No country can claim to be free unless it has an independent and fearless judiciary. The Supreme Court on Thursday witnessed a discussion on whether writ petitions before constitutional courts ought to be categorised as "civil" and "criminal", with Justice Dipankar Datta observing that, ideally, all such matters should simply be classified as writ petitions, while acknowledging that the nature of the subject matter may have consequences for the maintainability of an intra-court appeal.The discussion arose during the hearing of Directorate of Enforcement v. Meghraj Singh, when... The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a public interest litigation seeking a comprehensive national policy and statutory framework for the welfare, social security and post-retirement protection of private school teachers across India.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the Union Government, States, Union Territories and other authorities, including the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), and posted the matter after four weeks.The... The Law Secretary, also a judicial officer, allegedly blamed the High Court for judicial vacancies. Links to the reports of September 10 :Supreme Court Orders Centre To Give Rs 15 Lakh To Officer Who Was Illegally Retired As 'Deadwood', Directs To Give Him FarewellSupreme Court Dismisses Gangster Abu Salem's Plea For Premature Release In 1993 Bombay Blasts Case'Matter Concerning Millions' Health' : Supreme Court Rejects PIL Questioning HPV Vaccine ProgramSupreme Court Seeks UP Response On... The Supreme Court has recently quashed an FIR registered under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), which criminalises sexual intercourse for which consent was obtained by deceitful means, such as false promise to marry, after finding that the complaint itself disclosed a consensual relationship rather than a deceitful inducement. It also noted that refusal to marry because the accused's mother did not permit it, does not amount to deceit.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and...

The Supreme Court recently stayed the reinstatement of an IAS officer, Rinku Dhugga, who was given compulsory retirement by the Government following a controversy that she and her husband, also an IAS officer, emptied the Delhi Thyagaraj Stadium so that she could walk her dog.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana issued notice to the respondent officer on the plea by the Union Government challenging the Delhi High Court which set aside... The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on September 10, 2026, has approved the proposal for appointment of eight judicial officers as Judges of the Delhi High Court.According to a statement issued by the Collegium, the following judicial officers have been proposed for elevation:Gurvinder Pal SinghNivedita Anil SharmaNisha Sahay SaxenaSanjay Sharma-IBharat ParasharDr. (Smt.) Aditi ChoudharyDinesh BhattArun Bhardwaj The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 10) held that the prosecution's failure to prove the victim's age, essential for sustaining a conviction under the POCSO Act, does not automatically absolve the accused of liability for rape under Section 376 of the IPC. The Court added that even in the absence of a formal charge under Section 376, the accused can be convicted under that provision as it is a cognate offence sharing the same actus reus as Section 3 of the POCSO Act.“When the accused has... The Supreme Court on Thursday (10.09.2026) has held that mere long and uninterrupted possession of a property was not sufficient to establish the claim of adverse possession without proving the point at which such possession turned hostile to the true owner. Ruling so, it also held that a revenue entry recording possession as gair marusi bila lagan bawaja Dharam Arth (which signifies possession without payment of rent for religious purposes), is by itself, insufficient to establish a... The Court however clarified that the judgment did not recognising any general or vested right in a Government employee to claim deputation, foreign travel or release for an outside assignment; The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre on a PIL filed by 'Just Rights for Children Alliance' seeking safeguards against use of social media and other digital platforms by minors. A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana passed the order, after hearing Senior Advocate HS Phoolka (for petitioner). During the hearing, the bench orally observed that certain safeguards are required to be put in place. "There should be some firewalls", said Justice...