On March 4, 2025, the Supreme Court of India declared that the right to be free from discrimination based on disability is a fundamental right, in line with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act of 2016. This ruling enables visually impaired individuals to take part in judicial ...

The Supreme Court’s landmark decision on December 11, 2023, upheld the Union Government’s 2019 move to abrogate the special status of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) under Article 370 of the Constitution. The judgment, delivered by a Constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, ...

Supreme Court Deadline for Inter-State Water Dispute Tribunal over Pennaiyar River Expires: The Supreme Court's deadline for the formation of an Inter-State River Water Dispute Tribunal to resolve the Pennaiyar River dispute has passed, as negotiations have failed. The Pennaiyar River, also known ...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 5 Judges To Supreme Court of India, Working Strength Rises To 32: Five new Supreme Court judges were appointed, as announced by the Union administration. The Supreme Court will now have 32 judges following their appointments. Currently, the Supreme Court of India has ...

Supreme Court Collegium recommends 5 names to Centre as apex court judges: Five high court justices have been suggested by the Supreme Court Collegium for nomination as judges on the Supreme Court. The suggestion was made following a meeting of the six-person Collegium, which was presided over by ...

Supreme Court Bans Two-Finger Test: On Oct. 31, the Supreme Court reiterated its ban on the “two-finger test” in rape cases, warning individuals who use such tests are guilty of misconduct. Observing that the test was based on a patriarchal mindset that assumed that sexually active women could not ...

President, Droupadi Murmu has approved the appointment of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as the 49th Chief Justice of India for three months. He will replace CJI Justice N V Ramana, who will retire on 26th August 2022. He was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court (SC) in August 2014. ...

The Supreme court in its judgment said that, Distribution of freebies of any kind, undoubtedly, influences all people and helps in the electoral politics. The Supreme Court, on July 26, had sought a reply from the Centre whether a body like the Finance Commission can regulate ...

Former Supreme Court judge, Vineet Saran has been appointed as the BCCI's ethics officer and ombudsman. He has succeeded Justice (Retd) D K Jain, whose term ended in June 2021. He is a former Chief Justice of Odisha High Court, and also served as a judge in Karnataka and ...

The Supreme Court of India directed that national parks and wildlife sanctuaries must have an Eco Sensitive Zone (ESZ) of minimum one km from the demarcated boundary of a protected forest The SC said that mining within the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries shall not be permitted ...