Supreme Court bench

“A nine-judge Supreme Court bench on Thursday settled a decades-old debate over the appropriateness of its 1978 ruling giving an expansive definition to "industry" to protect workmen against arbitrary…”

“the 9-judge bench ruling would not be “regarded as a sheet anchor” by SC or the petitioners during the adjudication of the validity of provisions of the 2020 Code.”

“On March 19, when the 9-judge bench reserved verdict after three-day-long arguments, the states governed by opposition parties had pleaded in unison for circumscribing the SC-framed expansive definit…”

“the triple test laid down by a 7-judge bench in Bangalore Water Supply case - systematic activity, functional relationship between employer and employees and engagement of the enterprise in productio…”

“since Industrial Relations Code (IRC), 2020, has come into effect from Nov 21, 2025, the bench's ruling would apply only to the pending cases under the ID Act.”

“no special court, set up to conduct trial of UAPA cases, should be saddled with more than 12-15 cases.”

“the prosecution was yet to start producing its witnesses despite having cited 700 of them.”

“has been in jail for four years.”

“directed the prosecution to complete examination of the three protected witnesses in three months.”

“arrested on Sept 22, 2022.”

“accused of helping raise funds for PFI between 2011 and 2019.”

“helping teams of the banned outfit which had planned attacks in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala against CAA and NRC”

“not to repeatedly file applications.”

“six-page report”

“The top court posted the matter for further hearing on Aug 18.”

“In the interest of justice, two weeks time is granted to Punjab to reconsider and clarify its stand.”

“Given the fact that it is a 15-year-old decree passed on a 30-year-old original suit seeking resolution of a 60-year-old inter-state dispute”