In a serious blow to textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran, who is facing a CBI inquiry into the allocation of spectrum licences during his tenure as communications minister, the investigative agency on W

In a serious blow to textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran, who is facing a CBI inquiry into the allocation of spectrum licences during his tenure as communications minister, the investigative agency on Wednesday informed the

Upholding the right of the farmers on their land as uppermost, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the restoration of 156 hectares of

land to them in Greater Noida’s Shahberi village acquired by the Mayawati government in the name of industrial development at a cheap rate but

provided to the builders at a very high price. Upholding the Allahabad high court's order quashing the acquisition, a bench of Justices G.S.

In a major relief to French cement giant Lafarge, the Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted it to resume mining of limestone in Meghalaya’s

Khasi hills for its plant in neighbouring Bangladesh stalled for over a year by the apex court after a report of CEC about violation of environment

norms by the company.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared the appointment of salwa judum and special police officials (SPOs) from among locals to counter Maoists in difficult terrain as “unconstitutional”. It ordered that the practice be stopped and such SPOs and units disarmed and disbanded.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the framing of fourteen charges of alleged corruption and misconduct against Sikkim high court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran by a three-member inquiry committee in the impeachment proceedings but allowed his plea for removal of senior advocate P.P. Rao form the probe panel after the allegation of “bias”.

Recording its serious worries about the excruciatingly slow pace of action on bringing back black money stashed in foreign banks by Indians and the pace of the probe against India’s biggest alleged tax evader, Hasan Ali Khan, the Supreme Court on Monday set up a 13-member special investigating team to go into the many dimensions of

As the issue of corruption has come to the central stage with the government under attack on the Lokpal and black money related matters, the focus again shifts to the Supreme Court with the Centre exp

With the police failing to make a watertight case before the trial court in almost all high-profile crimes and the accused persons either walking away with acquittal or getting lighter punishment, a note has been placed before the Supreme Court by amicus curiae Harish Salve in the police reforms case for urgent direction to all the states for separating the investigation wing from normal policing.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to intervene in the Lokpal bill drafting process, saying the role of the judiciary in the matter will only come after the Act is passed by Parliament and it is challenged in the court of law.