SC Slams Ranveer Allahbadia’s ‘Depraved’ Remarks, Questions Standards of Obscenity
The Supreme Court delivered a scathing rebuke to podcaster Ranveer Gautam Allahbadia on Tuesday over controversial remarks he made on the online show India’s Got...
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Supreme Court Slams Delayed Justice: Long Undertrial Imprisonment Violates Fundamental Rights
The Supreme Court has ruled that holding an accused in jail for six to seven years without a final verdict amounts to a violation of...
Justice Denied, Justice Restored: Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence Over Flawed Trial
The Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of a man accused of murdering his wife and daughter, citing fundamental violations of his right to...
Supreme Court Overturns Conviction: Test Identification Parade Deemed Useless Without Witness Testimony
The Supreme Court recently overturned a conviction, emphasizing that a Test Identification Parade (TIP) loses its evidentiary value if the witness who identified the accused...
Supreme Court: Gratuity Can Be Forfeited for Moral Turpitude, Even Without Criminal Conviction
The Supreme Court has ruled that an employee’s gratuity can be forfeited if they are dismissed for misconduct involving moral turpitude—without the need for a...
Supreme Court Emphasizes Justice Over Procedure in Substitution of Legal Heirs
The Supreme Court clarified that a separate request to overturn abatement is unnecessary if an application for substituting legal heirs under Order XXII Rule 4...
Supreme Court: FIR Statements Invalid If Informant Dies of Natural Causes
The Supreme Court has ruled that if the informant of a First Information Report (FIR) dies a natural death, the contents of that FIR cannot...
Supreme Court Strikes Down Jharkhand’s 2010 Hiring Process, Declares It Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court has nullified the 2010 recruitment process for Class-IV employees in Jharkhand, ruling it unconstitutional and ordering a fresh hiring drive within six...
Supreme Court Blocks Service Tax on Lottery Distributors, Upholds Sikkim Ruling
In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has rejected the Union Government’s appeal, affirming that lottery distributors are not liable to pay service tax. The...
Supreme Court Declares Job Ads Invalid Without Specified Vacancies
The Supreme Court has ruled that advertisements for public employment must explicitly mention the number of available posts. Failure to do so renders the recruitment...