The Latest Breaking News from the Supreme Court

Teaching is encouraged as a way to demystify the Supreme Court while exposing the justices to a cross-section of the public

For colleges and libraries seeking a big name for a guest lecturer, few come bigger than Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court justice who rose from poverty in the Bronx to the nation’s highest court

The Supreme Court gave the Union government “sufficient time” till October 31 to clarify its stand on the validity of the Places of Worship Act, which protects the identity and character of religious places as they were on Independence Day.

The Supreme Court has granted interim protection from arrest to Marunadan Malayali editor Shajan Skaria while the Kerala High Court has noted that a journalist’s phone cannot be seized by the police in a case without following the legal procedure.

The Supreme Court said the Centre’s fresh affidavit claiming that Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing an “unprecedented era of peace, progress and prosperity” post abrogation of Article 370 has “no bearing on the constitutional challenge” to the repeal of the provision. SC would start hearing the case from August 2.

Uddhav Thackeray reminded the BJP that it was the Shiv Sena who helped build their party on its shoulders when the latter “was nothing”. Read more on The Hindu

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the notifications issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the State Bank of India (SBI) permitting the exchange of ₹2,000 currency notes without requirement of any identity proof.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s parliamentary coalition has given initial approval to a contentious bill to limit the Supreme Court’s oversight powers

The Supreme Court on July 10 stayed the arrest of editor and publisher of YouTube channel Marunadan Malayali, Shajan Skaria, in a case registered on a complaint by MLA P.V. Sreenijin under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.