Supreme Court of India

The Supreme court on November 18, set aside Bombay High Court's order that required a person to have “skin-to-skin contact” to be considered sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. Furthermore, the apex court said, the most important thing in convicting sexual offenders under POCSO is "sexual intent". The order came after a case when a child was groped with her clothes on, reports.

The Supreme Court questioned the Delhi government whether measures like lockdown are needed for a few days to curb the increase in air pollution. Reportedly, a bench led by Chief Justice of India, N V Ramana raised concerns over the rising pollution and suggested a reduced usage of vehicles by 30 percent in the city. "You see how bad the situation is, even in our houses we are wearing masks,” said CJI

Central Government's request to postpone the scheduled Women's entrance Exam on November 14 for the National Defence Academy has been rejected by the Supreme Court. As per reports, the Supreme court denied the Postponement request as the applied candidates are willing to give the entrance exam at the previously planned date. The SC also ordered the defence department to collaborate with UPSC, so that the exam can be conducted Properly… read-more

A reappraisal was filed by Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) in the SC after it rejected its plea to rectify errors in calculating adjusted gross revenues (AGR). Calling it a "travesty of justice", the telecom operator said that the apex court has restricted VIL from questioning arithmetical errors which could cost them about Rs 25,000 crore. VIL also said that the company could go bankrupt leaving customers "high and dry."

The Supreme Court said that it will hear the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar to probe the Israeli Spyware Pegasus scandal. The petition was followed by reports that said that the spyware was used to snoop on several politicians, journalists, and activists. The issue was tabled by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on July 30 to Chief Justice N V Ramana.