Expressing concern over the “mushrooming” of hydroelectric power projects in Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court on Tuesday prohibited the setting up of any new such projects in the state in view of recent floods which resulted in massive devastation and loss of life, property and infrastructure.

In a major setback for former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected his plea seeking to change the judge conducting trial in the 1996 fodder scam case in which he is an accused and directed the trial court in Jharkhand to deliver its verdict expeditiously.

The Centre approached the Supreme Court on Monday seeking review of its two landmark judgments of July which had said MPs and MLAs would be disqualified upon being convicted in criminal cases and had

A 22-year-old woman has approached the Delhi high court seeking directions to the concerned authorities to allot her a PAN card after accepting her application form with the name of her mother instead of that of her father, who had abandoned her and her mother when she was only seven months old.

The Supreme Court has upheld its earlier verdict commuting to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to a man, for beheading a person in Assam, whose mercy plea was earlier rejected by the President.

In major relief to former Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati, the Supreme Court Thursday brought to a closure a nine-year-old disproportionate assets case against her by dismissing a plea seeking a direction t

The Supreme Court came down upon the CBI once more on Wednesday for not taking action on the recorded conversations of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia with influential persons, including corporate exec

The Supreme Court said Tuesday that the government’s sanction should not be necessary before a probe can be initiated against its officers, particularly when the probe is being monitored by a court.

The Supreme Court on Monday held as “valid in the eyes of law” the extradition of underworld gangster Abu Salem from Portugal in 2005 despite that country’s apex court terminating his repatriation to India on the ground that the authorities here had violated the terms of extradition.

The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to entertain the pleas of accused persons in the 2G spectrum allocation case, including Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Telecom Ltd, seeking that the apex court recall its earlier order by which it had prohibited any other court from entertaining any plea concerning the multi-crore scam case.