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Uniform opportunity to become district judges: SC reserves verdict; direct recruits oppose quota for promotional cadre judicial officers | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved a verdict on an issue sensitive to 20,000-odd judicial officers and will decide whether those opting for the promotional route to become district judges need a quota to counter lawyers, directly recruited to the DJ post, from stealing a march over them.While the High Courts have cited…

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SC to examine if bar on surrogacy for a second child is state intrusion in citizens’ private lives

Supreme Court decided to examine whether a law banning married couples facing secondary infertility from using surrogacy to have a second child amounts to a state restriction on the reproductive choices of citizens. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 4, 2025) decided to examine whether a law banning married couples…

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Vijay Goel welcomes SC’s stand on stray dog issue

The top court ordered the Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories, barring West Bengal and Telangana, to appear before it on November 3. | Photo Credit: File photo Former Union Minister Vijay Goel on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s stand on the stray dog issue. The court on Monday directed states to comply…

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Supreme Court allows Centre to examine Vodafone Idea’s plea against DoT’s AGR demands

The dispute over AGR, particularly its inclusion of non-telecom income, led to massive liabilities on telecom operators, with Vodafone Idea being among the hardest hit. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court on Monday (October 27, 2025) permitted the Centre to consider telecom major Vodafone Idea Ltd’s plea seeking quashing of the Department of Telecommunication’s…

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