SC rejects plea to ban Rushdie's The Satanic Verses

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to ban Salman Rushdie's controversial novel The Satanic Verses. The plea came up for hearing before a bench of Justices......

SC declines to monitor every hate speech, says mechanisms in place

The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it is not inclined to either legislate or monitor every incident of hate speech across the country as legislative measures, police stations and high courts......

India has right to bring back offenders avoiding law: SC

The country has a right to bring back offenders who are evading law, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday as it refused to entertain a plea by a man seeking withdrawal of a request made to the......

UPSC exams to allow change of scribe, screen-readers for visually impaired

The Supreme Court directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Wednesday to incorporate in the notification for examinations a provision allowing eligible candidates to request a change......