The Supreme Court has upheld an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which dismissed with cost a public interest litigation seeking to make Karwa Chauth festival compulsory for all women, including widows, divorcees and those in live-in relationships. Terming the PIL filed before the High Court as motivated and frivolous, the Bench…
The State of Kerala has filed an intervention application in the batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, on the grounds that the amendment would affect the fundamental rights of the Muslims possessing waqf properties and negate/alter the nature of these properties. Noting that the apprehension of the Muslim…
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar has questioned the probe conducted by the three-judge in-house committee into the alleged recovery of unaccounted cash from the official residence of Justice Yashwant Varma. Speaking at the launch of the book titled ‘The Constitution We Adopted,’ edited by Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria on Monday, Dhankar said the committee lacked any legal…
The Supreme Court on Monday said the country was not a dharamshala (a public shelter) to accommodate refugees from across the world. The Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice K Vinod Chandran made this oral observation, while rejecting a petition filed by a Sri Lankan national facing deportation. The petitioner challenged a Madras High…
Senior Advocate Pradeep Rai on Monday said members of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) should come together as one Bar with one Vision. In his speech at the debate between presidential and secretary candidates for the SCBA election to be held on May 20 (Tuesday), Senior Advocate Rai pushed for greater unity among the…
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising three senior IPS officers, not below the rank of SP and not belonging to the State of Madhya Pradesh, to probe the FIR lodged against BJP Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah over his controversial remarks on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi. The Bench…
The Allahabad High Court on Monday upheld the trial court order of November 19, which directed an Advocate Commissioner to survey the mosque located in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh in a suit claiming that the religious structure was built after destroying a temple. Rejecting the Mosque Committee’s plea against the trial court verdict, the…
The Supreme Court has ruled that all retired High Court judges, regardless of whether they served as permanent or additional High Court judges, were entitled to equal pension and other retirement benefits. The Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih recently observed that making any distinction between judges and additional…
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition filed by an associate professor of Ashoka University, Sonipat, challenging his arrest over certain comments on Operation Sindoor. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter before the Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih. Seeking the listing of the…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai has expressed his serious displeasure over the failure of the Maharashtra Chief Secretary, the state’s Director General of Police (DGP) and the Commissioner of Police of Mumbai to welcome him during his first official visit to his home state after taking over the highest judicial position in the…