The Supreme Court on Wednesday closed contempt proceedings against the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) officials, accused of allowing unauthorised large-scale tree-felling in the ecologically sensitive Delhi Ridge area. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice NK Singh observed that the officers in question had clearly committed a contempt of court by not getting the…
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of 17 judges and repatriation of four judges to their parent High Courts across the country. Headed by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and comprising Justice Surya Kant, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice BV Nagarathna as it’s members, the Apex Court Collegium made…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its strong displeasure over a police complaint filed against the members of the Election Committee (EC) constituted to conduct the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections. Terming the police complaint as ‘absolutely unwarranted,’ the Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice KV Viswanathan ruled out any criminal prosecution against…
Former Chief Justice of India Justice D.Y Chandrachud has said lawyers today must not only interpret statutes but also understand how AI systems arrive at their recommendations. He said this while inaugurating PALETTE (Professional Advancement in Law through Executive Training & Technical Education), the country’s first AI-powered Legal Innovation Centre recently, the former CJI , at the…
A court in Delhi has reprimanded the Delhi Police for conducting sketchy investigation against BJP Minister Kapil Mishra in connection with an FIR filed against him in 2020 over his tweets that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress party had created a ‘mini Pakistan’ at Shaheen Bagh and that the then Assembly polls…
A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the bail petition of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan in a case registered under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), linked to an alleged crime syndicate led by gangster Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu. Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Court rejected Balyan’s…
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,…