A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar while hearing the petitions observed that being socialist in the Indian sense is understood only to be a "welfare state."
Rajoana was awarded the death sentence for his involvement in the assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh on August 31, 1995 at Chandigarh.
A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih also directed Delhi-NCR states to immediately constitute teams for monitoring steps/actions which are required under GRAP-IV.
A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan told the Ajit Pawar faction that they must fight the elections under their own identity and refrain from using Sharad Pawar’s name during the electioneering.
The opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh has received a boost in the bypoll campaigning following the Supreme Court's adverse comnent on the Yogi government's bulldozer action and putting a break on this trend
Seeking the stay of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 notified 0n Monday – March 11 - for enforcing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, the Indian Union Muslim League has sought that no coercive steps be taken against persons belonging to Muslim community, who have been excluded from the benefits of the CAA.
The bench had said, “Stay will not be there. We can't stay a statute like this. Notice we will issue.”
Noting the delay by the State police in arresting Shahjahan Sheikh, Justice Gavai asked senior advocate Jaideep Gupta why Shahjahan Sheikh was not arrested for so many days.
The top court further said: “It's a hard-earned acquittal. How many years has the man spent in jail? The law is that there is a presumption of innocence. Once there is an order of acquittal, that presumption gets fortified.
Dismissing the plea by the State Bank of India (ABI) for extension of time, a five-judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice S.T.
