Supreme Court India

President, Governors can’t stall bills even if unconstitutional: 4 opposition states to SC | India News

NEW DELHI: Opposition-governed states of Karnataka, Punjab, Kerala and Telangana Tuesday told Supreme Court that Constitution confers no discretion on President and governors to stall a bill passed by legislature even on the ground it is unconstitutional or repugnant to a central law.Advocating the supremacy of the cabinet system of governance at the Centre and […]

India’s dignity belittled by hand-pulled rickshaws: SC | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed deep anguish over the prevailing inhuman practice of hand-pulled rickshaws ferrying visitors in the eco-sensitive and automobile-free Matheran hill station in Maharashtra’s Western Ghats and said this belittles India’s march towards a developing country and its Constitution which promises social and economic justice.A bench of Chief Justice […]

Life term or 7-yr jail: SC gives man, 67, choice in 1979 college clash verdict | India News

NEW DELHI: Some may call it a burning example of a snail-paced justice delivery system while others may term it as “law catching up with the culprit when he is at his weakest”.However one may describe it, a person who committed the crime as a hot-headed college student, now dreads spending the rest of his […]