-The Indian Express Asserting its supremacy over the executive, the Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that the Centre's approval was not required to investigate officers of Joint Secretary level and above when a constitutional court monitors the probe. In what it described as "substitution of a forum - from a minister to a constitutional court," a Bench led by Justice R M Lodha said the necessity of prior sanction under Section 6A of...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: At a time when 16,000-odd trial courts, 21 high courts and the Supreme Court are battling with over three crore pendency, a nationwide simultaneous holding of lok adalats opened on Saturday by Chief Justice P Sathasivam achieved a world record by disposing of 35.1 lakh cases within eight hours. "What is important is that these cases will be settled and reach a finality without litigants going...

-Live Mint Apex court expresses concerns about drug trials being permitted on humans without comprehensive rules to regulate the approval process New Delhi: The apex court on Monday directed the health ministry to justify its approval for 162 global clinical trials in India, increasing the uncertainty faced by the nation's $500 million clinical research industry. The Supreme Court expressed its concerns about drug trials being permitted on humans without comprehensive rules to...

-The Indian Express The Supreme Court on Monday advocated a "balanced approach" on subsidies so that the country's "economy not just survives but also thrives". The court upheld the decontrol of diesel prices for bulk consumers, who had challenged the government's policy in various high courts. Some of these cases had travelled to the Supreme Court. "We have to keep in mind that the rupee is going down against the dollar....

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: At loggerheads with the Centre for wanting to probe top bureaucrats without prior approval in the court-monitored investigation into the coal scam, the CBI on Tuesday startled the Supreme Court by saying it was under the stranglehold of babus who frustrated its every proposal. During arguments on the necessity to adhere to Section 6A of Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act in court-monitored and court-directed investigations,...