Terming the citation of such fabricated precedents without verification as professional misconduct on the part of an advocate, a Bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe, in a judgment delivered on Thursday, said that judicial reliance on such material would amount to an equally serious lapse.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Rajasthan government on a petition filed by self-styled godman Asaram alias Ashumal challenging the Rajasthan High Court judgment upholding his conviction in the 2013 sexual assault case involving a minor devotee, while declining to grant him interim bail at this stage, observing that such a request could not be considered without first hearing the state.
The establishment and operationalisation of the Mediation Council of India - a cornerstone of the Mediation Act, 2023 - remains one of the most anticipated shifts in our legal landscape.
The Supreme Court's recent observation that forcing a couple, separated for 15 years, to continue in a legal relationship would amount to "cruelty to both parties" draws attention to one of the most glaring gaps in India's matrimonial laws.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Delhi High Court order directing the premature release of Md. Rashid Khan, one of the convicts in the 1993 Bowbazar, Kolkata, blast case, after he had undergone more than 33 years of incarceration.
The state has now been asked to prepare a phased roadmap introducing the language from foundational classes to higher education levels and submit a compliance report by September 30.
Supreme Court rules that a wife's decision to pursue her professional career cannot be branded as cruelty or desertion, even if it hurts her husband's sentiments, in a landmark matrimonial judgment.
The Trinamool Congress on Monday told the Supreme Court that the number of voters deleted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal exceeded the margin of victory between BJP and TMC candidates in certain Assembly constituencies in the recently concluded state elections.
The Supreme Court on Monday urged the judges, at all levels, across the country to show patience, compassion and a spirit of encouragement towards young lawyers, observing that fresh law graduates should be motivated to join the Bar, particularly at the trial court level.
The Supreme Court on Monday restored, for now, Congress leader T.D. Rajegowda as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Sringeri Assembly constituency, while putting on hold the outcome of the reverification of rejected postal ballots held on May 3, 2026, which resulted in BJP’s D.N. Jeevaraj being declared the winner.
