The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking 100 percent counting of VVPAT slips in elections, in addition to counting of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) by the control unit. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar, and Justice KV Viswanathan rejected the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Hans Raj…
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which aimed to regulate waqf properties by proposing amendments in the Waqf Act, 1995. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter before Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna. Appearing for the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind,…
The Delhi High Court on Monday adjourned till May 19, a petition filed by Narmada Bachao Andolan leader and activist Medha Patkar, challenging her conviction in a criminal defamation case lodged by Vinai Kumar Saxena in 2001. The order was passed by the single-judge Bench of Justice Shalinder Kaur. On April 2, a trial court…
Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the first information report (FIR) registered against him in Mumbai over his alleged derogatory remarks against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Earlier, the Madras High Court had granted him interim anticipatory bail in the matter on the grounds…
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Monday filed separate petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf Amendment Act 2025. Terming the Act an infringement of minority rights, the IUML roped in Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal to represent the Kerala-based political party….
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday gave her assent to the Waqf (Amendment), Bill, 2025, which aimed to regulate the Waqf properties by proposing amendments in the Waqf Act, 1995. The Bill was passed by both Houses of Parliament earlier this week after heated debates. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was first introduced in the Lok…
Justice Yashwant Varma, who is currently facing an in-house inquiry over the alleged recovery of unaccounted cash to the tune of Rs 15 crore from his official residence in Delhi, took oath as a judge of the Allahabad High Court on Saturday. Justice Varma took oath in a private setting within his chamber, unlike the…
The Supreme Court recently struck down a provision of Bihar Chaukidari Cadre (Amendment) Rules, 2014, which provided a retiring chowkidar the opportunity to nominate dependent kin for appointment in his place. A Division Bench of the Patna High Court had struck down Proviso (a) to Rule 5(7) of Bihar Chaukidari Cadre (Amendment) Rules, 2014 for…
The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has filled a Public Interest Litigation in the Supreme Court seeking release of elderly and terminally ill convicted prisoners across the country. Filed by Advocate On Record (AoR)Rashmi Nandakumar, the petition highlighted the dire conditions faced by such prisoners and called for the implementation of compassionate release of the…
Parliament witnessed one of its longest and most contentious debates in recent history as the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 was passed following marathon sessions in both Houses—14 hours in the Rajya Sabha and 12 in the Lok Sabha. The Bill cleared the Rajya Sabha with 128 votes in favour and 95 against, and the Lok…