Delhi LG Wasn't Told About Need For Court's Permission To Cut Trees : Chief Secretary Tells Supreme Court

Chief Secretary of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Naresh Kumar, informed the Supreme Court that Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena was not made aware of the necessity to obtain the court's permission for felling trees in the southern Ridge. Read More>>

Supreme Court Criticises Delhi HC's Directions To Judicial Officers Against Censuring Police Officers

The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 1) criticized the Delhi High Court's Rules for “Practice in the Trial of Criminal Cases”, which state that it is “undesirable for courts to censure police officers unless strictly relevant to the case”. The Court asserted that the HC cannot pass directions dictating the judicial officers on how to write judgments. Read More>>

Scheduled Castes Not A Homogeneous Class, Sub-classification One Of The Means To Achieve Substantive Equality: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court bench of seven judges headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai, Vikram Nath, Bela M. Trivedi, Pankaj Mithal, Manoj Misra and Satish Chandra Sharma today, by 6:1 majority, held that sub-division of Scheduled Caste to provide reservation to the weakest out of the weak is permissible. Read More>>

NTA Should Avoid Flip-Flops Which Happened In NEET-UG Case : Supreme Court

After the oral pronouncement, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said, "We have said that the NTA must now avoid the flip flops which it has made in this case. These flip-flops in the NTA does not serve the interest of the students." Read More>>

State Must Show Data On Inadequate Representation Of Castes In Services To Sub-Classify : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court in its recent decision allowing sub-classification of Scheduled Castes(SCs), held that the States are required to base their justification of sub-classification on effective and qualitative data indicating 'inadequate representation' of the sub-classified backward classes in state services. Read More>>