The Supreme Court on Monday said the country was not a dharamshala (a public shelter) to accommodate refugees from across the world. The Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice K Vinod Chandran made this oral observation, while rejecting a petition filed by a Sri Lankan national facing deportation. The petitioner challenged a Madras High…
Senior Advocate Pradeep Rai on Monday said members of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) should come together as one Bar with one Vision. In his speech at the debate between presidential and secretary candidates for the SCBA election to be held on May 20 (Tuesday), Senior Advocate Rai pushed for greater unity among the…
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising three senior IPS officers, not below the rank of SP and not belonging to the State of Madhya Pradesh, to probe the FIR lodged against BJP Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah over his controversial remarks on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi. The Bench…
The Allahabad High Court on Monday upheld the trial court order of November 19, which directed an Advocate Commissioner to survey the mosque located in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh in a suit claiming that the religious structure was built after destroying a temple. Rejecting the Mosque Committee’s plea against the trial court verdict, the…
The Supreme Court has ruled that all retired High Court judges, regardless of whether they served as permanent or additional High Court judges, were entitled to equal pension and other retirement benefits. The Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih recently observed that making any distinction between judges and additional…
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition filed by an associate professor of Ashoka University, Sonipat, challenging his arrest over certain comments on Operation Sindoor. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter before the Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih. Seeking the listing of the…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai has expressed his serious displeasure over the failure of the Maharashtra Chief Secretary, the state’s Director General of Police (DGP) and the Commissioner of Police of Mumbai to welcome him during his first official visit to his home state after taking over the highest judicial position in the…
By Inderjit Badhwar Just days after missile trails arced over the skies of Punjab and Kashmir, and drone strikes lit up border towns on either side of the Line of Control, South Asia stands at an uneasy pause. For now, the guns have fallen silent. But the message from New Delhi could not be clearer:…
By Annunthra Rangan Just days after a fragile ceasefire took effect on May 10, India and Pakistan have plunged into a fresh diplomatic standoff—this time, over who won the battle and what it means. Both governments have begun advancing sharply divergent narratives, each claiming strategic superiority in the wake of the most serious military escalation…
By Binny Yadav In a verdict that resonates with the realities of modern India, the Supreme Court in Ravish Singh Rana vs The State of Uttarakhand & Anr ruled that a “long-term live-in relationship cannot be presumed to have begun on a false promise of marriage”, and therefore, a charge of rape on that ground…