The Supreme Court has banned the new law made by UGC to stop discrimination against students on the basis of caste. A bench of two judges led by Chief Justice Surya Kant has put a stay on this new rule till further orders and said that UGC will have to follow the law made in…
The Supreme Court has put a stay on the recently implemented new rules of UGC. Using the special power acquired under Article 142 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has said that at present the UGC rules made in 2012 will remain applicable to all colleges. The bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant expressed…
The Supreme Court agreed to hear on Wednesday (January 28, 2026) the petition filed regarding the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad. This PIL has been filed by an NGO ‘Safety Matters Foundation’. The petition alleges that the official investigation into the Air India plane crash on June 12 has violated citizens’ fundamental rights to…
The Supreme Court has taken seriously the protests taking place in Tamil Nadu targeting a judge of the Madras High Court. The Supreme Court has sought answers from top officials of the state on the matter. It has been told in the petition that after a decision of High Court judge Justice GR Swaminathan, open…
The Supreme Court will soon hear the petitions opposing the new rules of UGC. On Wednesday, January 28, two petitioners requested the court for an early hearing. The Chief Justice agreed to this and said, ‘We are aware of the developments. You should correct the technical deficiencies in your petition. The matter will be posted…
Taking strong cognizance of acid attack cases, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 27, 2026) asked all the states and union territories to provide various types of information. It also includes year-wise details of such cases, their status in the courts as well as rehabilitation measures taken to help the victims. A bench of Chief…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 27, 2026) refused to hear the PIL seeking reservation for lawyers belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in various state bar councils. The bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that the election process has started and this petition was filed…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 27, 2026) adjourned till April 21 the hearing on the petition of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, in which they have challenged the order refusing to quash the defamation case filed against them for their alleged comments regarding deletion of names…
The Supreme Court has refused to hear the demand of allowing all the devotees into the sanctum sanctorum of Mahakal temple in Ujjain. The petitioner had said that only VIPs are allowed to enter the sanctum sanctorum. The Supreme Court refused to hear the petition and said that it is not the job of the…
On the matter of allowing VIPs to enter the sanctum sanctorum of Mahakal temple in Ujjain, Chief Justice Surya Kant said that there are no VIPs in the premises of Mahakal temple, but filing such a petition is not right. He said that the motive of the petitioner also does not seem to be Shraddha….
