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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 24 (ANI): West Bengal government on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to permit the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to deploy additional civil judges with three years of experience and, if required, seek assistance from the Chief Justices of Jharkhand and Odisha for verifying objections under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter rolls in the state. The directions were issued by a bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya ...Read More >
A top court bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi asked the petitioners to move the Gauhati High Court with their pleas, news agency PTI reported. The apex court asked why the petitioners hadn't moved the Gauhati HC, warning them not to undermine its authority. "Why haven't you gone to the Gauhati High Court? Don't undermine its authority... Will ask parties to use restraint and remain within the boundaries of constitutional morality, but this is b ...Read More >
Bhopal, Feb 16 (PTI) The Opposition on Monday created a ruckus in the MP legislative assembly over the Indore contaminated drinking water tragedy and objected to the "clean water" commitment mentioned in the state governor's customary address on the first day of the Budget session. Amid slogan shouting, the Speaker adjourned the proceedings for Tuesday after the listed business for the day ended. Earlier, when Governor Mangubhai Patel mentioned the state government's resolve to provide clean w ...Read More >
The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) released its provisional examination calendar for 2026 in a detailed notification on its official website mppsc.mp.gov.in. The State Civil Services Main Examination is pending and will be conducted following directions from the High Court. Other exams, such as the Assistant Professor (Computer Science) Examination, are scheduled for January. The MPPSC has also announced dates for various other exams, including the State Engineering Service E ...Read More >
Early findings revealed that the assault had been filmed, allegedly to later blackmail the survivor. Suni reportedly told her during the crime that he was acting "on contract." The survivor in the 2017 actress assault case on Sunday said the trial court verdict did not come as a surprise to her, noting that over the years she realised not every citizen in the country is treated equally before the law. In an emotional but strongly worded social media post, she alleged that her fundamental right ...Read More >
The administration of J&K Lieutenant Governor on Monday (December 15, 2025) terminated the services of 103 personnel of the Fire and Emergency Services Department over "compromised process" of recruitment. The decision was made after an inquiry committee of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), constituted to investigate the 2022 recruitment, found "large-scale tampering in Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheets, fabricated scanned images of answer sheets and illegal manipulation of merit list. The ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has directed a petitioner seeking intervention in IndiGo's flight cancellations to approach the Delhi High Court. The High Court is already hearing a similar case concerning the crisis. IndiGo has faced criticism for cancelling hundreds of flights, stranding thousands of passengers. The DGCA has formed an expert committee to address the issues. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking judicial intervention into the issue of cancellation of hundreds of fli ...Read More >
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that the cover could not be construed as promoting smoking or advertising tobacco products, and emphasised that neither the author nor the publisher intended to endorse smoking. The bench refused to interfere with the October 13 decision of the Kerala high court, which had rejected a similar challenge, and observed that the present litigation lacked substance. "There is a disclaimer in the book. The author [R ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking ban of acclaimed author Arundhati Roy's book, 'Mother Mary Comes to Me', alleging that the cover picture depicts the author smoking cigarette/beedi in violation of a central legislation. A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi reasoned that the use of the said picture in the book cover is in no way intended to promote smoking and that the Disclaimer in the back of the book clarifies that. "T ...Read More >
Kochi: The Kerala Waqf Samrakshana Vedhi has moved the Supreme Court of India, challenging the Kerala High Court's verdict upholding the state government's decision to form an inquiry commission to examine the rights of around 600 families facing eviction after a property at Munambam was declared a waqf. On October 10, a Division Bench of the High Court set aside a single judge's order, which earlier quashed the State government's decision to constitute an inquiry commission led by retired Just ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 27 (ANI): The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu government to frame a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) within 10 days for the conduct of political meetings and rallies in the state. The bench, comprising Chief Justice M M Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan, gave the directive while hearing a batch of petitions in the wake of a stampede in Karur district in which 41 people were killed and over 50 others were injured during a political ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 27 (ANI): The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu government to frame a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) within 10 days for the conduct of political meetings and rallies in the state. The bench, comprising Chief Justice M M Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan, gave the directive while hearing a batch of petitions in the wake of a stampede in Karur district in which 41 people were killed and over 50 others were injured during a political ...Read More >
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, Oct 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R. Gavai on Monday recommended the name of Justice Surya Kant as his successor to the Centre, paving the way for Justice Kant to become the 53rd Chief Justice of India. The recommendation comes in response to the Law Ministry seeking CJI Gavai's suggestion for his successor, as he is set to retire on November 23. Justice Surya Kant, currently the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court and next in line by seniority, will as ...Read More >
New Delhi, October 27: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R. Gavai on Monday recommended the name of Justice Surya Kant as his successor to the Centre, paving the way for Justice Kant to become the 53rd Chief Justice of India. The recommendation comes in response to the Law Ministry seeking CJI Gavai's suggestion for his successor, as he is set to retire on November 23. Justice Surya Kant, currently the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court and next in line by seniority, will assume office u ...Read More >
The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 24, 2025) held as "illegal and unenforceable" the ownership certificates given by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Wildlife for the ivory items in the possession of actor Mohanlal at his resident at Thevara, Kochi, in 2011. A Division Bench of Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Jobin Sebastian issued the order on a public interest litigations (PIL) filed by James Mathew, a former Forest officer, and Paulose A.A. of Ernakulam who c ...Read More >
The Kerala government on Friday told the High Court here that not permitting a Muslim girl to wear her headscarf (hijab) to school was an "invasion" of her privacy and dignity and a "denial of her right to secular education". The government said the right of the girl to wear a headscarf in her house and outside it, "does not stop at the school gate". The submissions were made in an affidavit filed in response to a plea moved by the church-run St Rita's Public School at Palluruthy here challeng ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has stated that provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (SC/ST Act) related to land dispossession cannot be invoked to prevent banks from exercising their lawful mortgage or recovery rights. Justice Sachin Datta made this observation while staying proceedings initiated by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) against Axis Bank, its managing director, and chief executive officer. The court noted that the bank ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: For the first time since the formation of the state, political parties cutting across ideologies, including the Congress, its alliance partners CPI and CPM, the opposition BRS and BJP, and several other organisations such as employees' unions, BC organisations, and student outfits like AIOBCA, participated in the 'Telangana Bandh' on Saturday, demanding 42% reservations for BCs. While the early hours saw the shutdown of various commercial establishments, normalcy began to return by t ...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 >
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 >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday has dismissed the Telangana government's plea challenging the Telangana High Court's interim order that stayed the State government's decision to increase Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in local body elections in the State to 42 per cent which took the overall reservations in the States' local bodies to 67 per cent. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, however, clarified that their decision to dismiss Tel ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana government's Special Leave Petition (SLP) challenging the Telangana High Court's interim stay on 42 per cent reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) in local body elections will come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Thursday. The state government moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday against the High Court's September 9 order suspending GO 9, which enhanced the BC quota in local bodies to 42 per cent. The SLP, filed by advocate Devina Sehgal on behalf of the state go ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 10 (ANI): In a scathing attack on the Kerala government amid the escalating Sabarimala gold plating controversy, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader V Muraleedharan on Friday accused the state administration of betraying the trust of devotees and demanded the immediate dismissal of the Devaswom Minister along with the dissolution of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB). Muraleedharan said that the Kerala High Court's intervention in the matter was a " ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A division bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G M Mohiuddin on Wednesday adjourned the hearing to 2.15 pm on Thursday on a batch of seven writ petitions challenging the state government's decision to enhance reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) to 42% in the ensuing local body elections. The petitions sought suspension of GO Ms No 9 issued by the BC Welfare department on September 26, 2025, increasing BC reservations from 23% ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday commenced hearings on the contentious issue of Backward Class (BC) reservation, marking the first time the matter has been argued in the state's apex court. Both sides presented their arguments before the bench as the debate over the implementation of the BC quota gained momentum. Advocate General Sudarshan Reddy represented the state government and outlined the steps taken to ensure a fair and comprehensive process. He told the court that the cab ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 8 The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of Tamil actor C. Joseph Vijay has approached the Supreme ... Chennai, Oct 8 The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of Tamil actor C. Joseph Vijay has approached the Supreme Court seeking an independent inquiry by a former apex court judge into the September 27 stampede at Tamil Nadu's Karur that left 41 people dead and several others injured. The party, through its Secretary Aadhav Arjuna, has filed a petition challenging the Madras High Court's O ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram [Kerala], October 2 (ANI): The Sabrimala gold-plating controversy has intensified, with investigators struggling to trace key records linked to the 30.3 kg of gold and 1,900 kg of copper donated by industrialist Vijay Mallya in 1998 for cladding the sanctum sanctorum and wooden carvings of the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala. Also Read | Mohan Bhagwat Says 'Pahalgam Attack Revealed India's True Friends' During Public Address on RSS 100th Anniversary (Watch Video). Devasw ...Read More >
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