Stating that an "important and larger issue" has been raised in a PIL on data collection by political parties for freebies, ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday flagged the distribution of freebies, saying that because of these freebies, people are not w ...

The Supreme Court questions the six-year election ban for convicted legislators, seeking a life ban instead, citing conflict ...

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the assistance of Attorney General (AG) R Venkataramani on a plea seeking a permanent ban ...

In 2013, the SC had held that the “state distributing largesse... is directly related to Directive Principles of State Policy ...

Supreme Court questions return of convicted persons to Parliament, debates lifetime ban on contesting elections for ...

Besides the Central government, the court asked ECI to submit its reply on the plea by a PIL petitioner advocate Ashwini ...

Hearing it in 2017, the SC directed setting up of 12 special courts in 10 states to try cases against MPs and MLAs. In 2023, ...

Mumbai: The Supreme Court on Monday addressed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the election of convicted ...

Hearing it in 2017, the SC directed setting up of 12 special courts in 10 states to try cases against MPs and MLAs. In 2023, ...

Section 8 relates to the disqualification of convicted MPs and MLAs from holding any legislative post for six years from the ...