Top Court Judgments

GM mustard approval after long, exhaustive process: Centre to SC

This comes after the court told the Centre on November 3 not to allow the planting of genetically modified (GM) mustard until the next hearing

E-Gaming Federation to challenge Tamil Nadu ordinance banning online gaming

Regarding rummy and poker as games of chance violates Supreme Court and Madras High Court judgments which overturned the law banning online games

5-judge SC bench to hear from Sept 13 pleas on 10% quota to EWS candidates

Constitution amendment in 2019 allows people from Economically Weaker Sections to avail themselves of reservation in jobs and educational institutions

Delhi High court restrains rogue websites from streaming Asia Cup 2022

Asia Cup is set to begin on Friday, August 27 with the first match to be played between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka

Chief Justice N V Ramana leaves behind a 6.1% increase in pending cases

Analysis of appointment orders shows that during his 16-month term, Justice Ramana made 241 appointments to the high courts, against the 243 appointments made by Justice Bobde in his 18 months as CJI

Legislation or court guidelines? Who will put freebies in a box?

Experts dwell on whether or not there can be a legal definition of the term 'freebies'

Delhi HC gives the green light to restaurants to levy service charges

It comes just days after, on Tuesday, HC had asked the restaurants why they could not increase the salaries of their staff instead of levying a service charge

What is Talaq-e-Hasan? How is it different from triple talaq?

How is Talaq-e-Hasan different from Triple Talaq, Khula, Mubaraat and Talaq-e-Ahsan? Why Supreme Court of India state the practice of Talaq-e-Hasan different from Triple Talaq? Read it now

Twitter gets a win over Elon Musk with trial fast-tracked for October

The ruling marks the first victory for Twitter in a case in which many legal experts say Musk will be the underdog

Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan gets relief from SC in fake news case

The Supreme Court granted relief to Zee News anchor Rohit Ranjan, protecting him against multiple FIRs him over an alleged doctored video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's speech

From blacklisting norms to row over foreign award, here're top court orders

A selection of key court orders

From computing damages to I-T appeals, here're the key court orders

In Uma Maheshwari vs United India Insurance Co, the court again raised the compensation reduced by the Karnataka High Court

SC unhappy over plea alleging bias in listing of cases by court registry

The plea said that there was no mechanism to address complaints against erring officers of the registry who favour some law firms/advocates for reasons best known to them

Supreme court quashes judgments by high courts on area-based exemption

Rules refunds should be limited to actual manufacturing or value addition

SC asks govt approved, pvt labs to conduct Covid-19 tests for free

The top court issued orders on a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre and authorities to provide free of cost testing facility for Covid-19 to all citizens in the country

From GST rules to 'muddled' awards, key court orders from last week

Gujarat HC has laid down 16 guidelines in the matter of Integrated GST applicable to importers and distributors and also asked the government to amend two provisions in the GST Act

From land acquisition to canal project case, here're the key court orders

The Supreme Court last week prevented the attempt of builders who buy land cheap from farmers after the government's publication of acquisition and claim higher compensation

From coal price escalation to special leave, here're the key court orders

Here are top 5 court judgments by various courts of India in the part week