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The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Madhya Pradesh government and High Court registry regarding the refusal to raise judicial officers' retirement age from 60 to 61. The Madhya Pradesh Judges Association challenged the High Court's administrative decision, alleging it violated previous Supreme Court directives. The apex court had previously indicated no legal impediment to this enhancement. The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Madhya Pradesh government and the high ...Read More >
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 28/07/2024: The front view of Madurai Bench of Madras High Court in Madurai. Photo: Ashok R / The Hindu | Photo Credit: ASHOK R The Supreme Court on Monday (October 27, 2025) sought responses from the Madhya Pradesh government and the high court registry on a plea challenging the refusal to enhance the retirement age of judicial officers in the state from 60 to 61 years. On May 26, a Bench headed by Chief Justice B. R. Gavai had said there was no legal impediment in raisin ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 27 (ANI): A petition filed by TVK complaining about "onerous" conditions imposed by the police for its political campaigns has been listed before the Chief Justice's Bench of the Madras High Court, the party's advocate Arivazhagan said on Monday, adding that the State government agreed before the Court that it would frame guidelines for political campaigns on or before 11th November. "On behalf of TVK, we have filed a writ petition for seeking a direction t ...Read More >
New Delhi, October 27 (Monday): The Supreme Court of India is today hearing a pivotal writ petition filed by Vodafone Idea Limited, which challenges the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) additional demand of ₹9,450 crore towards Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues for the 2016-17 period. The case, listed before a bench headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai, carries significant financial and policy implications -- not only for the telecom operator but also for the government and over 20 crore sub ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Madras High Court will on Monday take up a crucial batch of cases linked to actor-politician C. Joseph Vijay's TVK, the Karur rally stampede that claimed 41 lives on September 27, and the need for a uniform Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to govern all future political events in Tamil Nadu. The first Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan is scheduled to hear the matters, beginning with the second anticipato ...Read More >
Every rupee spent on judicial infrastructure by the Centre as well as the State governments may not give them monetary returns but it would certainly help in strengthening public confidence on the judiciary, said Justice Surya Kant in Chennai on Sunday (October 26, 2025). He is the most senior judge of the Supreme Court and next in line to be the 53rd Chief Justice of India. He inaugurated a renovated 126-year-old heritage building which once housed the prestigious Madras Law College but had no ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The High Court of Karnataka on Saturday asked the state government if it had received a proposal to cut trees inside Lalbagh Botanical Gardens for the Tunnel Road project. A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Poonacha sought the government's response and issued notice to all respondents after hearing a public interest litigation filed by actor Prakash Belawadi and another individual. Belawadi's counsel alleged that 6.5 acres of land has been demarcated insid ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) Chief Justice of India B R Gavai has held meetings with Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and discussed avenues for enhancing cooperation between the judiciaries of the two nations, according to an official statement. The CJI, who is on an official visit to Bhutan, held a meeting with Wangchuck on Saturday. He met Tobgay on Friday. "During these meetings, the Chief Justice discussed avenues for enhancing cooperatio ...Read More >
Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) Chairperson Ahmed Isaack Hassan, High Court Judge Chacha Mwita, and lawyer Katwa Kigen are among those shortlisted for appointment as Judges of the Court of Appeal. The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has published a list of 35 candidates, including 19 serving High Court judges and 15 advocates drawn from the Bar and academia, who will compete for 15 available positions. Renowned law lecturer Professor Migai Oketch, Environment and Land Court P ...Read More >
Chennai: The Special Intensive Voter List Revision (SIR) work will commence in a week in Tamil Nadu and other states scheduled to face elections, Election Commission of India (ECI) informed the Madras high court on Friday.The submission was made on a plea moved by former AIADMK MLA S Sathyanarayanan, who alleged large-scale irregularities in the voters' list of the T Nagar constituency. He wanted the court to order a complete and transparent re-verification of the 229 booths in the T Nagar const ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has constituted a high-powered committee to oversee the long-delayed rehabilitation of encroachers living outside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), observing that the state government had failed to comply with its directions issued over nearly three decades. A bench of chief justices Shree Chandrashekhar and Gautam A Ankhad passed the order on October 16 while hearing a contempt petition filed by Samyak Janhit Seva Sanstha against the Union of India. The peti ...Read More >
From Kashmir to Madhra Pradesh, Justice Sreedharan had rubbed the government the wrong way with this pro-civil rights approach. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of India announced that it had modified its earlier recommendation regarding the transfer of Justice Atul Sreedharan, following a request from the Union government. Earlier in August, the Supreme Court collegium had proposed transferring Justice Sreedharan, one of the senior-most judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, to the Chhattisg ...Read More >
The Assam government had set up a one-man judicial commission, headed by Justice Soumitra Saikia of the Gauhati High Court, to probe Zubeen Garg's death.Source : PTI Guwahati, Oct 22 (PTI) Leader of the Opposition in Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia on Wednesday urged the Gauhati High Court to ask the state government to abolish the one-man judicial commission set up to probe the death of Zubeen Garg, as it contradicts several aspects of the ongoing probe by SIT. In a letter to the Chief Justic ...Read More >
Guwahati, Oct 22: Assam's Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Debabrata Saikia has urged the Gauhati High Court to direct the state government to abolish the one-man judicial commission probing the death of singer Zubeen Garg, arguing that it conflicts with and duplicates the ongoing Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe. In a detailed letter addressed to the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court, the senior Congress leader called for the formation of a Special Bench to supervise and monitor the inve ...Read More >
The government said the changes are meant to introduce "flexibility". Nainital: The Uttarakhand government has filed a 78-page affidavit in the high court saying that a few provisions of rules under the Uniform Civil Code are being amended. The affidavit submitted by Advocate General SN Babulkar before a division bench of Chief Justice G Narendra and Justice Subhash Upadhyay on October 15 states that the amendments relate to Rule 380 of the Registrar's Office, which lists the conditions under ...Read More >
Delivering a special lecture on "Judicial Professionalism, Etiquette and Expectations from Judicial Officers", Justice Bhuyan highlighted the judiciary's responsibility to ensure unwavering public trust through fair, impartial decisions. His remarks followed the launch of the All Assam Judges Association's official website, which he hoped would strengthen communication and unity among judicial officers. "People must continue to believe in the judiciary," he stated, "and that belief depends not ...Read More >
In a compassionate response to the tragic stampede in Karur, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has allocated twenty lakh rupees to assist affected families. This crucial action follows Chief Minister MK Stalin's earlier pledge of four point eight seven crore rupees in compensation. Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has transferred an amount of Rs 20 lakh to the families of the victims, in the September 27 stampede in Karur, which claimed 41 lives, party chief Vijay said in a statement. Vijay said, "We had ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday that he "does not think anyone understands the disadvantages of being a Union Territory" better than him and that he was considering becoming a party to the case in the Supreme Court seeking restoration of J&K's statehood."I have held consultations with senior lawyers both in J&K and in New Delhi about the possibility of joining the case as the chief minister of J&K," Omar said at a press conference here. "I am the only pe ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging a high court order that stayed a government order granting 42% reservation to Backward Classes in local bodies. The high court had previously issued an interim stay, citing petitions that argued the increased quota breaches the 50% reservation ceiling. The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging a high court order which stayed a government order providing 42 per cent reservation t ...Read More >
In a fresh escalation of the standoff between the Tamil Nadu government and Governor RN Ravi, the State on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging what it described as the Governor's "illegal and unconstitutional" decision to refer the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to the President instead of granting his assent. The State's writ petition, filed through its Chief Secretary, names the Governor, the Union of India, and the University Grants ...Read More >
A screengrab of the court proceeding that was live streamed ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Lawyer Mahesh Tiwari had a heated exchange with Jharkhand High Court judge Justice Rajesh Kumar * The dispute arose over relief sought for a widow whose electricity was disconnected due to dues * Tiwari challenged the judge, claiming he only prayed and asked not to humiliate advocates Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Ranchi: An acrimonious ex ...Read More >
Ranchi: A full bench of the Jharkhand high court on Friday issued a criminal contempt notice to advocate Mahesh Tewari for a verbal spat between the advocate and Justice Rajesh Kumar on October 16.The full bench comprising Chief Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad, Rongon Mukhopadhyay, Ananda Sen and Rajesh Shankar held court in Court No. 1 and initiated the proceedings against advocate Mahesh Tewari.The Chief Justice queried the counsel about his actions before the co ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Friday asked the government and the State Election Commission (SEC) when will be the rural local body elections would be conducted, and gave them two weeks to reply with regard to the revised poll schedule. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G.M. Mohiuddin was hearing a petition filed by Renka Surender, advocate from Mancherial district, who challenged the SEC's notification dated October 9, which put the local body e ...Read More >
Chennai: The Election Commission of India on Friday informed the Madras High Court that top actor Vijay's TVK is not a recognised political party.Niranjan Rajagopal, counsel for EC made the submission before the First bench comprising Chief Justice M M Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan, when a Public Interest Litigation filed by C Selvakumar, which among other reliefs sought to derecognize Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), came up for hearing.TVK's derecognition was sought in the wake of the ...Read More >
Bilaspur, The Chhattisgarh High Court has said anti-Naxal operations, being part of regular counter-insurgency measures undertaken by state or Central security forces, cannot be subjected to investigation by a Special Investigation Team unless exceptional circumstances warrant such intervention. The HC made the observation while dismissing a petition seeking an SIT probe into the killing of outlawed Communist Party of India Central Committee member K Ramachandra Reddy in an anti-Naxal operation ...Read More >
Shilpa Shetty has withdrawn her application to travel abroad, citing non-materialization of plans, with her lawyer stating a fresh application will be filed if future travel is desired. The actress and her husband Raj Kundra are involved in a Rs 60-crore cheating case. Actor Shilpa Shetty, embroiled in a Rs 60-crore cheating case with her businessman husband Raj Kundra, on Thursday told the Bombay High Court she was withdrawing her application seeking permission to travel abroad as the plans di ...Read More >
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth Rs 71 crore in connection with a major scam linked to illegal construction in the Vasai-Virar belt, part of which, Rs 44 crore, belongs to IAS officer Anil Pawar, reported TOI. The investigation revolves around 41 unauthorised buildings, which the Bombay High Court had ordered demolished. Central to the case is Bharti Pawar, wife of Anil Pawar, who has been named by the ED for allegedly fronting a portion of the scam worth Rs 169.6 ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Actor Shilpa Shetty on Thursday withdrew her application before the Bombay High Court seeking permission to travel abroad, after the bench expressed its unwillingness to grant her relief. Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra have approached the court challenging Look Out Circulars (LOCs) issued against them by the Mumbai police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in connection with a ₹60.48-crore cheating case. Appearing before a division bench of chief justice Shree Chandrashekhar ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached the Supreme Court, challenging the Bombay High Court's order declaring the arrest of former Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) chief Anilkumar Pawar as illegal and ordering his immediate release from jail. ED sources said they have also requested the apex court to stay the high court order during pendency of their Special Leave Petition (SLP) and the plea has been posted for hearing on Friday. ED officials, however, refused to ...Read More >
Guwahati: The state cabinet on Thursday decided to request Gauhati high court chief justice to set up a fast-track court to expedite the trial in Zubeen Garg's death case even as the SIT has said it will file the chargesheet by Nov-end.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, in the post-cabinet briefing, said a Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) will be apoopointed in consultation with the Advocate General so that he can remain engaged in the case right from the filing of the chargesheet till the judgment is prono ...Read More >
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