The apex court left open the option of an election petition before the High Court as the Congress intensified its protest over the rejection of Natarajan's candidature.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued detailed guidelines for courts dealing with cases involving the custody of a child who is an alleged victim under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, emphasising that the child’s welfare, dignity, emotional security and psychological well-being must remain the paramount consideration at all stages of the proceedings.
The Bench noted that the calculation of compensation based on historically low notional income figures "grossly undervalue" the role of homemakers.
However, the apex court clarified that the relief was being granted in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case and would not serve as a precedent.
The Supreme Court has said that arbitration in India has not failed, but that judicial interference, and at times the conduct of governments, has undermined the efficacy of the arbitral process.
The Supreme Court questioned the validity of consent, stating users were effectively forced to accept the privacy policy on a “take it or leave it” basis.
Raising concerns of large-scale and irreversible disenfranchisement, Banerjee has contended that the ongoing SIR poses a serious threat to the voting rights of lakhs of eligible electors and would severely undermine the level playing field among political parties ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.
The Supreme Court today granted bail to three persons accused of conspiring in the blood sample tampering of two minor occupants of the Porsche car, other than the alleged minor driver, in the Pune Porsche hit-and-run case.
A recent Supreme Court judgment on the taxation of a high-profile foreign investment exit has reopened an old and uncomfortable debate in India’s economic journey: how far can sovereign tax authority stretch before it begins to undermine investor confidence.
“The government is committed to ensuring justice for all,” BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi told media persons on a question regarding the regulation.
