The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of three judicial officers and six lawyers as judges at the High Courts of Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka, along with the appointment of two additional judges as permanent judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, as part of its ongoing process to strengthen the higher judiciary…
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Advocate Amit Lahoti as a judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The Apex Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and comprising Justice BV Nagarathna, Justice JK Maheshwari, Justice Vikram Nath and Justice MM Sundresh, took the decision during a meeting…
The Supreme Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to prepare and implement a time-bound action plan for the removal of encroachments from the ecologically sensitive Agasthyamalai landscape, a biodiversity-rich region comprising protected forests, wildlife sanctuaries and tiger reserves spread across Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta…
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday granted transit anticipatory bail to Mohammed Farmaan Khan, the husband of Kumbh Mela fame Monalisa Bhosle, in connection with a criminal case registered against him in Madhya Pradesh, alleging kidnapping and questioning the validity of their marriage. The single-judge Bench of Justice Kauser Edappagath granted Khan interim protection from…
The Supreme Court has directed six educational institutions in Telangana using the name “Princeton” to prominently disclose that they have no connection whatsoever with Princeton University in the United States, while disposing of appeals arising from an ongoing trademark dispute. The Bench of Justice PV Sanjay Kumar and Justice K Vinod Chandran passed the directions…
The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of laws enacted by the States of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka prohibiting online betting and wagering on games played with stakes, observing that betting on games of skill does not enjoy constitutional protection merely because the underlying activity involves skill. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and…
Parents of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee have approached the Calcutta High Court challenging a notice issued by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) alleging unauthorised construction at their residential property in south Kolkata. The writ petition has been filed by Amit Banerjee and Lata Banerjee seeking quashing of the notice on the ground that the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that a married daughter cannot be excluded from consideration for compassionate appointment or allotment merely because of her marital status. The Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe set aside contrary judgments of the Allahabad High Court and ruled that such exclusion was discriminatory and violative of…
The Central Government has appointed Acting Chief Justices to the High Courts of Punjab and Haryana, Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, following the elevation of their respective Chief Justices to the Supreme Court of India. The appointments come in the wake of the elevation of Justice Sheel Nagu, former Chief Justice…
A special CBI court in Bhopal on Tuesday remanded Twisha Sharma’s husband, Samarth Singh, and her mother-in-law, retired district judge Giribala Singh, to 14 days of judicial custody in connection with the alleged dowry death of the 33-year-old woman. The accused were produced before the court after the expiry of their five-day custodial interrogation by…