By Sanjay Raman Sinha As Chief Justice of India BR Gavai administered the oath of office to two new judges of the Supreme Court, Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Vipul M Pancholi, what should have been a routine ceremony instead drew media attention. The reason: acrimony over Justice Pancholi’s appointment, and the lone, but forceful…
The Supreme Court of India has granted bail to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli in the long-pending case concerning the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar, which took place in 2007. The decision came after the Court noted that Gawli and other convicts had already spent almost 18 years in custody. Taking into account the advanced…
The Supreme Court has overturned a ₹295 crore land compensation award granted to Hyderabad-based businessman Reddy Veeranna, finding it was obtained through fraud and deliberate concealment of key facts. The original case concerned over five bighas of land in Chhalera Banger, Sector 18, Noida—jointly purchased in 1997 by Veeranna, Vishnu Vardhan, and T Sudhakar. In…
The Supreme Court has quashed a 2021 judgment of the Allahabad High Court in a dispute relating to acquired land in Noida’s Sector 18, holding that the proceedings were vitiated by fraud and suppression of material facts. The case arose out of land jointly purchased in 1997 which was subsequently acquired by the New Okhla…
The Karnataka High Court has requested a formal response from the Union government regarding a petition that challenges the constitutionality of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025—a law that effectively bans real-money games like rummy and poker played online. Justice B. M. Shyam Prasad issued notice to the government and scheduled the…
The Supreme Court has issued notices to key authorities—including the finance ministry, corporate affairs ministry, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)—regarding a plea filed by Sucheta Dalal, Managing Editor of Moneylife and a trustee of the Moneylife Foundation. Represented by senior counsel Prashant Bhushan, the plea calls for…
The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Union Government on a petition filed by Dr. Subramanian Swamy, pressing for the recognition of the Ram Setu, also known as Adam’s Bridge, as a national monument. A Bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the Ministry of Culture and the…
The Supreme Court has turned its gaze upon a contentious petition filed by the West Bengal Migrant Workers Welfare Board, which alleges arbitrary detention and deportation of Bengali-speaking individuals under the pretext of identifying them as Bangladeshi nationals. The plea underscores the plight of migrant workers, many of whom, it contends, have been deprived of…
The Jharkhand High Court has imposed a cost on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi as a condition for granting him additional time in a criminal defamation case. The case stems from remarks he allegedly made at a 2018 event in Chaibasa, where he insinuated that individuals facing murder charges could still become leaders in the BJP….
The Supreme Court of India on Friday welcomed two new members to its bench with the swearing-in of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi. With their elevation, the apex court now functions at its full sanctioned strength of 34 judges, an event that reinforces its institutional capacity at a time when the court…