Supreme Court

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Ministry of Defence to come up with a roadmap for the payment of arrears under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme by next week, and also told the ministry that it cannot take law in its…

New Delhi : The Supreme Court has said merely breaching a contract cannot lead to initiation of criminal prosecution for cheating unless fraudulent intention is shown at the beginning of the transaction even as it stressed that the criminal…

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday extended the jurisdiction, to the whole of the country, of a high-powered committee formed under chairmanship of its former judge, Justice Deepak Verma, in connection with welfare, care and…

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday said in the wide spectrum of powers of the Election Commission, if the poll panel exercises them unfairly or illegally as much as refusing to exercise power when such exercise becomes a duty, it…

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine on March 3, Tamil Nadu government's plea challenging the Madras High Court order, which allowed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to conduct a route march across the state.…

New Delhi : The Punjab government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the state Governor's refusal to convene the budget session of the Assembly on March 3. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing the Punjab government,…

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on Wednesday a plea by Uddhav Thackeray against the Election Commission of India (ECI) decision recognising the Eknath Shinde faction as the official Shiv Sena. Senior advocate…

New Delhi : The Supreme Court ruled that the classification of land as 'Pushtaini' (ancestral) and 'Gair-Pushtaini' (non-ancestral) for the purpose of compensation for land acquired by the Greater Noida authority would be "bad in law, and…

New Delhi : The Supreme Court has ruled that conviction of a husband and his relatives for cruelty to the wife under Section 498A of the IPC (husband or relative of the husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) would not be sustainable…

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine on Friday a plea by a Congress leader seeking probe against Adani Group of companies in view of the Hindenburg report, and also an investigation into the role of the Life…