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New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed October 17 for final hearing on pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Act's Section 6A relating to illegal immigrants in Assam.

The P V Narasimha Rao case refers to the 1993 JMM bribery case, in which Shibu Soren and some of his party MPs were accused of taking bribes to vote against the no-confidence motion against the then P V Narasimha Rao government.

The Supreme Court now has 6 active Constitution Benches, 5 of which are led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, who has assigned himself to every constitution bench that he has constituted since his tenure began.

Judgments/OrdersIt Is Duty Of Police To Produce Imprisoned Accused Before Court, Accused Cant Be Blamed For Polices Negligence: Supreme CourtCase Title: Satendra Babu vs. State of Uttar...

"We expect deference and dignity to the directions issued exercised using Constitutional power," a Bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud stated.

The Supreme Court on Monday (September 18) expressed disapproval of the delay by the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in deciding the disqualification petitions arising out of the rift...

India News: One of the key arguments made by the petitioners opposing the scrapping of Article 370, which gave J&K its special status, was that while it may have

The former judge bemoaned the lack of 'candour' in print media, in terms of criticially analysing how key judgments are authored by individual judges.

The Supreme Court of India has criticized the delay by the Maharashtra assembly Speaker in deciding on the disqualification plea against MLAs belonging to Chief Minister Eknath Shindes faction. The Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, stated that the Speaker must abide by the dignity of the Supreme Court and cannot delay the proceedings indefinitely. The court directed the Speaker to hear the disqualification petitions within a week.

Lawyers and judges weigh in on whether there should be a mechanism to curb the uploading of edited, out-of-context clips of court hearings with sensational captions.