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    Supreme Court News

    Justice Bhuyan flags 76-year absence of 'distinguished jurists' on SC bench

    Justice Bhuyan flags 76-year absence of 'distinguished jurists' on SC bench
    India News
    Published 6 hours ago

    Why India has never appointed a ‘distinguished jurist’ to SC, Justice Bhuyan asks

    Justice Ujjal Bhuyan asks why Article 124(3) allowing ‘distinguished jurists’ as SC judges has remained unused for 76 years, urges serious attention.
    India News
    Published 8 hours ago

    Colonial hangover: The 19th-century origin of a jail rule Delhi has now scrapped

    Featured image: HT/Made on Canva
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 11 hours ago

    SC refuses to roll back directions on illegal forest land diversion

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    India News
    Published 13 hours ago

    Party may move SC if Odisha assembly fails to oppose MMDR amendments: BJD

    The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2026 passed in Parliament on August 13 provides for restrictions on states’ powers to tax mineral rights and mineral bearing lands. (File Photo)
    India News
    Published 1 day ago

    Bar needs to introspect on its role: SC judge Nagarathna flags rising costs, delays in legal system

    Bar needs to introspect on its role: SC judge Nagarathna flags rising costs, delays in legal system
    Cities
    Published 1 day ago

    Justice Nagarathna calls for Bar introspection amid NALSAR controversy

    Justice BV Nagarathna urged Bar Councils to uphold professional ethics and competence, as the legal fraternity faces scrutiny over the BCI-NALSAR row.
    India News
    Published 1 day ago

    Supreme Court refuses to roll back directions on illegally diverted forest land

    SC dismissed a curative plea against its 2025 verdict directing states and UTs to identify illegally diverted reserved forest land and restore it to forest departments.
    India News
    Published 1 day ago

    SC to hear plea seeking mandatory disclosure of ethanol content in petrol

    The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on August 31 a plea seeking mandatory disclosure of ethanol content in petrol at fuel stations
    India News
    Updated 1 day ago

    Adultery, maintenance, private detectives: SC order that cuts across two lines

    Supreme Court held that disqualification under Section 125(4) of CrPC also applies also to interim maintenance.
    Ht Explainers
    Published 1 day ago

    HC strikes down MbPAs retrospective rent hikes

    Mumbai, India - May 12, 2026: Heavy police security was deployed at the Mumbai Port Authority colony in Darukhana, Coal Bunder, as authorities began demolishing homes alleged to be illegal, some of which residents claim have existed since 1949, leading to evictions, in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)
    Cities
    Published 1 day ago

    Kangana Ranaut accepts Baba Ramdev's gesture to end public feud

    Kangana Ranaut and Baba Ramdev made critical comments on each other earlier this month.
    Entertainment
    Published 2 days ago

    ACoS hosts dinner to honour justice JK Maheshwari

    Parvesh Kheterpal, Founder ACoS, Goviind Vijay, Sachin Kalra, Ranju Goyal, Sampada Narang along with HMJ JK Maheshwari
    Htcity
    Published 3 days ago

    SC to hear plea on sand mining in Ken River with Chambal Gharial Sanctuary case

    The Supreme Court took up the plea on August 18. (HT PHOTO)
    India News
    Published 3 days ago

    SC grants bail to UAE-based businessman, 72, accused in Kashmir terror funding case

    SC grants bail to Naval Kishore Kapoor in Kashmir terror funding case, noting he is over 72 and has spent more than eight years in custody.
    India News
    Published 3 days ago

    Govt ends segregation of sex workers, brothel-keepers from female prisoners

    The move also follows the Supreme Court’s May 29 judgment in Prajwala v Union of India, which cautioned against treating prostitutes and sex workers as accused when they are, in many cases, victims of trafficking and exploitation who deserve rehabilitation rather than further stigma. (Representative photo)
    Cities
    Published 3 days ago

    Misused powers, threatened judges: Inside SC judge's 3 letters on Justice Sharma

    Justice Sandeep Mehta (L) and Rajasthan High Court Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma.
    India News
    Updated 3 days ago

    Delhi ends segregation of sex workers, brothel-keepers from female prisoners

    Senior advocate S Muralidhar was tasked by the Supreme Court with identifying discriminatory provisions in prison laws and jail manuals across states and ensuring their deletion or amendment.
    India News
    Updated 3 days ago

    20 rebel TMC MPs get Lok Sabha secretariat’s notice on disqualification pleas

    Rebel TMC MPs, led by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, at Rajghat.
    India News
    Updated 3 days ago

    In a first, sitting SC judge flags corruption charges against HC chief justice

    Justice Sandeep Mehta (L) and Rajasthan High Court Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma.
    India News
    Updated 3 days ago

    'Justice Sharma deserves fair chance to reply': CJI on Rajasthan HC controversy

    CJI Kant said he and other senior judges of the collegium have taken note of the concerns raised by Justice Sandeep Mehta but stressed that allegations against a sitting judge had to be dealt with strictly through the established institutional mechanism.
    India News
    Updated 3 days ago

    Death penalty, not execution method, is the real question

    The apex court noted that death by hanging serves no restorative purpose. The reluctance to acknowledge that a painless death is an essential component of the Right to Life creates a vacuum where the State’s power to punish overrides the individual’s right to dignity.
    Opinion
    Published 3 days ago

    CJI examines SC judge's demand to remove Rajasthan HC acting Chief Justice

    CJI Kant said the matter was being examined at the appropriate level, with the process taking into account the material submitted by Justice Mehta and Justice Sharma’s response.
    India News
    Updated 3 days ago

    Transparency needed in Indian judiciary

    The controversy hints at a possible lack of transparency in collegium proceedings and administrative decision-making in the apex court. (HT Archive)
    Editorials
    Published 4 days ago

    Sukesh Chandrasekhar convicted for impersonating SC judge to secure bail

    Sukesh Chandrasekhar’s ruse involved a phone call to Special Judge Poonam Chaudhary, before whom a corruption case was pending while he was in police custody in April 2017.
    India News
    Updated 4 days ago

    20 rebel TMC MPs get Lok Sabha notices on Abhishek’s disqualification plea

    Abhishek Banerjee’s defection plea: Lok Sabha notices to 20 rebel TMC MPs
    India News
    Updated 4 days ago

    ‘Misuse of powers’: SC judge seeks removal of Rajasthan HC acting Chief Justice

    Justice Sandeep Mehta (L) and Rajasthan High Court Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma (R).
    India News
    Updated 4 days ago

    Parl panel set to discuss use of force on NEET protesters

    HT Image
    India News
    Published 4 days ago

    SC closes plea on CBSE OSM glitches

    HT Image
    India News
    Published 4 days ago

    ‘Halt Kukrail night safari work until fresh approvals’: Petitioners to SC-appointed CEC

    Kukrail Forest (Sourced)
    Cities
    Published 4 days ago
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