The Allahabad High Court recently questioned the actions of Uttar Pradesh authorities after they refused to accept a Muslim man’s conversion to Hinduism, despite procedural requirements being fulfilled. The matter concerned a university assistant professor who claimed he had willingly embraced Hinduism in 2022 after following Sanatan traditions and rituals. He later married a Hindu…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has constituted a Judicial Infrastructure Advisory Committee to assess the infrastructural deficiencies in different courts across the country and formulate recommendations for a proposed government allocation of Rs 40,000-50,000 crore for the judicial system. The committee has been directed to undertake a comprehensive infrastructure audit of the subordinate…
The Supreme Court recently expunged adverse remarks made against an advocate by the Bar Council of India (BCI) during disciplinary proceedings, observing that such comments were unwarranted after the complaint of professional misconduct against him had already been dismissed by the concerned State Bar Council. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and…
The Allahabad High Court has observed that judicial officers in Uttar Pradesh were facing increasing institutional pressure due to the shortage of staff, lack of police cooperation, defective investigation practices and delays in forensic science reporting, all of which significantly affected the disposal of criminal cases. In an order dated May 7, the single-judge Bench…
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Monday opposed Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez’s application seeking to turn approver in the Rs 200 crore money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma of the Patiala House Courts directed Fernandez to file her response to the ED’s reply and listed the matter for…
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to issue any further directions in connection with the recent incident involving an Andhra Pradesh High Court judge and a young advocate after noting that the matter had already been resolved amicably at the High Court level through the intervention of the Chief Justice and the Bar Association. The…
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Madras High Court order directing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged irregularities in transformer procurement tenders issued during the tenure of former Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta dismissed the…
The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a writ petition seeking the registration, recognition and regulation of all institutions imparting religious education to children below the age of 14, directing the petitioner to await a decision on the representation already submitted to the Union Ministry of Education. The Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice…
The Supreme Court on Monday launched the ‘One Case, One Data’ system, a digital initiative aimed at strengthening judicial case management through integrated access to case-related data across courts and government departments throughout the country. Launching the initiative, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said that the new case management system would, for the first…
The Supreme Court on Monday kept in indefinite abeyance the criminal contempt conviction and sentence on Senior Advocate Yatin Oza by the Gujarat High Court in 2020, while cautioning that any future misconduct of a similar nature could lead to revival of the punishment. The Bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Atul S Chandurkar…