A 201-vote margin, a recount and a counting video the Election Commission says it cannot trace: Supreme Court Rejects ECI Claim Of Lost 2023 Sringeri Counting Video and warns that it will draw an adverse inference if the Commission does not produce its records. New Delhi: Told by the Election Commission of India that it […]
Can a retired worker be refused the annual increment after regularisation because he began as a daily wager? The Supreme Court has answered no, and has ordered enhanced pension for retired Gujarat Irrigation Department workers. New Delhi: Setting aside a Gujarat High Court Division Bench ruling that had denied retired skilled workers of the State […]
Sensitise Fishermen against crossing into Sri Lankan waters: that was the Supreme Court’s request to the Centre as the long-pending Katchatheevu petitions came up again, with the matter now set for February 2027. New Delhi: Hearing writ petitions that challenge the ceding of Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the […]
The Supreme Court has directed the Union to file a detailed affidavit, with layout plans, on the space allotted under the Central Vista redevelopment plan for the 135-year-old Central Secretariat Library, which houses about 8.5 lakh books. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Union Government to file an affidavit giving full specifications of […]
The Supreme Court has registered a suo motu case over the proposed relocation of the 135-year-old Central Secretariat Library in Delhi, which houses more than 8.5 lakh books, amid concerns that no space has been allocated for it under the Central Vista plan, while the Housing Ministry says space has been earmarked under the Kartavya Path redevelopment plan.
The Supreme Court has termed the Uttar Pradesh police affidavit “utterly uninspiring” and directed Khurja Circle Officer Shobhit Kumar to appear in person, to explain why FIR No. 195/2026 was registered against an unknown motorcycle rider when he was apprehended on the spot and why his name was left blank and added later.
The Supreme Court has directed a fresh, de novo investigation into the 2012 rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl in Dharmasthala, Karnataka, holding that a constitutional court can order a de novo probe where an investigation has been carried out in a manner that would prevent a fair trial. Setting aside a Karnataka High Court order that had declined reinvestigation, the Court directed the State to constitute a new Special Investigation Team, excluding officers from the earlier teams, to complete the investigation within three months. The appeal was pursued by the victim’s mother after her father died.
The Supreme Court has set aside an NCDRC order that had directed New India Assurance to pay Rs 2.4 crore on a fire-insurance claim, holding that the insured had projected a false and inflated claim in breach of the policy conditions, and that the Commission could not brush aside the reports of the surveyors, which negated the claim on facts, without the insured pointing to any specific statutory deficiency in them. The insured’s cross-appeal seeking a higher award was dismissed.
The Supreme Court cancelled anticipatory bail granted to three police officers accused of extorting a railway passenger, observing that unlawful conduct by law enforcers undermines public confidence in the justice system and warrants thorough investigation into allegations of abuse of official authority.
