SC DIRECTS PRASHANT BHUSHAN

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Delhi water crisis: The Supreme Court questioned the Delhi government's lack of action against the "tanker mafia" amid a water crisis. It warned of police intervention if necessary. The court the hearing to June 13. SC demanded an affidavit on water...

The Supreme Court of India has directed the Himachal Pradesh government to release 137 cusecs of surplus water to Delhi due to water scarcity. The court also instructed Haryana to facilitate the flow of the water. The Upper Yamuna River Board is to ...

The Supreme Court directed a stakeholder meeting to address Delhi's water crisis amid an extreme heatwave. Various issues, including water wastage and shortage, were discussed, with a meeting scheduled for June 5 and the next hearing on June 6.

Election Voter Turnout Data: The Supreme Court held an urgent hearing on Friday evening, demanding a response within a week from the Election Commission regarding a plea by an NGO. The NGO requested the Election Commission to upload polling station-...

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned till after summer vacations a petition challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of passport law and a notification providing for issuance of passport for only a year to an accused on receipt of a...

Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan accused the central government of favoring companies like Bharti Telecom and Megha Engineering after they made donations to the party through electoral bonds. He alleged that these donations were made as quid pro quo...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on March 15 raised questions over the information on electoral bonds shared by the State Bank of India to the Election Commission of India. Advocate Prashant Bhushan informed that the Court questioned that the unique alp...

The Supreme Court is set to hear a plea by the Association for Democratic Reforms challenging the government's exclusion of the Chief Justice of India from the panel selecting the Chief Election Commissioner and election commissioners. Filed after E...

Electoral Bonds case: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday asserted that the Association for Democratic Reforms' (ADR) contempt plea against the State Bank of India (SBI) will be heard on March 11, 2024. This development comes after SBI requested an e...

India's top court on Thursday struck down a scheme that allowed anonymous political donations in the form of electoral bonds, a critical ruling that comes ahead of national elections likely to begin in April.Petitioners hail SC verdict on electoral ...

Speaking for the bench, Justice Kaul verbally said that he neither deleted the case nor expressed unwillingness to preside over the case. "I am sure the CJI is aware of it (deletion of the case). Some things are best left unsaid," Justice Kaul added.

The bench said this pick and choose affects the seniority of those whose names have been recommended for appointment by the collegium and why a person, having reasonable practice a as lawyer, would put his neck on the block and hope that the governm...

Electoral bonds are interest-free bearer bonds or money instruments that can be purchased by companies and individuals in India from authorised branches of the State Bank of India (SBI). These bonds are sold in multiples of Rs 1,000, Rs 10,000, Rs 1...

Adjudicating on a clutch of petitions challenging the Centre's electoral bond scheme permitting anonymous funding to political parties, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud orally remarked that electoral bonds facilitate anonymise...

The Supreme Court of India has asked the government to respond to a petition seeking the transfer of a public interest litigation (PIL) on surveillance systems from the Delhi High Court to the apex court. The PIL claims that citizens' right to priva...

​The CJI said that keeping in view the importance of the issue raised and with “regard to Article 145(4) of the Constitution of India, the matter be placed before a bench of at least five judges”. At the last hearing on October 10, SC had said that ...

The Supreme Court has set October 31 as the date for the final hearing on petitions challenging the validity of India's electoral bond scheme for political party funding. The anonymous nature of the funding through electoral bonds has been criticize...

The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing on a plea by an NGO seeking cross-verification of votes cast through the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) until November. The court stated that there is no urgency in the matter, despite the advo...