Stem cell therapy for autism cannot be offered as a clinical service outside an approved and monitored trial, the Supreme Court has reiterated, directing the Centre to issue a public protocol on the regulatory regime within six weeks. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on October 13, 2026 directed the Union Ministry of Health and Family […]
Supreme Court Questions FIR registered over a social media post in Chhattisgarh and extends interim protection from coercive steps to the accused, Rupnarayan Ekka, till the next hearing on December 4. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday (October 26) questioned the registration of an FIR against Rupnarayan Ekka over a social media post, with […]
Supreme Court gives States last chance on menstrual hygiene compliance, with contempt notice to Chief Secretaries as the stated consequence for any State or Union Territory that stays silent on the Union’s requests for information about school implementation of its judgment. New Delhi: Silence will now invite contempt notice to the Chief Secretaries: the Supreme […]
The Supreme Court has allowed the Action Alliance for Recycling Beverage Cartons to intervene in a PIL challenging State excise policies that permit liquor sales in tetra packs, cartons and sachets.
The Supreme Court has asked the National Judicial Academy to prepare a comprehensive protocol for Magistrates conducting the threshold inquiry under Section 17 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act into rescued adult women.
The Supreme Court has quashed the memorandum starting disciplinary proceedings against a retired Rajasthan judicial officer over a bail order, holding that an inquiry was not at all required, and directed release of his pension and terminal benefits within three months.
Order VI Rule 17 CPC allows a plaint to be amended where the added facts and consequential reliefs have a direct nexus with the existing controversy, the Supreme Court has held, adding that a wider dispute does not by itself change the nature of the suit. New Delhi: Setting aside concurrent orders of the trial […]
The Supreme Court has reserved its order on whether an NDPS accused can be granted bail for failure to communicate the grounds of arrest under Article 22(1), even where the twin conditions of Section 37 are not met.
Weeks after a written order fixed a Rs 35 lakh divorce settlement as full and final, a petitioner-wife tried to reopen it before the Supreme Court, prompting Justice B.V. Nagarathna to draw a firm line, shield the young lawyer the litigant had turned on, and deliver the instantly-viral line: “We don’t lose our cool because […]
The Supreme Court cautioned lawyers against assuming that filing an adjournment slip automatically postpones proceedings. Stressing that only the Bench decides adjournments, the Court directed advocates to remain fully prepared to argue unless an adjournment is expressly granted by the Court.
