Supreme Court to Hear Challenge Against Bihar Voter List Revision on July 10

By BPN News Desk July 7, 2025

East India State News

The Supreme Court will hear a set of petitions on July 10 challenging the Election Commission’s special drive to revise electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the upcoming state elections. The petitions have been filed by a coalition of opposition MPs, civil society groups, and activists who

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Supreme Court Sends HDFC CEO to Bombay HC in Lilavati Case

By BPN News Desk July 4, 2025

The Supreme Court has refused to intervene in a plea filed by HDFC Bank CEO and Managing Director Sashidhar Jagdishan, who had approached the apex court seeking to quash an FIR lodged by the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust. Instead, the court directed him to pursue the matter before the Bombay High Court, which is […]

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SC Mandates SC/ST Reservation in Supreme Court Staff Recruitment

By BPN News Desk July 2, 2025

In a landmark judgment on July 1, 2025, the Supreme Court of India directed that SC/ST reservation norms must be implemented in staff recruitment processes within the Supreme Court registry. This decision marks a major stride toward inclusivity and affirmative action at the highest levels of the judiciary, ensuring proportional representation for historically disadvantaged

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US Supreme Court Limits Judicial Power Over Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

By BPN News Desk June 28, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a pivotal decision curbing the power of lower federal judges to immediately block President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at revoking birthright citizenship for children born in the country to non-citizens. The ruling instructs courts to refrain from issuing nationwide injunctions against the policy until appellate courts complete

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Supreme Court Raises Concern Over Karnataka HC’s Retroactive Arrest Orders

By BPN News Desk June 27, 2025

The Supreme Court of India has expressed serious concerns regarding a recent practice by the Karnataka High Court in which it issued retroactive orders of arrest in criminal cases, effectively extending the arrest power of lower courts beyond valid periods. The top court’s alarm stems from observations made during proceedings, where senior justices highlighted the […]

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SC Rebukes Karnataka HC Over Kamal Haasan Apology Remark

By BPN News Desk June 17, 2025

The Supreme Court of India has strongly criticized the Karnataka High Court for suggesting that actor Kamal Haasan should apologize over a linguistic comment made during the promotion of his upcoming film Thug Life. The apex court described the High Court’s remarks as unwarranted and asserted that compelling an apology is “none of its business.” […]

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Supreme Court to Resume Work on All Saturdays from July 14

By BPN News Desk June 17, 2025

Starting July 14, 2025, the Supreme Court of India will restore 2nd and 4th Saturdays as working days, bringing its registry in line with new operational rules aimed at improving efficiency and reducing delays in the justice delivery system. This change comes under the newly notified Supreme Court (Amendment) Rules, 2025, which also define revised […]

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Supreme Court Cancels Bail of TMC Workers Over Post-Poll Assault

By BPN News Desk June 4, 2025

In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court of India has revoked the bail granted to six Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers accused of launching a violent assault on a family aligned with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections. The apex court described the act as an intentional attempt to punish […]

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SC Orders AHRC Probe Into Assam Fake Encounter Claims

By BPN News Desk May 28, 2025

The Supreme Court has directed the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to investigate 171 alleged fake encounters by the state police. The order revives scrutiny into a matter that had been earlier dismissed by the Commission. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N. K. Singh delivered the order in response to a Public Interest […]

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Supreme Court Declines to Release In-House Panel Report on Judge Cash Row

By BPN News Desk May 26, 2025

In a decision that has reignited debate over judicial accountability, the Supreme Court of India has denied a Right to Information (RTI) request seeking access to the findings of its in-house committee that investigated the alleged recovery of cash from the residence of retired Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma. SC Cites RTI Exemptions […]