The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to identify a central authority responsible for ensuring that wherever there is a road, there is a demarcated footpath. It also directed the Union Government to identify five towns where the Court’s directions can initially be implemented as a pilot project. A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha…
Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal on Monday urged young women lawyers not to allow circumstances, expectations or others’ doubts to limit their achievements. Addressing her farewell reference at the High Court, Justice Agarwal recalled that she had faced similar obstacles during her career. Reflecting on her career challenges, Justice Agarwal encouraged others not…
The Delhi High Court has directed the Directorate of Education (DoE) and the concerned school to consider admitting a seven-year-old child under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota in the school originally allotted to him. In the event such admission is not feasible, the authorities have been directed to secure his admission in another recognised…
The Supreme Court has appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice R.V. Raveendran as the sole arbitrator to adjudicate the commercial dispute between Kinetic Green Energy and Power Solutions Limited and Saera Electric Auto Limited concerning the manufacture, sale and distribution of Mayuri-branded electric three-wheelers. A Bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi passed…
Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Monday underscored the enduring legacy of Professor (Dr) NR Madhava Menon, the visionary founder of India’s national law school movement. Delivering the inaugural address at the second lecture in Prof Menon’s honour, Justice Kant said Prof Menon’s life’s work spanning legal education, legal aid, and criminal justice…
The Union Government has notified the appointment of three serving Chief Justices of High Courts as judges of the Supreme Court, paving the way for Justices Sunita Agarwal, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Aparesh Kumar Singh to join the Bench of the country’s apex court. The appointments were notified by the Centre after the Supreme Court…
The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that members of the Delhi Gymkhana Club can initiate independent legal proceedings challenging the Centre’s decision to take over the club’s 27.3-acre premises and the subsequent eviction proceedings. Senior Advocate Vikas Singh mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, submitting that writ…
The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it has not approved any modification to Form 6, the statutory form used by first-time voters to seek inclusion in electoral rolls, during the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and…
The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, Election Commission of India (ECI), Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and other senior poll officials on petitions alleging that crucial decisions relating to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls were taken unilaterally by the CEC without the concurrence of the other two Election…
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to interfere with a Calcutta High Court order upholding the maintainability of a PIL alleging violations of the Forest Rights Act in obtaining consent for the proposed Great Nicobar Island mega-infrastructure project. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana…