Tushar Mehta

People post videos of eating meat, then claim to be animal lovers: SG to Supreme Court in stray dog case

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the apex court that children are dying due to dog bites causing rabies, and the issue of stray dogs needs to be resolved and not to be contested.

Adani row: SEBI can't investigate based on media reports, no material to doubt SEBI, says CJI

The CJI while clarifying that he is not discrediting the authenticity of any media outlet, noted that media reports are not amenable to scrutiny like SEBI's investigations are

Same-sex marriage case: Who argued for and against the matter in Supreme Court?

Spread over 10 days, a galaxy of India’s top lawyers argued on the batch of petitions seeking legal sanction to same-sex marriage.

'Attracted to sister' parallel during same-sex marriage hearing gets Chief Justice snub

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, drew a controversial parallel between same-sex marriages and incest by presenting a hypothetical situation.

MC Explains: Why did SC permit the govt to use Rs 5,000 cr from the Sahara-SEBI refund account?

Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta told the court that an amount of Rs. 24,979 crore is lying unutilised with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

TMC writes to PM Modi, seeks removal of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta for meeting Suvendu Adhikari

The letter, written by TMC MPs Derek O'Brien, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy and Mahua Maitra, stated that the meeting between Suvendu Adhikari and the solicitor general Tushar Mehta "reeks of impropriety" as the BJP MLA is an accused in the Narada and Saradha cases where investigations are underway.

SC hearing on Loan Moratorium | Blanket interest waiver on all loans to be Rs 6 lakh crore: Centre to SC

The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of pleas of various bodies including from real estate and power seeking sector wise relief in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The government is poorly served by its senior law officer

The willingness of the government to listen, learn and go forward will earn it appreciation.

SC seeks CBI response on providing copy of probe into disinvestment of govt share in PSU Hindustan Zinc

Chief Justice S A Bobde took note of the submission of lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appearing for an association of officers related to the PSU firm, that there were corrupt practises in divesting government shares.

Decide on Jio case within a 'reasonable time': TDSAT to Trai

Telecom tribunal TDSAT today asked sector regulator Trai to decide on Reliance Jio's free 4G service within a "reasonable time".

Govt says it differed with UPA ministry's stand on Sec 66A

Government on Tuesday made it clear that it differs with previous UPA regime's stand on Section 66A of IT Act, which has been scrapped by Supreme Court, and has conveyed it in writing to apex court that it respects freedom of speech and expression and is not in favour of curtailing communication of honest dissent or criticism on social media.

SC verdict on validity of Section 66A of IT Act on Tuesday

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Tuesday its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of certain sections of the cyber law including a provision under which a person can be arrested for allegedly posting "offensive" contents on websites.