The supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in many legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and highcourt of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of a supreme court are not subject to further review by any other court. Supreme courts typically function primarily as appellate courts, hearing appeals from decisions of lower trial courts, or from intermediate-level appellate courts.
In an important order aimed at rearming the anti-defection law, the Supreme Court on Tuesday set three months as the outer limit for the Speaker to conclude disqualification proceedings against.. IndiaTimes - Published
Blaine Amendments are not protecting religious freedom, they are hampering it. Formed to discriminate, they continue their ugly legacy.
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This comes days after the Supreme Court on January 10 said that access to the Internet is a fundamental right under Article 19 of the Constitution. DNA - Published
The outcome of Guinea-Bissau's presidential election was thrown into doubt on Friday after the Supreme Court called for a clarification of the tally hours after the electoral commission released the.. Reuters - Published
In a blow to telecom companies, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to re-examine its verdict by which it had directed them to pay around Rs 92,000 crore as licence fee and penalty along with.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Congress-led Chhattisgarh government moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking the UPA-1 era National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act be declared unconstitutional and arbitrary on the ground that.. IndiaTimes - Published
Nirbhaya case condemned prisoners Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Kumar inched closer to the gallows as the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed their curative petitions, the last judicial recourse to challenge.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Kerala government on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court against the recently enacted Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) seeking it to be declared unconstitutional and in violation of Article 14, 21,.. DNA - Published
A nine-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to commence on Monday hearing a batch of pleas on the issue of allowing women of all ages to enter Kerala's Sabarimala temple, along.. IndiaTimes - Published
Freedom of speech and conducting business on the Internet are protected under the Constitution, the Supreme Court said on Friday while directing the Jammu and Kashmir administration to immediately.. IndiaTimes - Published
In another development in the Tata Sons versus Cyrus Mistry case, the Supreme Court on Friday put on hold an order passed by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) reinstating Mistry as.. DNA - Published
Six months after a complete lockdown on data services in the Kashmir valley, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Centre to review all the restrictions in the valley within seven days. DNA - Published
"The CAA law that has been passed in my judgment should be turned down by the Supreme Court on the grounds of it being unconstitutional because you cannot have certain types of fundamental human rights.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Centre on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of petitions challenging constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) pending before different high courts to top.. IndiaTimes - Published
In an important verdict on the administration of minority institutions, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld law framed by West Bengal in 2008 to appoint an independent commission for appointment of.. IndiaTimes - Published
The government has set up a dedicated desk, headed by an additional secretary, to look after all matters related to the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya issue. In an official order, the Union home.. IndiaTimes - Published
Details related to the names recommended by high court or Supreme Court collegiums but were still pending with the government were shared during a meeting with the highest echelons of the government.. IndiaTimes - Published
Washington (CNN)Here are the stories our panel of top political reporters will be watching for in the year ahead, in this week's "Inside Politics" forecast. 1. Supreme Court to rule on Trump tax.. WorldNews - Published
Verdicts paving the way for construction of a Ram Temple at Ayodhya and India's multi-billion dollar Rafale fighter jet deal with France were 2019's landmark imprints of the Supreme Court, which also.. IndiaTimes - Published
Colombia's former president Alvaro Uribe once enjoyed sky-high support for the way he dealt with the country's FARC guerrillas. But a decade on from his presidency, it's a very different story, with.. France 24 - Published
In its judgment, the Supreme Court specified that in three months the Central Government needs to set up a trust to build the temple on the disputed site. DNA - Published
On December 18, the Supreme Court dismissed the plea filed by one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, seeking review of its 2017 judgement upholding his death penalty IndiaTimes - Published
Legislation to enact British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's deal to leave the European Union will include the provision for courts lower than the Supreme Court to overturn rulings made by the European.. Reuters - Published
"We are not going to rely on newspapers to arrive at judicial decisions", the Supreme Court said on Tuesday when a petitioner referred to media reports about statement of vice-chancellor of Jamia.. IndiaTimes - Published
Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Sunday that the Shiv Sena would await the outcome of petitions filed in the Supreme Court against the Citizen Amendment Act (CAA) before deciding on its.. IndiaTimes - Published
JD(U) national secretary-general and spokesperson K C Tyagi told TOI that there is no question of implementation of NRC in Bihar. He said the Supreme Court’s direction for the implementation of the.. IndiaTimes - Published
One of the accused, Akshay Kumar Singh filed a review petition before the Supreme Court on the death sentence given to him which is scheduled for hearing on December 17. DNA - Published
Naidu also said everybody celebrated the Supreme Court's unanimous verdict on the Ayodhya dispute, clearing the decks for the construction of a Ram temple. The vice president was speaking as the chief.. IndiaTimes - Published
Expressing apprehension of violence, the Supreme Court said on Friday it would not direct the Kerala government to forcibly implement a five-judge bench’s verdict quashing the bar on the entry of.. IndiaTimes - Published
Several petitions, including those by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh and Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, were filed in the Supreme Court on Friday challenging the constitutional validity of the.. IndiaTimes - Published
TMC leader Mahua Moitra moved the Supreme Court challenging the amended Citizenship Amendment Act, which got Presidential assent on Thursday night. Moitra's counsel mentioned the matter on Friday for.. IndiaTimes - Published
A day after Parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Indian Union Muslim League filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday, challenging its constitutional validity saying it violates.. IndiaTimes - Published
The review petitions have been filed against the much-debated November 9 judgement passed by the Supreme Court, which granted the disputed 2.7-acre land to the Hindus while allotting an alternative.. DNA - Published
Nirmohi Akhara, which is the key Hindu litigant in the Ayodhya land dispute case, on Wednesday, filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking review of its November 9 order which allocated the disputed.. IndiaTimes - Published
Government funding for Missouri Planned Parenthood clinics is at stake in a lawsuit argued before the state Supreme Court on Tuesday. (Dec.10 )
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The All Assam Students Union (AASU), which is spearheading the anti-CAB protests in the state, on Tuesday said that it will move the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019. IndiaTimes - Published
The French Supreme Court rejected the Real Madrid striker's appeal with which he hoped to bury the accusation that has persecuted him since 2015 for his alleged involvement in an attempt to blackmail.. WorldNews - Published
The A.C.L.U. asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal from DeRay Mckesson, a Black Lives Matter activist sued by a Louisiana police officer. NYTimes.com - Published
A PIL was filed on Saturday in the Supreme Court seeking an SIT probe, monitored by former apex court judges, into the killing of four persons arrested on charge of gangrape and murder of a.. IndiaTimes - Published
The petition was filed by advocates GS Mani and Pradeep Kumar Yadav. They approached the Supreme Court saying that the apex court's 2014 guidelines were not followed. DNA - Published
In an emergency filing, President Trump has asked the Supreme Court to block two banks from releasing his financial records to two House committees.
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Four separate petitions were filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking review of its November 9 verdict which cleared the way for construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. The.. IndiaTimes - Published
Mexico's Senate overwhelmingly approved a new member of the Supreme Court on Thursday, giving President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador a new ally on the 11-member panel. Reuters - Published
The state's Supreme Court refused to postpone the execution of Lee Hall, who was convicted in the burning death of estranged girlfriend Traci Crozier.
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Could Trump get a more friendly reception at the high court where Two of the nine justices, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, are his nominees?
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