No Special Relief If Appointment Is Illegal, Rules Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that candidates who secure appointments through illegal means cannot seek special relief under Article 142 of the Constitution. The judgment...
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Supreme Court Shuts Door on 45-Year-Old Partition Claim, Citing Legal Time Limits
In a decisive ruling, the Supreme Court has dismissed a long-dormant partition suit, emphasizing that the clock on such claims starts ticking from the date...
Supreme Court Scraps 25,000 School Jobs in West Bengal, Citing Massive Fraud
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has upheld the Calcutta High Court’s ruling that annulled nearly 25,000 teaching and non-teaching appointments made by the...
Supreme Court: No Immediate Burden on Complainant to Prove Financial Capacity in Cheque Bounce Cases
In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has reaffirmed that once a cheque is signed and issued, the legal presumption under Section 139 of the...
Supreme Court Upholds State Power Commissions’ Authority Over Inter-State Electricity Access
In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has affirmed that State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs) retain oversight over inter-state power supply when it impacts their...
Supreme Court Enforces Year-Round Firecracker Ban in Delhi-NCR, No Exception for Green Crackers
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has imposed a year-long ban on the use, manufacture, sale, and storage of firecrackers across Delhi-NCR, ruling out...
Supreme Court: Workers Must Get Bonus, Even If Factory Is Run By a Charitable Trust
Factories operating under charitable trusts cannot evade paying bonuses to workers, the Supreme Court has ruled, emphasizing that the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, grants...
Supreme Court Embraces Transparency: Judges to Publicly Declare Assets Online
In a landmark move towards greater judicial transparency, all 33 sitting Supreme Court judges have resolved to make their financial assets publicly accessible on the...
Supreme Court Halts Tree Cutting in Hyderabad’s Kancha Gachibowli, Demands Urgent Report
The Supreme Court has stepped in to stop the rapid deforestation of Kancha Gachibowli in Hyderabad, directing Telangana authorities to immediately cease all tree felling...
Kerala High Court Halts Case Against Baba Ramdev, Acharya Balkrishna Over Drug Ad Controversy
The Kerala High Court has put a temporary stop to legal proceedings against Patanjali Ayurved’s key figures, Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, in a case...
Judicial Controversy: PIL Seeks to Block Justice Yashwant Varma’s Swearing-In Amid Probe
A fresh legal storm has erupted over the transfer and swearing-in of Justice Yashwant Varma, as a public interest litigation (PIL) seeks to halt his...
Zomato Dodges Insolvency Case as Tribunal Throws Out Apparel Firm’s Plea
Zomato has secured a legal victory as the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) rejected an insolvency plea filed against the food delivery giant. The case,...