A Hindu body has moved the Supreme Court challenging a provision of a 1991 law that provides for maintaining 'religious character' of holy structures as it existed on August 15, 1947, in a bid to open...

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed all 19 petitions seeking a recall of certain provisions of the Ayodhya judgment that earmarked the disputed land for the construction of a temple. The 19 petiti...

Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, known for his grasp of constitutional law and spirited arguments in favour of Muslims in the Ayodhya land case, does not feature in the review petition filed in the Supr...

“If you had to choose one event that has changed India, what would it be?” our deputy editor, Deepayan Chatterjee, asked one evening in The Telegraph newsroom.“The Babri Masjid demolition,” I ...

Balance is integral to the idea of justice. The Supreme Court believes that it has been able to strike a balance in its verdict on the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case, a legal dispute that had contin...

The Centre has asked all states to remain alert ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute and ensure security in sensitive areas, officials said on Thursday.The ...

Sir — I was recently happy to hear sounds of children from my apartment complex playing with one another. This is encouraging in an age when children are mostly glued to electronic devices. But my a...

Muslim parties to the Ayodhya dispute on Monday urged the Supreme Court to “mould” whatever relief it decided to give to the losing side in a way that reflected the “constitutional values this g...

In 1991, I joined the Supreme Court of India as a chamber junior to G. Ramaswami, the then attorney-general for India. That winter, a Constitution bench of five judges, presided over by Chief Justice ...

A 5-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, on Wednesday granted three days to contesting parties to file written notes on 'moulding of relief' or narrowing down the issues on ...