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On Monday, Supreme Court referred the case of female genital mutilation in Dawoodi Bohra community to a Constitution bench, after Attorney General KK Venugopal and Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi requested it. The bench consisted of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud.

The Supreme Court delivered two judgments yesterday, i.e., passed a verdict on the disqualification of MPs and MLAs against whom a charge-sheet has been filed and dismissed a plea seeking to bar lawmakers from practising in courts of law across India. The SC is set to deliver four more key judgments today, including the constitutional validity of Aadhaar.

On Friday, the Supreme Court announced its judgement on a plea by former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan to prosecute Kerala police officers for falsely framing him in the ISRO espionage scandal. The SC granted Narayanan Rs. 50 lakh and constituted a committee to probe charges against the accused.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state's long-running Senate

ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Supreme Court headed by Justice Rana Bhagwan Das has shown in its interim report, irregularities of Rs80 billion committed

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that it could not prohibit chargesheeted lawmakers from contesting elections, and left the decision to the Parliament. However, the apex court ruled that political parties would have to publicize the list of cases pending against their candidates, if any.

Neil Gorsuch is selecting the Federal Court of judge to reinstate the Conservative majority of the court and help formulate Decisions on divisive issues.

ప్రపంచ పర్యాటక ప్రాంతాల్లో ఒకటైన తాజ్‌మహల్ వద్ద నమాజ్‌ ఎందుకు చెయ్యాలని సుప్రీంకోర్టు ప్రశ్నించింది. ఆగ్రా బయటి వ్యక్తులు శుక్రవారం తాజ్‌మహల్ ప్రాంగణంలో నమాజ్ చెయ్యరాదంటూ ఆగ్రా అథారిటీ ఇచ్చిన ఆదేశాలను సవాలు చేస్తూ వేసిన పిటిషన్‌ను కోర్టు కొట్టేసింది. తాజ్‌మహల్ మసీద్ మేనేజ్‌మెంట్ కమిటీ సయీద్ ఇబ్రహిం హుస్సేన్ జైదీ ఈ పిటిషన్ దాఖలు చేశారు. నమాజ్ చేసుకునేందుకు ఇతర మసీదులు ఉండగా..తాజ్ దగ్గర ఎందుకు చెయ్యాలని సుప్రీం పిటిషన్ దారుని ప్రశ్నించింది.

దేశ రాజధాని న్యూఢిల్లీలో 2012న జరిగిన నిర్భయ గ్యాంగ్ రేప్ కేసులోని నింధితులకు ఉరిశిక్ష విధిస్తున్నట్లు సుప్రీం కోర్టు తీర్పు తెలిపింది. అయితే మరణశిక్ష కాకుండా యావజ్జీవ కారాగార శిక్ష విధించాలని దాఖలైన పిటిషన్‌ను సుప్రీం కొట్టివేసింది. ఉరిశిక్షే దోషులకు సరైనదంటూ సుప్రీం కొట్టి వేసింది.

The SC today adjourned hearing on a plea seeking a stay on the Rafale fighter jet deal between India-France. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha, and KM Joseph adjourned the matter till Oct-10 after petitioner M L Sharma said that he wanted to file some additional documents in the case.

RK Pachauri, the former chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the former director of TERI, will be tried in a sexual harassment case. On Friday, a Delhi court ordered charges to be framed against Pachauri, based on allegations of by his former colleague from TERI.

The SC today reserved its verdict on a plea by Romila Thapar and others seeking the immediate release of 5 activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case and a SIT probe into their arrest. The SC bench reserved the judgment after counsel for both parties concluded their submissions.