Supreme Court of India
Highest court of India
Supreme Court of India ▸ Facts ▸ Comments ▸ News ▸ Videos

The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judicial body of India and the highest court of India under the constitution.It is the most senior constitutional court, and has the power of judicial review. The Chief Justice of India is the head and chief judge of the Supreme Court and the court consists of a maximum of 34 judges and it has extensive powers in the form of original, appellate and advisory jurisdictions. It is regarded as the most powerful public institution in India.
0 shares | ShareTweetSavePostSend |
| |
![]() Farmer protest: Political party meeting plan leads to differences among leaders Credit: HT Digital Content Duration: 03:37Published | |
![]() SC issues show-cause notices to Kunal Kamra, cartoonist Rachita Taneja Credit: HT Digital Content Duration: 01:35Published | |
You Might Like
Farm laws: 10th round of talks between Centre, farmer leaders underway in DelhiOn January 12, the Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the Centre's three farm laws.DNA - Published | |
Farmers have constitutional right to take out tractor rally: UnionsProtesting union leaders on Monday said that farmers have a constitutional right to take out their tractor rally peacefully and asserted that thousands of people will participate in the proposed event..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Supreme Court stays 3 farm laws, forms 4-member panel; farmers not to end protest: 10 top developmentsIndiaTimes - Published | |
SC issues notice on plea against proposed tractor rally on Republic DayIt said the right to protest can never include "maligning the nation globally" and requested the top court to restrain anyone from conducting any protest march either in the form of tractor march,..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Supreme Court pulls up Centre on farm laws, to pass order on Tuesday: Top 10 developmentsIndiaTimes - Published | |
Supreme Court pulls up Centre on farmers' protest: Important quotes from hearingThe bench comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian asserted that each one of us will be responsible if something goes wrong.DNA - Published | |
Actively considering proposal to give extra attempt to civil service aspirants: Centre to SCThe Central government on Monday told the Supreme Court of India that a proposal to give an extra chance to civil service aspirants affected by Covid-19 is under active consideration by the government..IndiaTimes - Published | |
CJI seeks Justice Ramana’s response to Jagan’s plaintCJI S A Bobde has sought Supreme Court judge Justice N V Ramana's response to a complaint filed by Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Reddy accusing the judge of influencing the Andhra Pradesh HC,..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Five important judgements by Supreme Court of India in 2020These judgements will have a long-lasting impact on society, politics, and other cases that will come before the Supreme Court benches in the future.DNA - Published | |
SC issues show-cause notice to convict for misleading it to get favourable orderIndiaTimes - Published | |
Physical hearing still in doubt, SC makes website disabled friendlyNEW DELHI: With physical hearing in courts remaining a distant dream, the Supreme Court has stepped up efforts to make the virtual court system, including arguing cases through video-conferencing,..IndiaTimes - Published | |
SC cancels anticipatory bail to members of eminent doctor family of AgraNEW DELHI: A man spent over Rs 1.5 crore on the wedding of his doctor daughter into a doctors family in Agra, then both paid over Rs 60 lakhs over three years to meet the insatiable greed of the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
SC issues notices to Kunal Kamra, Rachita Taneja on pleas seeking contempt proceedings against themEarlier, Advocate Nishant Katneshwarkar, appearing for the petitioners, said this is a contempt petition for "scandalous tweets" by Kunal Kamra."DNA - Published | Supreme Court issues notice to comedian Kunal Kamra on comtempt pleasIndiaTimes - Published |
SC issues notice to Centre, 8 states on plea of Twitter India against multiple FIRsThe Supreme Court Thursday sought a response from the Centre and eight states including Karnataka and Assam on a plea of Twitter Communications India Pvt Ltd seeking quashing of multiple FIRs lodged..IndiaTimes - Published | 'You have right to protest but can't block a city': Supreme Court on farmers' protest in DelhiHearing petitions seeking the farmers' removal, the court said that a protest is constitutional till it does not destroy property or endanger life.DNA - Published |
SC notice to Centre on plea against regularisation of illegal constructionsIndiaTimes - Published | SC dismisses plea against Allahabad HC order which said conversion for marriage is unacceptableIndiaTimes - Published |
SC notice to Centre on plea seeking to declare 1975 emergency as 'wholly unconstitutional'The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea filed by a 94-year-old woman seeking to declare as “wholly unconstitutional” the proclamation of Emergency in 1975.IndiaTimes - Published | PIL to control population: Can't coerce family planning, Centre tells SCThe submission was made in response to a PIL filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay challenging a Delhi High Court order that dismissed a plea seeking certain steps, including two-child..IndiaTimes - Published |
Plea in SC: Farmers blocking emergency services on Delhi bordersAs farmers have continued to stay put on the Delhi borders for over a week amid talks between their leaders and the Centre, a Delhi resident has moved the Supreme Court to seek their immediate removal..IndiaTimes - Published | SC dismisses IMA's contempt plea against Delhi Chief SecretaryIndiaTimes - Published |
SC verdict allowed 'free for all' unauthorised construction in Delhi: MCIndiaTimes - Published | Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on plea to fix rate of RT-PCR test for COVID-19 at Rs.400A three-judge bench of the SC, headed by CJI SA Bobde, asked the Union of India to file its response on the petition filed by advocate Ajay Agrawal.DNA - Published |
Amravati land scam: Supreme Court stays HC gag order on mediaThe Supreme Court on Wednesday vacated the the Andhra Pradesh high court order gagging media from reporting about an FIR registered by police in Amaravati land case issue allegedly involving a former..IndiaTimes - Published | Why weren’t Kamra’s tweets on SC taken down? House panel to TwitterThe joint committee of Parliament examining the bill on data privacy pulled up Twitter representatives and asked why the social media platform had not acted against stand-up comic Kunal Kamra’s..IndiaTimes - Published |
Anil Deshmukh welcomes SC order on state's consent for CBI probeIndiaTimes - Published | Parliamentary panel grills Twitter over 'obscene' tweets by Kunal Kamra targeting SC, CJIIndiaTimes - Published |
Supreme Court issues notice on plea against arrest of Kerala scribe on way to HathrasIndiaTimes - Published | No lawyers, No apology, No fine: Kunal Kamra refuses to retract, apologise for tweets against SCKunal Kamra said in a statement posted on Twitter, addressed to the judges and the attorney general, 'My view hasn't changed because the silence of the Supreme Court of India on matters of other's..DNA - Published |
Judging cases is my life, says Justice Chandrachud on his birthdayJudging cases is my life and I love it, said Justice D Y Chandrachud, one of the judges of the Supreme Court bench, after the day-long marathon hearing on a vacation day in the Arnab Goswami case...IndiaTimes - Published | Goswami moves Supreme Court against Bombay HC’s rejection of interim bailIndiaTimes - Published |
SC asks Centre to ensure no smog in Delhi-NCRIndiaTimes - Published | Timing of Jagan letter against SC judge to CJI is ‘suspect’: AG: Attorney general for India K K Venugopal on Monday said Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and his principal advisor, Ajeya Kallam, displayed “contumacious” conduct by writing a..IndiaTimes - Published |
MP bypolls: Supreme Court stays EC order revoking Kamal Nath's star campaigner statusA bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde said, we are staying the matter, till we further hear the case.DNA - Published | Ex-MP CM Kamal Nath moves SC against EC's decisionSenior lawyer and Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha told that the senior Congress leader has challenged the ECI's decision on various grounds and an urgent hearing on the plea would be sought. The poll panel..IndiaTimes - Published |
Koregaon Bhima case: SC asks Bombay HC to expeditiously consider Varavara Rao's bail pleaIndiaTimes - Published | Hathrase gang-rape & murder case: Allahabad HC to monitor CBI probe, SC saysThe Supreme Court on Tuesday entrusted Allahabad high court to monitor the CBI probe into the gang-rape and murder of a dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras. On the plea of transferring of trial in..IndiaTimes - Published |
SC rejects Tamil Nadu govt's plea seeking 50% OBC quota in medical collegesA bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao rejected the pleas seeking implementation of 50% OBC reservation in Tamil Nadu for All-India Quota (AIQ ) seats in State-run medical colleges this academic..DNA - Published | Andhra govt complains to CJI against alleged intervention by sitting SC judgeHe said the government informed Bobde about the alleged judicial impropriety of the judge, while he was the judge of the High Court in passing orders favouring Dammalapati Srinivas, advocate general..DNA - Published |
Delhi riots: No coercive action against Facebook VP till October 15, says SC over Delhi assembly panel summonsThe Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a Delhi legislative assembly panel not to take coercive action against Facebook India VP and MD Ajit Mohan till October 15 in connection with a summon asking him..IndiaTimes - Published | Supreme Court stays telecast of show on UPSC exam that tries to vilify particular communityThe Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the telecast of the remaining episodes of a TV channel's programme which claimed to expose the 'infiltration of a particular community' in Union Public Service..DNA - Published |
Prashant Bhushan files review petition in SC against conviction, fine in contempt caseSenior lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Monday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against its judgment convicting him and imposing a fine of Re 1 on him for criminal contempt of court in the suo..IndiaTimes - Published | Kashmiri Pandits demand reversal of exileThe Kashmiri pandits also demanded to constitute a high-level commission of inquiry (SIT) headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to be assisted by NIA Chief, DG JK police & Director IB to probe &..DNA - Published |
Former SC judge Markandey Katju challenged as ‘self-publicist' at Nirav Modi UK hearingRetired Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju was challenged as a “self-publicist” on behalf of the Indian government on Friday as he gave evidence in the extradition case of fugitive diamond..IndiaTimes - Published | NEET, JEE exams 2020: SC to hear review petition by 6 opposition-ruled states tomorrowThe Supreme Court of India on Friday will hear a review petition filed by 6 opposition-ruled states against the conduct of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance..DNA - Published |
SC dismisses plea seeking permanent commission in army for women officers after cut-off dateDismissing the plea, Justice Chandrachud said it is difficult to address these matters as they all are in the service of the nation.DNA - Published | Wasn't allowed to speak at Justice Arun Mishra's farewell: Dushyant Dave writes to CJI Bobde"As President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, I wish to place on record my strong disappointment and condemnation at what happened earlier today in the Supreme Court of India during the farewell..IndiaTimes - Published |
Justice Arun Kumar Mishra retires from Supreme Court todayKeeping with a long-standing tradition of the court, Justice Mishra was today set on a bench with Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde. The CJI, after hearing cases through video-conferencing, said..IndiaTimes - Published | Hope January 2018 presser by judges was 'first & last such occasion', says SCThe then top four judges of the apex court – Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph – had held an unprecedented press conference on January 12, 2018, when Justice..IndiaTimes - Published |