Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai on Wednesday recused himself from hearing the petition filed by Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma challenging the in-house committee report indicting him over the recovery of a huge sum of unaccounted cash at his official residence in Delhi. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter before…
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has apprised the Supreme Court that Aadhaar cards and ration cards could not be accepted as proof of eligibility to vote in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar since they failed to meet the standard required under Article 326 of the Constitution. The Commission…
The Appellate Tribunal under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, 1976 has found former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar guilty in a money laundering case linked to the ICICI-Videocon loan scam case. Setting aside an earlier verdict of the Adjudicating Authority, the Tribunal observed that the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central government and all state governments across the country to file their respective response on the reference made by President Droupadi Murmu regarding the powers granted to the Governor and the President under Article 200 and 201 of the Constitution on assent of pending state Bills. The Constitution…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the vendors falling on the Kanwar Yatra route to display their licence and registration certificates, as per the statutory requirements of the law. The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice NK Singh passed the order on interlocutory applications that challenged the recent directives issued by the governments of…
The Supreme Court will hear on July 24, a petition filed by the State of Maharashtra, challenging the Bombay High Court verdict that acquitted all 12 accused in the 7/11 Mumbai bomb blasts case of 2006. The matter was today mentioned by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta before the Bench presided by Chief Justice of India…
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that it had the statutory power to verify the eligibility of the voters and ensure any person who failed to fulfil the mandatory requirements of eligibility was not included in the electoral rolls and further that every person fulfilling all the eligibility requirements did…
By Kumkum Chadha It is well known that politicians in India do not have a retirement age. Hence the reluctance to step down and make way for others. Take the Parliament for instance where in the 2024 general elections, India reportedly elected its oldest ever Lok Sabha with the average age of MPs climbing to…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg “Mind your business and let others mind theirs,” said author Maryrose Wood. But in an era defined by digital interconnectedness and escalating threats to national security, this principle is increasingly challenged. The question now before the courts—and the country—is this: Can a citizen’s right to privacy hold ground against the…
By Sujit Bhar In a disturbing development that has drawn criticism from human rights activists and legal scholars alike, a number of Bengali-speaking migrant workers (over 400, according to some reports) from West Bengal have been detained by the Odisha Police, allegedly on suspicions of being undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants. The move, initiated after a special…