Supreme Court bench said reservation for the blind in parliament is not a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution.
The Supreme Court on Monday said that averments made against Central Bureau of Investigation Director Ranjit Sinha, arising out of entry list at his residence, are "serious" in nature and directed him to respond to the allegations in "black and white".
In a major relief to National Textile Corporation and owners of closed private textile mills in Mumbai, the Supreme Court
The apex court dismissed a petition seeking to debar all Hindu ministers of the former leftist government in Kerala from nominating members to the managing committee of Guruvayoor temple.
Cancelling the bail bonds of Khursheed, the Bench said "he should be forthwith taken into custody to serve out the remainder of the sentence."
The Supreme Court cleared the adjourned AGM of BCCI at Kolkata for it to be held before November 30
In a development that would hit the government's revenues, telecom tribunal TDSAT on Friday stayed the hike in spectrum charges for both GSM and CDMA mobile operators.
"How long will you keep them?" asked the Supreme Court on Monday noticing that two Sri Lankans have been detained for over six years for their alleged involvement in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India on the issue of settlement reached between Vijay Mallya's UB Group and Chhabria Group
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by New India Assurance to evict Nusli Wadia, chairman of the Rs 1,000-crore Bombay Dyeing Group, from his Malabar Hills flat in Mumbai, rented to him since 1972.
Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Union government and public sector oil majors Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and Bharat Petroleum Corporation on a public interest litigation challenging the Centre's decision to privatise.
The petitioner is seeking formulation of a comprehensive national flag code for stopping the use and abuse of the tricolour for personal and political gains.
The court directed that the medical report be made available to it within 10 days.
It asked, 'What is the mortal hurry in the hearing of the application seeking withdrawal of the case? What is the mortal urgency to withdraw the case?'
Five months after the probe into the Rs 30,000 crore stamp paper scam was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the agency to complete the investigations in three months.
It's not Mr Sinha's analogy (if that's what it really was) that disturbs me but the fact that it was a completely normal thing for him to say. This is the head of the country's leading investigative organisation. What kind of opinions do the ones below him hold, asks Paloma Sharma.
The Kolkata high court set up a three-member special committee and directed it to hold elections through casting ballot.
The notices were issued on a petition filed by Pal's wife Pooja Pal seeking a probe into the case by an independent agency.
The Supreme Court on Monday in-principle agreed to reconsider its earlier judgement on Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd divestment, and stayed proceedings before all high courts concerning divestment.
The Supreme Court has asked the CBI where to shift the RJD MP, in prison in connection with a murder case, to stop his activities.
R S Sharma had been arrested for his alleged involvement in the fake stamp paper scam.
It stayed a Patna high court order granting him bail in the Ajit Sarkar murder case.
A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said it will first go by the Committee of Administrators (COA) fourth status report and then will look into the contempt petition filed by CAB.
A Bench comprising Justice S B Sinha and Justice S H Kapadia took a serious view of the non-allocation of funds by the 12th Finance Commission to enable the continuance of the FTCs.
A Bench comprising Justice S B Sinha and Justice S H Kapadia told Solicitor General G E Vahanvati that the court was given the impression that the FTCs, set up to dispose of long-pending criminal cases, would continue for another five years.
ASI officials were involved in corrupt practices in the name of conservation of monuments and were violating various laws, the petitioner's counsel said.
"In the last about two decades, the way the Constitution has been interpreted and the laws have been interpreted, it requires revisit. Let us revisit them," he said.
The SC has issued notices to the Centre, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and cellular cos on a PIL seeking enactment of a law to stop number of unsolicited calls made by business ventures to cellphone users.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed four petitions filed by the Birlas challenging R S Lodha's right to object to late Priyamvada Birla's purported will of 1999. A bench headed by Justice S B Sinha while dismissing the petition has imposed cost of Rs 2,50,000 each on the three Birla members.
The petition has alleged that the Centre took a series of steps in a "completely mala fide, arbitrary and illegal manner to ensure that Asthana was given the charge of CBI director".
The government said the court could not have done it as it was not an issue before it.
The government should frame appropriate guidelines to fix standards for drinking water to rid it of pesticides and other harmful chemicals.
The Voluntary Health Association of Punjab has alleged that AIDS patients were given no treatment at any government hospital and 'simply left to die'.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that her party would fight it both "politically and legally"
In a major step to keep the price of essential medicines under control, the Union government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that 75 new medicines have been added to the essential drugs list after reviewing the pharmaceutical policy, 2002.
A Bench comprising Justice N Santosh Hegde and Justice S B Sinha issued notices to a sessions judge in Madhepura for issuing a production warrant against Yadav when it was not required.
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