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Supreme Court Allows PIL Seeking Scribe Facility for Person with Disability Without Benchmark Disability — Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Benchmark Disability Not a Precondition for Reasonable Accommodation in Examinations Under Sections 2(s), 2(t), 3, 16, 17, 20 of RPwD Act, 2016.

The petitioner, Gulshan Kumar, a person with 25% permanent disability due to Focal Hand Dystonia (Writer's Cramp), filed a Public Interest Litigation ...

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Supreme Court Refers Default Bail Computation Issue to Larger Bench Due to Conflicting Precedents. The Court Examines Whether Date of Remand is Included or Excluded in Calculating 60/90-Day Period Under Section 167(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for Entitlement to Default Bail.

The Supreme Court addressed a reference concerning the computation of the remand period for default bail under Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal ...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals by States of Karnataka and Kerala in Lottery Tax Dispute — State Legislatures Have Competence to Tax Lotteries Under Entry 62 List II. Regulatory Entry 40 List I Does Not Bar State Taxation of Lotteries Organised by Other States.

The Supreme Court considered appeals by the States of Karnataka and Kerala against judgments of their respective High Courts which had struck down sta...

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Supreme Court Directs Universal CCTV Installation in Police Stations and Constitution of Oversight Committees to Prevent Custodial Violence. Failure of States to Comply with Earlier Directions Leads to Comprehensive Monitoring Mechanism.

The Supreme Court, in a special leave petition concerning the implementation of its earlier directions in Shafhi Mohammad v. State of Himachal Pradesh...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Transfer Petition by Investigative Journalist Seeking Transfer of Criminal Cases from Uttarakhand Courts. Apprehension of Malicious Prosecution Unsubstantiated as Charge Sheets Filed and Trial Courts Capable of Fair Adjudication.

The petitioner, Umesh Kumar Sharma, an investigative journalist, filed transfer petitions under Section 406 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, s...

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Supreme Court Allows Appeals Against Quashing of Prosecution of Municipal Commissioners Under Water Pollution Act. Holds That Commissioner of City Municipal Council and Chief Officers Are 'Head of Department' Under Section 48 of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board filed complaints against the City Municipal Council, Krishnarajapuram, Bangalore, and its Commissioner (B....