The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Central government, the Ministry of Law and Justice, and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on a writ petition seeking various measures for child victims of crime under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. The Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna…
President Droupadi Murmu hosted a dinner at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in honour of the newly sworn-in Chief Justice of India, Justice BR Gavai. The President shared details about the event along with a few photographs on the official X (formerly Twitter) handle of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Defence Minister…
The Central government on Monday cleared the appointment of two lawyers as Additional Judges of the Uttarakhand High Court and the Gauhati High Court. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal shared the information on his X (formerly Twitter) account. As per the tweet, Advocate Subhash Upadhyay was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Uttarakhand High…
The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday recommended the appointment of four Chief Justices at the High Courts of Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gauhati and Patna, along with transfer of the Delhi High Court Chief Justice as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court. Headed by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and comprising Justice Surya Kant,…
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the Vidarbha Hockey Association seeking recognition as an associate-member of Hockey India and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar Datta observed that Hockey was an Olympic sport and under the Indian Olympic Association regulations, there could be…
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, seeking a copy of the report submitted by the in-house inquiry committee in respect of the allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma, along with the letter written by the Chief Justice of India to the President and the Prime Minister,…
The Supreme Court was apprised on Monday that votes polled during the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections 2025 would be recounted, in view of some complaints. Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria, member of the Election Committee constituted by the Court, informed the Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar Datta that, acting on complaints…
The Supreme Court has granted three months time to the Union of India to consider the establishment of a permanent adjudicatory forum for consumer disputes, either in the form of a consumer court or a consumer tribunal. The Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice MM Sundresh ordered the Central government to file an…
By Prof (Dr) S. Surya Prakash On September 19, 1960, India and Pakistan signed the Indus Waters Treaty, brokered by the World Bank, to peacefully divide the waters of the six Indus Basin rivers. Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Mohammad Ayub Khan inked a deal built on “goodwill and friendship.” India agreed to let Pakistan…
By Kenneth Tiven “Define habeas corpus in American law.” That was Senator Maggie Hassan’s opening question to Kristi Noem, the head of the Department of Homeland Security and a former farm girl from South Dakota, now tasked with overseeing one of the most powerful bureaucracies in the United States. Why the question matters: Habeas corpus…