Hearing a PIL against statutory schemes that "provincialise" teachers without a fair, competitive recruitment process, Supreme Court issues an interim order barring appointment of any teacher in schools or colleges who lacks the qualifications prescribed under the RTE, NCTE and UGC frameworks.
Supreme Court permits Himachal Pradesh to withdraw prosecution in the remaining 48 of 63 criminal cases registered against MPs and MLAs over Covid-era dharnas and protests, after the Himachal Pradesh High Court had allowed withdrawal in only 15 of them.
Supreme Court denies anticipatory bail to Sumit Roy, personal assistant to TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, in the Salboni land-grab case, over allegations of illegal sale of West Bengal government land using forged documents and a linked cash trail.
Supreme Court stays a Delhi High Court judgment upholding the reinstatement of IAS officer Rinku Dugga, who was compulsorily retired after Thyagaraj Stadium was allegedly emptied for her to walk her dog, and issues notice on the Centre's challenge.
Supreme Court declines to stay Bombay High Court contempt proceedings against Maharashtra's Law Department Secretary over an alleged courtroom outburst blaming the High Court for delayed judicial appointments, while restraining a final contempt order until September 28.
Supreme Court sets aside the compulsory retirement of a former Indian Trade Service officer branded "deadwood" barely two-and-a-half months after his promotion to Joint Secretary level, awarding him ₹15 lakh and directing a formal farewell with full honour.
Hearing petitions challenging the marital rape exception, Supreme Court questions whether a husband can be prosecuted for rape of his wife before the constitutional validity of the exception is itself decided, referencing a Karnataka High Court ruling that the exception is not absolute.
Supreme Court directs three National Green Tribunal members whose tenure was expiring to continue in office until fresh appointments are made, after the NGT Bar Association warned the Tribunal's functioning could otherwise be affected, and asks the Centre to expedite appointments to other vacant tribunal posts.
Supreme Court holds that service rendered on contract, ad hoc, daily-wage or work-charge basis before regularisation must count as qualifying service for pension, and that employees who entered service before 2004 but were regularised later can still fall under the older pension scheme.
In a long-pending civil appeal, Supreme Court holds that a defendant relying on a document already admitted in evidence is not required to personally enter the witness box to prove it.
Supreme Court sets aside an NGT order that quashed environmental clearance for a bio-medical waste facility over a land-area shortfall, holding that prior land possession is not required at the application stage under the EIA Notification, 2006, only identification of a prospective site.
Supreme Court holds that a company can face criminal prosecution for an offence requiring mens rea even where the individual officer through whom it allegedly acted has not been identified or arraigned, refusing to quash proceedings against Sanofi India over an alleged CBI procurement probe.