Constitution Bench Timing

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud indicated on Friday that the Supreme Court bench headed by him would commence court proceedings an hour before the scheduled time on April 24.

The Supreme Court, which is hearing arguments on a batch of pleas seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriage, said on Thursday the inflow of cases is so heavy it is impossible to list constitution bench matters.

A constitution bench of the Supreme Court will go "completely paperless" for the first time when it adjudicates the contentious issue of the scope of powers of the Centre and the Delhi government over control of services, Justice DY Chandrachud said

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said the matter, which involves multiple petitions, will require the constitution of a bench and will take some time to be listed.

After delivering a historic verdict in the Ayodhya case, one of the five judges in the Supreme Court Constitution bench said "it is time for healing."

Seventy years after the first court case was filed in the dispute post-Independence, the Supreme Court today delivered a landmark verdict in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janambhoomi title suit. The disputed land will be given to a government-run trust for the building a temple and Muslims will be given a five-acre "suitable" plot in Ayodhya, a five-judge c...

The Supreme Court has reserved verdict in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya, after concluding daily hearings in the case after 40 days today. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, declaring "Enough is enough", had said they will conclude the hearings before 5 pm today, after a lawyer asked the top court for more t...

All petitions related to Jammu and Kashmir, where massive security restrictions are in place since the government scrapped special status to the state under Article 370, were today put off by a day by the Supreme Court, which said they would be taken up by a Constitution bench from Tuesday.

The mediation panel for the Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute was today given time till August 15 by the Supreme Court to come up with a solution. "The panel wants more time, which we are inclined to give," said a constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

A British-era law that makes homosexuality a crime will be up for re-examination today by the Supreme Court, which pointed out seven months ago that "social morality changes from age to age". A five-judge constitution bench will hear a bunch of petitions that demand the scrapping of Section 377. On Monday, the court refused to adjourn the hearing d...

Keeping all options open, the Supreme Court bench that is sitting in judgment of triple talaq on Wednesday wondered if it would be possible to give Muslim brides the option to say no to their prospective husband divorcing them by uttering the words, talaq, thrice, at the time of their marriage.

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud indicated on Friday that the Supreme Court bench headed by him would commence court proceedings an hour before the scheduled time on April 24.

The Supreme Court, which is hearing arguments on a batch of pleas seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriage, said on Thursday the inflow of cases is so heavy it is impossible to list constitution bench matters.

A constitution bench of the Supreme Court will go "completely paperless" for the first time when it adjudicates the contentious issue of the scope of powers of the Centre and the Delhi government over control of services, Justice DY Chandrachud said

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said the matter, which involves multiple petitions, will require the constitution of a bench and will take some time to be listed.

After delivering a historic verdict in the Ayodhya case, one of the five judges in the Supreme Court Constitution bench said "it is time for healing."

Seventy years after the first court case was filed in the dispute post-Independence, the Supreme Court today delivered a landmark verdict in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janambhoomi title suit. The disputed land will be given to a government-run trust for the building a temple and Muslims will be given a five-acre "suitable" plot in Ayodhya, a five-judge c...

The Supreme Court has reserved verdict in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya, after concluding daily hearings in the case after 40 days today. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, declaring "Enough is enough", had said they will conclude the hearings before 5 pm today, after a lawyer asked the top court for more t...

All petitions related to Jammu and Kashmir, where massive security restrictions are in place since the government scrapped special status to the state under Article 370, were today put off by a day by the Supreme Court, which said they would be taken up by a Constitution bench from Tuesday.

The mediation panel for the Ayodhya temple-mosque dispute was today given time till August 15 by the Supreme Court to come up with a solution. "The panel wants more time, which we are inclined to give," said a constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

A British-era law that makes homosexuality a crime will be up for re-examination today by the Supreme Court, which pointed out seven months ago that "social morality changes from age to age". A five-judge constitution bench will hear a bunch of petitions that demand the scrapping of Section 377. On Monday, the court refused to adjourn the hearing d...

Keeping all options open, the Supreme Court bench that is sitting in judgment of triple talaq on Wednesday wondered if it would be possible to give Muslim brides the option to say no to their prospective husband divorcing them by uttering the words, talaq, thrice, at the time of their marriage.