Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairman and Senior Advocate Manan Kumar Mishra has rejected allegations levelled against him by BCI member YR Sadasiva Reddy, who has demanded his resignation, describing the charges as “baseless” and politically motivated. Manan Mishra disputed Reddy’s claim to be a BCI co-chairman, asserting that Reddy is no longer a member…
The Madras High Court has underscored that the right to marry is an intrinsic facet of human dignity and personal autonomy, while calling attention to statutory hurdles that may unnecessarily impede individuals seeking to rebuild their lives through remarriage after the dissolution of an earlier marriage. The Court suggested that Parliament may consider revisiting provisions…
Institutions are not peripheral supports erected around economic growth but the very architecture upon which enduring prosperity is constructed, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Saturday, as he called for greater jurisprudential engagement and judicial cooperation among BRICS+ nations. Delivering the inaugural address at the 11th BRICS+ Legal Forum, organised by the Bar…
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday delivered a deeply personal farewell to Justice Sanjay Karol, describing his retiring colleague as a judge whose contribution to the law extended beyond the pronouncements he authored and into the human realities that judicial institutions are often called upon to confront. Speaking at the ceremonial Bench convened…
By Inderjit Badhwar There was a time when a courtroom was, quite literally, a room. What was said inside it travelled outward through judgments, legal reporting and, eventually, public discussion. Today, a courtroom can be watched live on a mobile phone, clipped within seconds and circulated to millions before the hearing itself has concluded. That…
Arendra Pratab Singh (APS): Your journey from Haryana to the post of chief justice of India is in itself a very inspiring story. How do you look at it today? It has become an inspiration for the youth. Justice Surya Kant (JSK): I was born in a village in Hisar district, Haryana, to a very…
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal, challenging criminal defamation proceedings initiated against him over alleged remarks linking the Akhand Kirtani Jatha (AKJ) with the banned terrorist organisation Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). A Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta…
Justice Sanjay Karol was accorded a warm and affectionate farewell as the Supreme Court Bar gathered to mark the conclusion of his judicial tenure. The farewell function, organised in his honour ahead of his retirement on August 22, saw members of the Bench and the Bar reflect on a career distinguished by judicial commitment, constitutional…
The Supreme Court has rejected the contention that post-graduation in law can be treated as equivalent to practice at the Bar for determining eligibility for recruitment to the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division). A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice K. Vinod Chandran was hearing review…
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by the Khan Market Welfare Association seeking directions to the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to adopt a uniform methodology for determining property tax across its jurisdiction. The NDMC governs several prominent commercial and residential areas of Lutyens’ Delhi, including Khan Market, Connaught Place and…