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Justice Sanjay Kaul, a senior Supreme Court judge, retired yesterday, ending his six-year-long tenure at the court.

"You will be missed a lot," was how Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said his farewell to "Tiger Shah" - Justice MR Shah - who demitted office as a Supreme Court judge on Monday.

Fourth senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice MR Shah on Monday got emotional in the courtroom on his last day in office, saying he is not a person to retire and will start a new inning in life.

The Supreme Court today upheld the demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes. Justice BV Nagarathna dissented as the four other judges of the five-judge bench ruled in favour of the Centre's 2016 exercise.

A court today agreed to hear a group of Hindu women who want year-long access to pray inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, next to the famous Kashi Viswanath temple. The judge looked at 3 Acts and said none bar the case of the Hindu women.

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has made strong remarks on media trials, the role of the judiciary and challenges before the judges at a lecture event in Ranchi.

Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath on Sunday quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's approach of "thinking globally but acting locally" and said while taking the international goals forward, the domestic interests should not be lost sight of.

The Delhi High Court today delivered a split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape with one of the judges favouring striking down the provision, the other holding it was not unconstitutional.

Thirty-two people including top BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti have been acquitted of conspiracy charges in a landmark verdict today in the Babri Masjid demolition case. A special judge, whose term had been extended for this verdict, mentioned the case background and reasons why they have been acquitted in a 2,300-page-lo...

A private channel's TV show pitched as an expose on a "conspiracy of Muslim infiltration in government service'' was put on hold today by the Supreme Court, which made very strong remarks on the state of the electronic media and called for a panel of distinguished persons to set standards for channels.

A Delhi judge, while granting bail to Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad, quoted from Rabindranath Tagore's ''Where the Mind is Without Fear'' and said citizens have a fundamental right to peaceful protests which cannot be curtailed by the state. Azad has been ordered to stay out of Delhi for four weeks and warned against holding any protest in th...

A Delhi court judge while granting bail to Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Wednesday, recited Rabindranath Tagore'spoem ''Where the Mind is Without Fear'' and said citizens have a fundamental right to peaceful protest which cannot be curtailed by the state.

In an unanimous verdict, the Supreme Court has struck down the 158- year-old section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which says adultery is a crime. It can however, be grounds for divorce "without a shadow of doubt", said the top court.

In a landmark judgment today, the Supreme Court upheld the elected government of Delhi and said the real power must be vested with it and not with the Lieutenant Governor. The observations of the three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra came as a huge boost for the government of Arvind Kejriwal, which had challenged a Delhi High ...

The Supreme Court has rejected petitions seeking an independent probe into the death of judge BH Loya. The top court observed that judge Loya's death was "natural"

Justice Sanjay Kaul, a senior Supreme Court judge, retired yesterday, ending his six-year-long tenure at the court.

"You will be missed a lot," was how Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said his farewell to "Tiger Shah" - Justice MR Shah - who demitted office as a Supreme Court judge on Monday.

Fourth senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice MR Shah on Monday got emotional in the courtroom on his last day in office, saying he is not a person to retire and will start a new inning in life.

The Supreme Court today upheld the demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes. Justice BV Nagarathna dissented as the four other judges of the five-judge bench ruled in favour of the Centre's 2016 exercise.

A court today agreed to hear a group of Hindu women who want year-long access to pray inside the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, next to the famous Kashi Viswanath temple. The judge looked at 3 Acts and said none bar the case of the Hindu women.

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has made strong remarks on media trials, the role of the judiciary and challenges before the judges at a lecture event in Ranchi.

Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath on Sunday quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's approach of "thinking globally but acting locally" and said while taking the international goals forward, the domestic interests should not be lost sight of.

The Delhi High Court today delivered a split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape with one of the judges favouring striking down the provision, the other holding it was not unconstitutional.

Thirty-two people including top BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti have been acquitted of conspiracy charges in a landmark verdict today in the Babri Masjid demolition case. A special judge, whose term had been extended for this verdict, mentioned the case background and reasons why they have been acquitted in a 2,300-page-lo...

A private channel's TV show pitched as an expose on a "conspiracy of Muslim infiltration in government service'' was put on hold today by the Supreme Court, which made very strong remarks on the state of the electronic media and called for a panel of distinguished persons to set standards for channels.

A Delhi judge, while granting bail to Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad, quoted from Rabindranath Tagore's ''Where the Mind is Without Fear'' and said citizens have a fundamental right to peaceful protests which cannot be curtailed by the state. Azad has been ordered to stay out of Delhi for four weeks and warned against holding any protest in th...

A Delhi court judge while granting bail to Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Wednesday, recited Rabindranath Tagore'spoem ''Where the Mind is Without Fear'' and said citizens have a fundamental right to peaceful protest which cannot be curtailed by the state.

In an unanimous verdict, the Supreme Court has struck down the 158- year-old section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which says adultery is a crime. It can however, be grounds for divorce "without a shadow of doubt", said the top court.

In a landmark judgment today, the Supreme Court upheld the elected government of Delhi and said the real power must be vested with it and not with the Lieutenant Governor. The observations of the three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra came as a huge boost for the government of Arvind Kejriwal, which had challenged a Delhi High ...

The Supreme Court has rejected petitions seeking an independent probe into the death of judge BH Loya. The top court observed that judge Loya's death was "natural"