Mutual divorce: Couples can skip cooling period, says SC
The dissolution of marriage through mutual consent can be permitted before the cooling period of six months under the Hindu Marriage Act, by invoking decrees and orders of Supreme Court as per the Con
CJI: Judges should not rule nation, ridicules ‘right to sleep’
Asserting that the judges should not govern the country or evolve policies, Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia on Saturday wondered what would happen if the executive refuses to comply with judiciary's directives.
Ask CBI to probe only exceptional cases: Agency to SC
The CBI on Friday pleaded with the Supreme Court not to burden it with the probe into all the cases where the states have failed and said it should be entrusted with the investigation only in rare and
CJI cautions govt against tinkering with judicial independence
Frankly admitting that sometimes judicial overreach disturbed the balance between three branches of state, Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia on Wednesday cautioned the government against tinkering with the independence of judiciary.
SC tightens noose on tinted glass
While monitoring the implementation of its order on removal of black films from all vehicles across the country in the wake of such vehicles being used for serious crimes, the Supreme Court on Friday
Nothing wrong in policy: SC
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court hearing the presidential reference on 2G case verdict on Wednesday, for the first time, spoke its mind rather candidly on the 'first come first served' policy
SC says no to Centre’s plea to relax Haj pilgrims quota order
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain the Centre's request to defer till next year its July 23 order limiting the government's discretionary quota for Haj pilgrims.
Reserved only for tigers
A day after the Supreme Court banned tourism in core tiger areas, wildlife activists and independent biologists demanded that buffer zones and core areas be notified immediately.
The state government
We are not encouraging sex workers, SC clarifies
The Supreme Court on Thursday modified one of its order on welfare and rehabilitation of sex workers on the Centre's submissions that the last year's order gave an impression that it seeks to legalise
Sangma toys with challenge in SC
Former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma, who lost to UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential race, is toying with the idea of challenging Mr Mukherjee’s election in the Supreme Court.
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