressed its displeasure over the way objectionable content, including pornography was being shown on OTT platforms without prior screening, the court asked Mr Mehta to place before it the recently notified Information Technology Rules, which provide for regulation of content on OTT platforms. — PTI file photo

SC favours screening of programmes on OTT platforms

Objections were raised about some scenes in Tandav as they allegedly were hurting religious sentiments and deriding Dalits

05 Mar 2021 7:18 AM

The petitioner's lawyer submitted before the bench that his client is a government servant, and he will face suspension due to his arrest in the matter. — PTI file photo

Will you marry her: CJI asks govt servant accused of raping minor

The apex court granted protection from arrest to the petitioner for eight weeks

02 Mar 2021 8:29 AM

The SC order on setting up the Justice A.K. Patnaik Committee had said that it will not inquire into the “alleged misbehaviour” involving former CJI Gogoi. — PTI

Ex-CJ Ranjan Gogoi case: SC hints at possible larger conspiracy

A three-member committee that inquired into the allegation of sexual misconduct gave a clean chit to former CJI Gogoi

19 Feb 2021 8:02 AM

The plea filed by advocates Shashank Shekhar Jha and Apurva Arhatia also sought a proper board/institution /association for the monitoring and management of content on different OTT/Streaming and digital media platforms.

Contemplating 'some action' on regulating OTT platforms, Centre tells SC

At present there is no law or autonomous body governing the digital content to monitor and manage these digital contents

16 Feb 2021 1:02 PM

Citizens who gave up the solace of their homes to sit outdoors on protest through the harshest Delhi winter in decades were, in fact, undertaking an extraordinary act on Gandhian lines, and this was noted around the world. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Dissent circumscribed

The CAA is a law that strikes at the root of the basic precepts of citizenship as per the Constitution

15 Feb 2021 4:42 AM

While a government can repeal a law passed by Parliament, it has no authority to 'suspend a law'. (AFP)

AA Edit | Pass a resolution on MSP, drop cases against farmers

While the prospect of talks re-starting is no bad thing, the first thing is that the perspective should be clear

01 Feb 2021 8:31 AM

"Tandav", a nine-episode political thriller starring Bollywood A-listers Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia and Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, started streaming recently. (Photo:twitter @hathyogi31)

SC rejects plea for protection from arrest by 'Tandav' makers, others

The bench has sought responses from states such as UP, MP, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Bihar and Delhi on the pleas

27 Jan 2021 4:13 PM

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