Supreme Court judge Justice AS Oka on Friday said that he always believed in being a very strict & firm judge, who did not hesitate to offend anyone, in order to uphold the principles laid down by the Constitution Speaking at his farewell function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Justice Oka recalled…
Less than 48 hours after results of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections were declared, one of the contestants for the post of president has moved the Supreme Court over several irregularities during the election. Senior Advocate Adish C Aggarwala, who had earlier been President of the SCBA a few years ago, submitted to…
The Supreme Court on Friday held that maternity leave was an integral component of maternity benefits and a vital part of a woman’s basic reproductive rights. The Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuiyan passed the order, while hearing a petition filed by a Tamil Nadu government teacher who was denied maternity…
Making slight changes to the customary norms, Supreme Court judge Justice AS Oka delivered 11 verdicts on Friday, his last working day in the Apex Court. Showing another remarkable facet of his character, the Apex Court judge, who lost his mother on May 21, went to Mumbai on Thursday to attend the last rites of…
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Zudpi forest land in Maharashtra could be considered for compensatory afforestation only if there was a certificate by the State Chief Secretary regarding non-availability of non-forest land. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih noted that the Zudpi forest…
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. The Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih have been conducting consecutive hearing in the matter on the point of interim orders for the past two days….
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday refused to quash an FIR registered against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair over his social media posts against controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand. The Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Yogendra Kumar Srivastava extended protection against arrest to Zubair during the course of the investigation. The High Court, however,…
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the money-laundering probe initiated by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) against government-run liquor retailer Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) on the grounds that the Central agency was ‘crossing all limits’ and ‘violating the federal structure’. The Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih…
The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday apprised the Madras High Court that it was not trying to protect the state-run liquor retailer Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC), in the alleged Rs 1,000 crore liquor scam. Advocate General PS Raman assured the Vacation Bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayan that the state…
Supreme Court judge, Justice AS Oka, who would retire on May 24, on Thursday said that he did not agree with the tradition of retiring judges not working on their last day. Speaking during his farewell function organised by the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA), Justice Oka said he told Chief Justice of India Sanjiv…