The Central government has informed the Parliament that the Indian Constitution did not have any provision of cooling-off period for judges after their retirement before joining a statutory body or holding a government post. Replying to a query by AAP MP Raghav Chadha in the Rajya Sabha, Union Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal…
The Managing Committee of the Anjuman Intezemia Masjid in Varanasi has filed an intervention petition in the Supreme Court in the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. In 2020, Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay had filed the lead petition in the case. In March 2021, the Supreme Court issued notice…
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Union of India on a petition filed by Bhartiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy regarding the citizenship of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The petitioner sought direction to the Union Government to file a status report on his complaint against Rahul Gandhi. The Division Bench of…
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking direction to prevent members of political parties from holding posts in the Bar Associations and Bar Councils across the country. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan orally remarked that there was nothing wrong with politically affiliated persons holding positions in the bar…
The Supreme Court has ruled that minor children of a Dalit man and a non-Dalit woman, who have been living with their mother for the last six years, were entitled to get Scheduled Caste certificates. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Thursday observed that though a non-Dalit woman could not…
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Nariman hails part of Ayodhya verdict dealing with Places of Worship Act Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Rohinton Nariman, on Thursday said that a part of the Apex Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute, regarding the Places of Worship Act, could be cited across different courts of the country, while…
Justice Manmohan on Thursday took oath as a Judge of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna administered the oath of office and secrecy to Justice Manmohan in courtroom no. 1, in the presence of all Apex Court judges. The Supreme Court is now functioning with a strength of 33 judges, against its…
Delhi air pollution: Supreme Court asks CAQM to decide on lowering GRAP restrictions to Stage II following improvement in AQI Considering the improved air quality of Delhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to take a call on whether the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage-IV restrictions, currently…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday two-week granted interim bail of expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh. The Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Amit Sharma granted interim relief of two weeks to Sengar on…
By Mayank Sharma International environmental law can be defined as a body of rules that deals with the relations of nations in pursuit of environmental conservation. Over the years, this sector of law has grown to address more contemporary challenges as sustainable development, climate change, and human rights. In the past, the main focus of…