India's Supreme Court has warned state authorities that bulldozing illegally constructed homes in an "arbitrary pick and choose" way is an abuse of their powers.

The Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court's order to demolish 17 illegally constructed buildings in Thane, emphasizing the need for decisive action against land encroachment. The court expressed ...

Wives of sitting judges, including Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud's wife Kalpana Das, performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the Supreme Court premises on Monday. In a ...

“In SLP(C) …preferred by the Custodian of Enemy Property for India, the challenge has been laid to an order dated 22.08.2023 of the High Court, whereby it was directed that until the Municipal ...

On September 1, 2024, President Droupadi Murmu unveiled the new flag and insignia of the Supreme Court of India, featuring the Ashoka Chakra, the Supreme Court building, and the Constitution. The ...

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud on Monday laid the foundation for the expansion building of the Supreme Court – with a dedicated Constitution Court room to house 17 judges ...

The Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950, and Article 124, which states that “There shall be a Supreme Court of India,” created India’s apex judicial body. Two days later ...

Pigeons fly past the dome of India’s Supreme Court building in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. (Credit: Tsering Topgyal/AP.) Listen MUMBAI, India – After the Supreme Court of India ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday paved the way for the demolition of the over 50-year-old "dilapidated" building of the National Insurance Company in Mumbai by refusing to interfere with the Bombay ...

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Rights advocates in India are looking to a Supreme Court hearing October 1 in hopes of a permanent ban on so-called bulldozer justice, in which state governments frequently demolish the homes of ...

The new Parliament building inauguration row has now reached the doorsteps of the Supreme Court. A PIL moved in the apex court has sought directions to the Lok Sabha Secretariat and the Central ...