Explainer: How the Supreme Court has handed a free pass to the Enforcement Directorate

The Supreme Court upheld the validity of Prevention of Money Laundering Act and the investigative powers of the ED in totality.

Umang Poddar

· Jul 28, 2022 · 06:30 am

Supreme Court extends limitation period for filing cases on account of rise in Covid-19 cases

Limitation period is the maximum time limit within which a case is to be filed. This is the third such extension since March 2020.

Umang Poddar

· Jan 11, 2022 · 05:08 pm

Have SC's attempts to depoliticise police inadvertently led to a weakening of federalism?

The idea that bureaucrats in Delhi will handle the police better than elected politicians in the state has little by way of backing.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Sep 09, 2021 · 09:00 am

BJP turned CBI into a ‘paan shop’, claims Maharashtra minister

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Centre cannot extend the jurisdiction of the Central Bureau of Investigation without the permission of states.

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· Nov 20, 2020 · 03:23 pm

Centre cannot extend CBI’s jurisdiction without state government’s consent: Supreme Court

The judgement holds significance as eight Opposition-ruled states have withdrawn general consent for CBI inquiries in the last few months.

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· Nov 19, 2020 · 12:00 pm

Government staff who resign not entitled to pension, rules Supreme Court

The court made a distinction between voluntary retirement and resignation while deciding on a case related to the quitting of an electricity firm’s employee.

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· Dec 06, 2019 · 07:45 am

Supreme Court’s gag order on Chidambaram is an unreasonable condition for bail

The court granted bail to the former finance minister on the condition that he would not speak to the media about the cases he is implicated in.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Dec 04, 2019 · 06:12 pm

‘Recent Supreme Court verdicts need to be studied studiously,’ says Sitaram Yechury

The CPI(M) general secretary said that if somebody felt the verdicts were in favour of a particular ideology, then they cannot be blamed.

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· Nov 14, 2019 · 05:11 pm

Supreme Court refers passage of Finance Act 2017 as money bill to a larger bench

The court struck down rules on tribunals under Section 184 of the act.

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· Nov 13, 2019 · 02:46 pm

Supreme Court verdicts on review pleas in Rafale, Sabarimala cases on Thursday

The top court had reserved its judgements in the two cases earlier this year.

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· Nov 13, 2019 · 12:11 pm

‘Judgment must be accepted’: Muslim leaders and scholars react to the Ayodhya verdict

But some also felt minorities had been shown their place.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Nov 09, 2019 · 02:34 pm

Full text: The Supreme Court’s reasoning in paving the way for a Ram temple to be built in Ayodhya

Read the key portions of the Supreme Court’s order finding that the disputed site belongs to the deity.

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· Nov 09, 2019 · 12:54 pm