The Supreme Court has ordered to constitute 25 special courts with a retired judge in five states for expeditious disposal of cheque bounce cases. The special courts under the Negotiable Instruments Act will be set up in Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, ...

The Supreme Court used Article 142 of the Constitution to grant AG Perarivalan, a convict in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, extraordinary powers to “do complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it.” Perarivalan was released free by a ...

The Supreme Court has approved the formation of the Supreme Court Committee headed by Justice (retd) Pradeep Nandrajog for recovery of monies from the defaulters against whom National Spot Exchange Ltd has secured money decrees, a press release from NSEL said. NSEL ...

The Supreme Court reconstituted the expert committee that would be looking into measures to ensure that the construction of the Delhi-Dehradun expressway does not impact the environment. The independent 12-member expert committee was formed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to be headed by ...

Veteran environmentalist Ravi Chopra has resigned as Chairman and member of the Supreme Court’s High Powered Committee (HPC) for the Char Dham project. His belief that the HPC could protect this fragile (Himalayan) ecology has been shattered. The Supreme Court on December 14 allowed ...

Supreme Court has appointed a three-member committee to look into allegations of unauthorized surveillance using Pegasus, spyware developed by Israeli firm NSO Group. The three-member expert panel, supervised by a retired SC judge, will also ascertain details of people targeted by the ...

The Supreme Court has introduced the ‘Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records’ (FASTER) system, by which the crucial decisions can be communicated electronically to prison authorities and investigating agencies. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, Justice Nageswara Rao ...

The Supreme Court has observed that an employee cannot insist on a transfer to a particular place and it is for the employer to shift the staff considering the requirement. The top court made this observation while dismissing the petition of a lecturer challenging the Allahabad High Court's ...

The Supreme Court warned Parliament that the nation is losing patience with the advent of criminals in politics even as it imposed fines on major political parties for covering up from voters the criminal past of the candidates they had fielded in the Bihar Assembly polls last year. Daily ...

The Supreme Court indicated in a judgment that a straitjacket and literal interpretation of a penal provision on dowry death may have blunted the battle against the “long-standing social evil”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Dowry deaths accounted for 40% to 50% homicides in the country for ...