The Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court’s dismissal of a petition that sought to annul the results of the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. The petitioner, Chetan Chandrakant Ahire, alleged that approximately 75 to 76 lakh votes were cast improperly after the official polling deadline of 6 PM and pointed out discrepancies between votes polled…
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the plight of officer cadets who sustained disabilities during training and were subsequently discharged, finding themselves without adequate support or recognition. A bench comprising Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice R Mahadevan initiated the case titled Cadets Disabled During Military Training Struggle, following a revealing report…
The Supreme Court granted bail to former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, along with Dr. Subires (Subiresh) Bhattacharyya and SP Sinha, in the so-called “cash-for-jobs” teacher recruitment scandal. The case, being probed by both the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), involves serious allegations of irregularities in school-level hiring processes….
In a compelling display of judicial pragmatism, the Supreme Court on August 18, 2025, deferred its ruling on the National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) appeal, which takes aim at the Kerala High Court’s directive halting toll collection at the Paliyekkara toll booth along NH-544. The toll had been stayed due to the deteriorated state…
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to proceed with the criminal defamation case brought by BJP leader Rajiv Babbar against AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi over remarks alleging voter name deletions from Delhi’s electoral rolls. The case emerged after Kejriwal and Atishi publicly accused the BJP of orchestrating mass removal of voters’ names an…
The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a writ petition submitted by AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh contesting the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to close or merge 105 government-operated primary schools across the state. A bench led by Justices Dipankar Datta and A.G. Masih noted that identical issues are currently pending before the Allahabad…
The Union government on Monday strongly objected to the idea of imposing deadlines on constitutional authorities like Governors and the President, arguing that such directions would interfere with their discretionary powers. The submission came during a Supreme Court hearing on petitions that sought a defined timeframe within which Governors must act on state bills and…
In a swift compliance move, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has uploaded the names of nearly 65 lakh voters deleted from the electoral rolls in Bihar under the State Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The action comes within 56 hours of a directive issued by the Supreme Court, reflecting a rare show of bureaucratic urgency…
In a landmark move aimed at decentralizing judicial access, the Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai has officially inaugurated the new circuit bench of the Bombay High Court in Kolhapur today.The ceremony took place opposite the CPR Hospital, followed by an inaugural address at Merryweather Ground . The establishment of this bench, the fifth…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha The “vote theft” controversy has come as a godsend for a beleaguered Congress, struggling to corner the BJP. With Rahul Gandhi marshalling the party’s energies to keep the “vote theft atom bomb” smouldering, the Election Commission has found itself in the crosshairs of the Opposition. The charge: aiding the ruling BJP…