The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday apprised the Madras High Court that it was not trying to protect the state-run liquor retailer Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC), in the alleged Rs 1,000 crore liquor scam. Advocate General PS Raman assured the Vacation Bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayan that the state…
Supreme Court judge, Justice AS Oka, who would retire on May 24, on Thursday said that he did not agree with the tradition of retiring judges not working on their last day. Speaking during his farewell function organised by the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA), Justice Oka said he told Chief Justice of India Sanjiv…
The Union of India on Wednesday apprised the Supreme Court that though waqf was an Islamic concept, it was not an essential part of Islam and since waqf boards discharged secular functions, the inclusion of non-Muslims in waqf boards was permissible. Appearing for the Central government before the Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI)…
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed political commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra to take down within five hours, the derogatory social media posts on women journalists of Newslaundry. The single-judge Bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav came down heavily on Abhijit Iyer-Mitra over the choice of words in the controversial social media posts. Referring to the…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ali Khan Mahmudabad, an Associate Professor of Ashoka University, Sonipat, who was arrested for posting comments on Operation Sindoor, India’s retaliatory strike against Pakistan over the Pahalagam terror attack. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh granted interim bail to Khan on…
The State of Tamil Nadu has moved the Supreme Court against the Union of India for withholding funds under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme (SSS) over the non-implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 and PM SHRI. Filed under Article 131 of the Constitution, the suit sought a direction to the Centre to pay over Rs…
The petitioners challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 on Tuesday argued before the Supreme Court that the Act had singled out the Muslim community by imposing unfair requirements on them for registration of properties as waqf while endowments made by other religious communities were not subject to such onerous conditions. Appearing for the petitioners, Senior…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reintroduced the mandatory three-year practice for lawyers to enter the judicial service. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, Justice AG Masih and Justice K Vinod Chandran directed all state governments to amend the rules ensuring that for any candidate appearing for civil judges (junior division) exam…
The Supreme Court has upheld an order passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which dismissed with cost a public interest litigation seeking to make Karwa Chauth festival compulsory for all women, including widows, divorcees and those in live-in relationships. Terming the PIL filed before the High Court as motivated and frivolous, the Bench…
The State of Kerala has filed an intervention application in the batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, on the grounds that the amendment would affect the fundamental rights of the Muslims possessing waqf properties and negate/alter the nature of these properties. Noting that the apprehension of the Muslim…