Congress leader Prasenjit Bose has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) for greater transparency in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, particularly with respect to additions and deletions of voters’ names. The petition sought constituency-wise disclosure of data related to Form 6 applications…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant recently visited the sacred Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand with family members amid the ongoing Char Dham season, paying obeisance to Lord Shiva at the ancient Himalayan shrine. Visuals from the temple premises showed the Chief Justice participating in customary religious rituals and offering prayers to the temple, situated…
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the legal basis for exempting waqf institutions from payment of court fees in proceedings instituted before State Waqf Tribunals. The Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Aravind Kumar made these observations while hearing a petition challenging orders of the Gujarat High Court, which had upheld decisions of the…
The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its judgment on a batch of petitions alleging irregularities in the conduct of the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) elections held earlier this year. The Division Bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Tejas Karia concluded hearings in the matter after extensive arguments spread over three days, including…
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to direct the National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct the re-examination of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate), 2026, scheduled for June 21 through a Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode instead of the existing pen-and-paper format, effectively refusing interim relief sought in a petition seeking examination reforms. The Bench of Justice…
The Central government on Monday notified the appointment of Justice Sanjeev Kumar as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh following the elevation of Chief Justice Arun Palli to the Supreme Court. The appointment has been made by the President of India in exercise of powers under Article…
A nursing officer has moved the Delhi High Court alleging an inordinate delay in the disposal of her appeal under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act), arising from a complaint concerning allegedly inappropriate remarks made about nursing staff at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences…
In a significant ruling on digital privacy, the Delhi High Court has recognised the Right to Be Forgotten as an essential facet of an individual’s right to privacy and laid down a framework for masking personal information in judicial records available online. The judgment comes amid growing concerns over the long-term impact of easily accessible…
Supreme Court Judge Justice Vikram Nath has once again made it clear that senior advocates will not be permitted to argue matters before his vacation bench, emphasizing the need to create opportunities for younger members of the Bar. During recent vacation proceedings, Justice Nath reiterated that this approach was adopted earlier as well and would…
The Delhi High Court has upheld the approval granted to a group housing project in Vasant Kunj and dismissed petitions filed by the Vasant Kunj Residents Welfare Association and a neighbouring educational institution challenging the legality of the proposed high-rise development. The single-judge Bench of Justice Shail Jain held that the project was in conformity…