In a fresh set of directions, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the setting up of independent appellate tribunals, headed by former high court judges, to hear appeals against exclusions from voter lists during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a plea before the Supreme Court accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and State officials of interfering with the central agency’s investigation and search operations at the Kolkata offices of political consultancy firm I-PAC and its co-founder, Pratik Jain.
Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai on Monday (October 27, 2025) recommended Justice Surya Kant, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, as his successor to office and the 53rd Chief Justice of India.
When violence erupted in northeast Delhi in February 2020, everyone expected justice to be quick. But as hundreds of riot-cases passed through the courts, a disturbing pattern emerged: in the vast majority of acquittals, judges have pointed out serious defaults—sometimes complete fabrication—in the evidence presented by investigating agencies. These are not technicalities of law but living creatures. Behind every name is an individual whose liberty, reputation, and dignity are at stake.
The Supreme Court on Monday (September 15, 2025) struck a balance by staying crucial portions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act of 2025 which it found “prima facie arbitrary” while refusing to freeze the law in its entirety.
The Election Commission of India (EC) has recently informed the Supreme Court that the EC has the full discretion on matters concerning electoral roll revisions leaving no other authority including the apex one to interfere.
The West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) on Saturday evening released the names of 1,804 “tainted” teachers from the scandal-plagued 2016 recruitment process, following Supreme Court directives aimed at preventing these candidates from participating in upcoming fresh selection tests.
The Supreme Court Collegium has proposed the reshuffling of judges across nine State High Courts. This is the second time in four months since Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai took charge that the Collegium has proposed substantial transfers and repatriations of High Court judges
If governors are given the power to withhold a bill permanently without returning it to the state legislature, they could even sit on money bills that they are otherwise bound to approve, the constitution bench of the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday.
