The Supreme Court came down hard on an NGO for trying to revive a constitutional issue the Court had already settled. A bench of Justice B. V. Nagarathna and Justice R. Mahadevan dismissed a writ petition filed by United Voice Read more…
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SC asks AIIMS to form Secondary Medical Board in passive euthanasia plea for man in vegetative state
The Supreme Court has asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, to set up a Secondary Medical Board to examine whether life support, including artificial nutrition and hydration, can be withdrawn for a 32-year-old man who Read more…
The Supreme Court has ruled that a dependent who accepts a compassionate appointment to a particular post cannot later seek a higher post on the ground of having superior qualifications. The Court said that allowing such claims would amount to Read more…
In a significant ruling on December 10, 2025, the Supreme Court settled an important question of jurisdiction under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The Court dismissed the civil appeal filed in Dr. Sohail Read more…
The Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, has constituted a Special Vacation Bench of the Supreme Court to hear cases requiring urgent judicial consideration during the upcoming winter vacation. According to the cause list uploaded on the Supreme Court’s Read more…
The Supreme Court has clarified that there is no legal prohibition on mutating land records on the basis of a will and that such mutation cannot be refused merely because the claim is founded on a testamentary document. The Court Read more…
The Supreme Court has delivered an important ruling holding that the Rajasthan Government acted arbitrarily and unconstitutionally in creating two revenue villages named after individuals, in clear violation of its own 2009 policy circular. The Court held that such action Read more…
Supreme Court to Hear Parents Before Deciding Plea for Passive Euthanasia of Man in Vegetative State
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday, December 18, examined a medical report submitted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in a case concerning a 32-year-old man who has remained in a persistent vegetative state for the past 12 years. The Read more…
The Supreme Court of India has exercised its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to ensure completion of the long-stalled Supernova real estate project in Noida, setting aside the existing insolvency framework and appointing a three-member court-monitored committee Read more…
New Delhi : The Supreme Court of India has initiated a suo motu public interest proceeding to examine the legal definition and preservation framework of the Aravalli Range, one of North India’s most fragile and significant ecological systems. The matter Read more…