Even as the Supreme Court made it emphatically clear to the CBI and ED that the trial in the 2G scam case, to commence soon against former telecom minister A.

In a further setback to the Gujarat government in Shorabuddin fake encounter case, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered CBI probe into the encounter of his close associate Tulsiram Prajapati to ensure

In a major embarrassment to the BJP taking a high moral ground against the UPA government on the issue of corruption and propriety, the Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the allotment of a huge chunk of land by party’s Madhya Pradesh government to a trust formed in the memory of the late leader Kushabhau Thakre.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to reopen the Kerala’s `2 kg rice scheme order at this juncture when only seven days are left for the polling in the Assembly polls when the extension of the scheme to all ration card holders was stayed by the court earlier on March 30.

The Supreme Court has referred to the Chief Justice of India 10 important questions for review of the existing the collegium system on appointment of the top court and high court judges to be considered by a larger Constitution bench while the government has supported the move.

Despite the Centre placing on record a letter by the department of personnel and training to the CBI director about its willingness to hand over the case of the mysterious death of Sadiq Batcha, a close aide of former communications minister A. Raja, to the agency, the Supreme Court on Monday set a deadline of three days for the government to issue a formal notification to this effect.

In a major setback to Kerala’s Left Democratic Front government on its populist `2 kg rice scheme, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed its extension to all ration card holders in the state, accepting the Election Commission’s plea that it disturbed the delicate balance of “level play” in the electoral process.

The Supreme Court said that the Election Commission had communicated the guidelines on the model code to the chief secretaries of all the states and Union territories and to all the political parties in March 2009.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a petition of senior CPI(M) leader and former Kerala minister Pinarayi Vijayan for quashing of the Governor’s sanction order for his prosecution in the Lavalin scam case.

After assessing the latest CBI and ED status reports on the 2G scam, the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a two-day extension in its deadline to file the first chargesheet against the four accused, including former communications minister A. Raja.