SC Seeks Centre’s Response On Plea To Ban Animal sacrifice In Temples, Amendment To PCA Act Provision
New Delhi, 13March 2026: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Central government on a PIL by advocate Shruti Bisht seeking a ban on animal sacrifice in temples as part of religious practices and amendment to Section 28 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, which provides that the killing of […]
NCERT ASKED TO REVIEW ALL SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
NEW DELHI,12 March 2026 : The Centre on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it has directed the NCERT to review the textbooks of all classes. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that instead of asking the NCERT to do so, it would have appreciated […]
FOR FIRST TIME, PASSIVE EUTHANASIA ALLOWED TO MAN IN VEGITATIVE STATE SINCE 2013
NEW DELHI,12 March 2026,: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed plea for passive euthanasia (withdrawal of life support) of Ghaziabad’s 31-year-old Harish Rana, who has remained in a permanent vegetative state since 2013 after falling from a building. This could be the first instance of the Court passing such a direction in an individual case, […]
SC CHAMPIONS UNIFORM CIVIL CODE TO GIVE EQUAL RIGHTS TO MUSLIM WOMEN
NEW DELHI,11 March 2026 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested Uniform Civil Code to give equal rights to Muslim women along with men in the property rights. Chief Justice Surya Kant was, however, cautious that the court does not deprive the Muslim women in a hurry. Advocate Prashant Bhushan said removal of the Shariat […]
SC ASKS CENTRE TO FRAME NO-FAULT COMPENSATION POLICY FOR COVID VACCINE ADVERSE EVENTS
NEW DELHI ,11 March 2026 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to frame a no-fault compensation policy for serious adverse events following Covid-19 vaccination. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said the existing mechanism for monitoring adverse events following immunisation shall continue. “No separate court-appointed expert body is considered […]
SC Declines To Entertain PIL Against Tax Raid Provisions, Petitioner Withdraws Plea
New Delhi, 10March2026: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a public interest litigation challenging provisions of the Income Tax Act that allow tax authorities to conduct search and seizure operations without prior notice, including access to digital devices and virtual spaces while investigating suspected tax evasion. The petition questioned provisions under the existing […]
SC SLAMS LITIGANTS’ DELAYED APPEAL TO STALL CONTEMPT OF COURT PROCEEDINGS
NEW DELHI ,10 March 2026 : The Supreme Court recently took exception to the growing practice of litigants failing to comply with court orders and then filing delayed appeals challenging such orders, only to stall contempt of court proceedings initiated for their non-compliance with earlier directives. A Bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R Mahadevan […]
West Bengal SIR: SC to hear plea against exclusion from the final electoral rolls
New Delhi, Mar. 9: The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday two petitions challenging the exclusion of names from the final electoral rolls published on February 28, despite the petitioners stating that their names figured in the electoral rolls prior to the SIR and that they had submitted all the required documents in support of […]
TOP COURT CLOSES CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS OVER COMMENTS AGAINST AN EX-JUDGE
NEW DELHI ,9 March 2026 : The Supreme Court on Monday closed suo motu contempt proceedings against Chandigarh-based YouTuber and Editor in Chief of Varprad Media, Ajay Shukla, for his alleged “scandalous, contemptuous and defamatory” remarks against a former Supreme Court judge. The matter was disposed of by a bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and […]
RAPE CONVICT GURMEET RAM RAHIM ACQUITTED IN 2002 JOURNALIST MURDER CASE
NEW DELHI, March 2026 : The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the head of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, in the 2002 murder case of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati. The decision, announced on Saturday by a division bench led by Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, overturns his conviction and life […]
