Dentist Nupur Talwar, who has been in jail for over four months in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, was on Monday granted bail by the Supreme Court which directed her to be released by September 25.
Appearing before a bench of justices B S Chauhan and J S Khehar, Additional Solicitor General Haren Rawal assured the court that the charge sheet will be filed in the lower court on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court on Friday admitted an appeal filed by the Gujarat government challenging the state governor's decision to "unilaterally" appoint Justice (retd) R A Mehta as the Lokayukta.
Nupur, who has been in jail since her surrender before the Ghaziabad court on April 30, had moved the apex court challenging the Allahabad High Court's order which had on May 31 dismissed her plea for bail.
A bench of justices A K Ganguly and J S Khehar dismissed the couple's plea to quash criminal proceedings against them in the sensational 2008 case involving the killing of Talwars' domestic aide Hemraj and their teenaged daughter in Noida on Delhi's outskirts.
Questioning the government on giving 4.5 percent sub-quota for minorities on the basis of religion, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Andhra Pradesh high court order quashing the decision.
The Supreme Court on Monday gave its nod for holding municipal polls in Uttar Pradesh but agreed to examine a plea opposing reservation of posts of chairperson of civic bodies for members of SC, ST and OBC communities.
The Supreme Court on Friday said the magistrate, who ordered prosecution of dentist Nupur Talwar in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, should have maintained restraint while passing the order.
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the President to take a decision on a complaint filed before her against the National Human Rights Commission Chairman and former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan regarding his alleged misconduct during his tenure as a judge in the apex court.The apex court refused to direct the Centre to recommend a Presidential reference for the removal of Balakrishnan as the chairman of the NHRC.
The special Central Bureau of Investigation court's order to prosecute dentist Nupur Talwar in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj has faced flak from the Supreme Court, which has said the magistrate should have been more careful in passing her judgment. A bench of justices A K Patnaik and J S Khehar raised questions on some of the findings of the magistrate, on the basis of which Nupur Talwar was summoned to face trial.
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to direct the Centre to recommend a Presidential reference against NHRC chairman and former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan for his alleged misconduct during his tenure as a judge in the apex court.
An NGO, seeking removal of former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan as the National Human Rights Commission chairman for his alleged misconduct, on Monday told the Supreme Court that a key document of the Centre on probe into disproportionate assets against him and his kins has gone "missing" from the apex court files.
In a dramatic turn of events, the Central Bureau of Investigation, which had raided dentist Nupur Talwar's residence after issuance of a non-bailable warrant against her, on Friday submitted to the Supreme Court that it would not arrest her during the pendency of her plea against the NBW.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay dentist Nupur Talwar's trial in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic aide Hemraj but issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation on her plea for review of its order for her prosecution in the case.
In a rare case, the Supreme Court has decided to hear in open court the petition filed by the dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar seeking review of its decision of giving green signal to their criminal prosecution in their daughter Aarushi's murder case.
A bench of justices B S Chauhan and J S Khehar dismissed the plea of the couple, saying there is "adequate" security in the Ghaziabad court and inconvenience to Talwar couple cannot be a ground to tranfer the trial to Delhi.
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its verdict on dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar's plea for shifting the trial against them in the case of the murder of their daughter Aarushi from Ghaziabad to Delhi.
Giving a breather to dentist Rajesh Talwar, the Supreme Court on Monday directed that he will remain on bail and not be arrested till February 4 when he will appear before a Ghaziabad court to face trial along with his wife, Nupur, in the twin murder case of his daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.
A new single bench of the Karnataka high court on Wednesday adjourned the disqualification of 11 rebel Bharatiya Janata Party Members of Legislative Assembly who had challenged their disqualification from the state assembly. The case had come up before Justice V G Sabhahith after the court delivered a split verdict two days ago on the petitions. Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice N Kumar had differed on the provisions the Constitution
The Waqf Board has sought time from the top court for setting up of a committee for exploring an amicable resolution of the vexatious issue.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India on a plea alleging that people were not being allowed to deposit demonetised currency notes till March 31 as promised.
The PM lauded the steps being taken by the CJI to make use of technology in simplifying the working in the courts and bring about qualitative change.
President Droupadi Murmu administered him the oath at a brief ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
CJI Lalit concurred with the minority view of Justice S Ravindra Bhat who held the EWS quota as "unconstitutional" for excluding poor among SCs, STs and OBCs.
Contempt proceedings were initiated against Justice Karnan for writing letters to various judges including the Prime Minister, accusing several judges of corruption.
Justice Karnan said the eight judges have "jointly committed the offences punishable under the SC/ST Atrocities Act of 1989 and amended Act of 2015.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant an urgent hearing on fresh PIL seeking independent probe into the alleged suicide of former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul.
The order came on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme.
A 'communication dated May 6, 2014 received from Justice J S Khehar was placed before the Chief Justice of India on May 7.
Landmark judgments follow new CJI's assumption of office.
A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said the parties should appear before the Constitution bench and formulate issues to be taken up for the hearing.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a show cause notice to advocate M L Sharma for making "irresponsible" and "scandalous" allegations in his PIL challenging the new law on appointment of judges for higher judiciary, saying "this is not a political platform".
Justice Bobde, who decided several key cases during his tenure including the historic Ayodhya verdict, was administered oath as the 47th CJI in November 2019 and retired on Friday.
The court imposed Rs 10 lakh as costs on Mallya in the case.
The apex court passed the order on an application moved by the Registrar of Madras high court, who is also private secretary to the chief justice, seeking an order to restrain Justice Karnan from doing any judicial work.
The bench expressed satisfaction over the medical care being provided to the girl.
The SC agrees with the government's request for a year to show effective results of its pro-farmer schemes like Fasal Bima Yojana.
Azam Khan, the president of the group said that they want to help the construction of the temple.
The apex court in its verdict delivered on July 8 last year had given the state police liberty to probe the role of armed forces in alleged encounter cases in areas where the AFSPA is in force.
Here is the chronology of Supreme Court hearings in the right to privacy case.
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