Cracking the whip against medical quacks, the Supreme Court on Tuesday banned the practice by thousands of “Ayurvedic” practitioners not having the valid certificates or diplomas from recognised institutions. The ban will apply to all “Vaidya Virsharad” or “Ayurved Ratna” awarded certificates or diplomas by the unrecognised institutions

Taking serious view of the atrocities against dalits by upper castes, the Supreme Court on Monday summoned deputy commissioner of Hisar in Haryana to explain the death of an old man and his handicappe

The escalated attacks by Maoists on civilians has supplemented the latest findings of the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) that the Naxals have emerged as the “worst” human rights violators in India among all the insurgent organisations.

The heavy civilian toll in Friday’s train derailment believed to have been targeted by Maoists and blowing up a bus mainly carrying common citizens in Dantewada a week earlier are being cited as indicators of a new trend in their strategy not to spare even the common man. However, the data submitted to the Supreme Court by the

In an important jugement on the “secrecy” of competitive exams held by the statutory bodies such as UPSC and the state public service commissions for the appointment in government jobs, the Supreme Court has held that courts have no power to order revaluation of answer sheets of candidates appearing in such competitions.

Another confusion was created on the mercy petition of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru as his lawyer claimed that the condemned prisoner has sent a petition to the Supreme Court for a direction to the Union government to take an early decision on his clemency plea but the authorities in the top court denied receiving any such application.

In a new twist to the alleged illegal mining by Reddy brothers’ Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) in Ballery forests, the Supreme Court on Monday referred to the “green bench” a petition by a former company officer, seeking to become a “witness and approver” to show how they had “manipulated” the survey report on the leased mines in its favour.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition for the winding up of a consortium established by the Andhra Pradesh government as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to provide broadband connectivity in the state to link all the offices at the district, mandal, block and panchayat level with capital Hyderabad.

The rejection of the CBI plea for revival of the criminal conspiracy charge against Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart L.K. Advani and other senior party leaders by the Allahabad high court should not be a surprise to the agency as it was on a “weak turf” to seek such a remedy form the HC after the Supreme Court had settled the issue in 2007.

To preempt any move by the Centre to get interim stay on the order of Madras high court directing Census Commission to include identity of caste of every citizen as an additional factor in the ongoing census, an advocate on whose petition the order was passed filed a caveat in the Supreme Court.