Those who favoured sub-classification within the SCs and STs to ensure adequate representation in services of the really backward among them relied on a textualist interpretation of the constitution, while those arguing against it doubted whether the states had the power to do so.

The goal of making Article 370 inoperative was legitimate in itself, and therefore, the means adopted to achieve it cannot be elevated as a test to determine the validity of the goal itself, the judgment would seem to suggest.

As solicitor general Tushar Mehta sought more time to respond to the petitioners’ arguments, Justice S.K. Kaul, who will retire on December 25, had no option but to discontinue further hearing.

The Supreme Court’s special bench has agreed to revisit its 2022 judgment upholding the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, and refer it to a larger bench if necessary.

The petitioner-couple alleged that the woman's family is opposed to their marriage due to the man's 'social and financial status' though both of them are Brahmins. The man's family came under attack from the woman's family.

Justices S. Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli and P.S. Narasimha differed from Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice S.K. Kaul on moulding relief to the petitioners in the marriage equality case because they found the means adopted by the latter were not “legally sound”.

The court said it found merit in the opinion submitted by the Medical Board of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), which stated that the fetus is not suffering from any abnormality as mentioned in the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.

The division bench of the Supreme Court has reserved its judgment in the pleas against remission granted by the Gujarat government to 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes committed during the 2002 Gujarat pogrom.

Justices Hima Kohli and B.V. Nagarathna split on a married woman’s right to abort her pregnancy in the 27th week, leaving it to the CJI to constitute another bench to resolve the issue.

The court took note of the fact that while the husband, who is 89 years old, sought divorce, the wife, 82, did not. Though they had been living separately for many years, the woman said she does not want to die with the ‘stigma’ of being a “divorcee”.

A division bench of the Supreme Court admitted the petition filed by Priyali Sur, an independent multimedia journalist, on Tuesday.

As AIIMS doctors expressed their inability to terminate a viable pregnancy, the government sought the recall of the order passed on Monday granting the petitioner’s plea for abortion on mental health grounds. The same bench will consider the recall application on Wednesday.

Petitioners have agreed not to press the challenge on the ground the government legislated it as a money bill – while it is not – to facilitate early hearing.

Determination by the courts of the age of juveniles in conflict with the law continues to be problematic, with evidence proving to be doubtful.

Courts should not allow the criminals to escape on account of procedural technicalities, perfunctory investigation, or insignificant lacunas in the evidence, the top court said.

The two-day hearing before the seven-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on the correctness of the previous judgment in P.V. Narasimha Rao vs State (1998) concluded on Thursday.

Article 142 of the constitution confers unique power on the Supreme Court to do 'complete justice' between the parties where the law may not provide a remedy.

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At the heart of the controversy is the establishment of International Arbitration and Mediation Centre in Hyderabad last year. Panchu has faulted Ramana’s role in the past while others have defended him.

The top court put a lid on the controversy over petitioner-cum-Lok Sabha MP Akbar Lone’s affidavit by making it clear he cannot be denied his Article 32 rights.