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The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday stayed the State government's recent order to cancel various recruitments undertaken by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JKPSC).The State government had taken the decision following student protests over allege

The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the classification of the English language as a non-indigenous language under the Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) revised 3-language policy.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justi

Last week, the Supreme Court quashed the FIRs registered against comedian Samay Raina and others over remarks made on India's Got Latent, bringing to a close the year-long proceedings. The case had an interesting trajectory, starting with a petition by Yo

The Supreme Court on Tuesday constituted a 5-member committee headed by retired apex court Justice R Subhash Reddy to probe allegations of police excesses against Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protestors.Besides Justice Reddy, the committee will have former

The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the practice of parents enrolling children in back-to-back extracurricular classes during their summer vacations. A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan asked how children could enjoy their holid

The Bombay High Court on Thursday reprimanded the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for violating its earlier assurance to maintain status quo with respect to a football ground in Mumbai while a legal challenge to its conversion remains pending Mum

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh recently upheld a sessions court's decision to sentence an 84-year-old self-styled godman named Brahmanand Saraswati to ten years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping a minor girl. Justice MA Chowdh

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Calcutta High Court judgment in which it was held that hotels must obtain a copyright licence before cable television facilities provided in hotel rooms can be permitted to play copyrighted music or literary works. J

The Central government has issued a notification for the appointment of 9 lawyers, including three women, as judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.The lawyers elevated to the Bench are:(i) Monica Chhibber Sharma;(ii) Harmeet Singh Deol;(iii) Pravind

The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that banning or restricting social media access to children is a policy decision which is best left to the government. A Division Bench of Justices V Kameswar Rao and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora disposed of a public in