The Supreme Court of India has categorically refused to introduce any quota or special preference for Civil Judges seeking promotion to the post of District Judge. The Court held that creating such distinctions would disrupt the unity of the Higher Judicial Service and weaken the principle that all officers within the cadre must be treated…
A Special Court for MPs and MLAs in Rampur has sentenced senior Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan and his son, former MLA Abdullah Azam, to seven years’ imprisonment in a case involving forgery, impersonation, and falsification of official records to obtain multiple Permanent Account Numbers (PAN). Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of the MP/MLA Court,…
The Supreme Court has directed the Union government to establish a comprehensive pan-India framework, including setting up of dedicated courts and providing the required infrastructure, to ensure that the trial of special statute cases, including those related to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), are completed within six months. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant, Justice…
The Government of Kerala has approached the Supreme Court of India seeking a postponement of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls being carried out by the Election Commission of India. The State requests that this revision be deferred until after the upcoming elections to the local self government institutions. In its petition filed…
The Kerala High Court has disposed of a petition that sought advancement of the opening date of the traditional forest trek route (Kanana Patha) leading to the Sabarimala temple, holding that such relief would amount to judicial interference. The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice KV Jayakumar recently dismissed the writ petition…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Bar Council of India (BCI) on petitions challenging its Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022. The Bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela granted two weeks’ time to BCI to file a…
A coordinated series of bomb threat emails on Tuesday triggered heightened security measures across multiple district court complexes in the national capital, including Patiala House, Saket and Tis Hazari. The alerts, issued within a short time span, prompted immediate activation of evacuation and sanitisation protocols, resulting in temporary the suspension of judicial proceedings. All threats…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived the regulatory mechanism that permitted the Union government to grant ex post facto Environmental Clearances (ECs) for projects that had either commenced, expanded, or operated without securing prior approval as mandated under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006. The Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice…
The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Union government, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), and the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) on a petition alleging that private airlines are engaging in arbitrary and unfair pricing of air tickets. The bench has granted all three authorities four weeks to file their replies. The…
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) to submit a detailed affidavit within two days, specifying the technical specifications and operational efficiency of the instruments used for recording the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital. The Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai,…