SC Rejects TMC Plea On Counting Staff

By BPN News Desk May 2, 2026

Law & Order National

The Supreme Court has declined to issue any further order on the Trinamool Congress plea challenging the Election Commission’s decision on the deployment of counting personnel for the West Bengal Assembly election. The order clears the way for the existing counting arrangement to continue.

Law & Order National

Supreme Court Says Hate Speech Laws Are Enough

By BPN News Desk April 30, 2026

Supreme Court Says Hate Speech Laws Are Enough The Supreme Court has refused to issue additional directions to curb hate speech, observing that India already has legal mechanisms to deal with such offences and that the main concern lies in implementation rather than absence of law. Supreme Court On Hate Speech Laws A Bench of […]

National

Supreme Court Praises Bengal Voter Turnout

By BPN News Desk April 24, 2026

The Supreme Court on Friday praised the high voter turnout recorded during the West Bengal elections and noted the absence of major violence during polling. The remarks came during a hearing linked to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in the state. Supreme Court Praises West Bengal Elections Chief Justice of India Surya Kant […]

Business

Anil Ambani Seeks Panel To Fix Actual Dues

By BPN News Desk March 24, 2026

Industrialist Anil Ambani has told the Supreme Court that he is not a fugitive and has asked for a lenders’ committee to be formed to determine his actual dues, as legal scrutiny around Reliance Communications and related financial disputes continues. The request is part of his effort to challenge the scale and characterisation of the […]

International

Mojtaba Khamenei Becomes Iran’s Supreme Leader

By BPN News Desk March 9, 2026

Iran’s clerical establishment has named Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new Supreme Leader after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the ongoing conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel. The transition places power in the hands of a figure long viewed as influential within Iran’s conservative religious and security circles. Mojtaba Khamenei

Law & Order National

SC Suspends Key Sections of Waqf Act, Keeps Rest Intact

By BPN News Desk September 15, 2025

The Supreme Court of India on Monday put on hold certain provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, while refusing to suspend the entire law. The court said it could only stay the whole law in “rarest of rare” circumstances. Provisions Stayed The court suspended the clause which requires a person to have practiced Islam […]