Coming down heavily upon the governments of Punjab and Bihar over recent incidents of unarmed civilians being physically assaulted by policemen, the Supreme Court on Monday said the administration was

Expressing outrage at the recent incidents of policemen mercilessly beating up a woman in Punjab and protesting teachers in Bihar, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said the incidents had “shocked the conscience” of the nation and demanded explanations from both state governments.

Hanging of four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan has been put off for at least six months as the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to keep as pending their plea seeking commutation of the capit

The Delhi high court on Tuesday directed the Centre to consider amending the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act to include in its purview admissions to nursery classes.

The execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru in the 2001 Parliament attack case evoked a mixed response from the legal fraternity. Some senior lawyers said Afzal’s hanging has proven that the law of the land is above politics and has given out a strong message to the world that India is not soft on terror.

The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the CBI for its long delay over challenging the Allahabad high court verdict which held that senior BJP leaders, including Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, cannot be tried for criminal conspiracy in the Babri Masjid demolition case.

The Delhi high court has directed the city police to conduct an inquiry into the allegations made by a woman undertrial that she was beaten up and detained by the police on false charges and then sexually assaulted by a policeman while in illegal police custody.

In a setback to Karnataka, the Supreme Court directed the state to release 2 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and asked the Central Water Commission to file a report on the water requirement of the two warring states. The bench asked the commission to form a three-member expert body which will visit the states and directed it to file report within two days.

The constitutional validity of the definition of “juvenile” under the Juvenile Justice Act will now be examined by the Supreme Court which on Monday agreed to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking that the upper age limit of juveniles be brought down from 18 to 16 years.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to transfer outside the national capital the trial in the December 16 gangrape and murder case.