The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Union of India to submit a list of names reiterated by the Collegium for judgeship, seeking an explanation as to why they haven’t been processed yet. The Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra made the observations while hearing two…
Supreme Court seeks response from Karnataka High Court over Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda’s remarks The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Registrar General of the Karnataka High Court over social media clips about comments allegedly made by Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda, during the course of hearing cases. The five-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India…
The Supreme Court will hear on Saturday two petitions filed by senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, one against the election of Samajwadi Party MP Ram Bhuwal Nishad from the Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency, and another challenging the constitutional validity of Section 81 of the Representation of People Act, 1951. The matter…
The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the Enforcement Directorate on a petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan challenging his arrest by ED in a money laundering case related to the alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board recruitment during his chairmanship. The single-judge Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has disposed of a suo motu application registered over the construction of a temporary road by sand mafia in Bhamragarh Taluka of Gadchiroli to connect the main road to the river bed for illegal excavation of sand. The Tribunal vide order dated 01.02.2024 had impleaded the parties and transferred the…
The owner of a premium diesel car has moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi government’s guidelines for handling end of life vehicles, which mandate the scrapping of diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years. It has been filed as an impleadment application in the MC Mehta case. The…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has disposed of a Suo Motu application registered on the basis of a news item disclosing illegal sand mining in Upper Bari Doab Canal near Gurdaspur, Punjab. The news item was based upon a video with the allegation that sand was being stolen from the canal with the help of…
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has said it is the prerogative of the investigating agency to sponsor the witness whose statement they want to record under Section 183 BNSS, therefore the Investigating Officer could not be forced to get the statement of any witness recorded under Section 183 BNSS while disposing an…
The Kerala High Court disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a direction to the respondents by printing the names of contesting candidates in Tamil in ballot papers for all future elections to be conducted in different co-operative societies in Chittoor in Palakkad district. The Petitioner further seeks relief:- direction to the respondents to…
The Supreme Court has dismissed curative petitions filed by telecom companies against a 2019 ruling of the Court regarding the payment of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. The Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice BR Gavai ruled that no ground was made out to exercise curative jurisdiction in…