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Leh, Mar 30 (PTI) Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant has emphasised the need to strengthen the paralegal workforce by encouraging the inclusion of trained volunteers within Army units, particularly ex-servicemen willing to contribute to legal aid services. Justice Kant asserted that justice must reach every soldier, reiterating that access to justice under Article 39A of the Constitution is a fundamental right. The CJI was interacting with the officers and soldiers of Leh-based Fire and ...Read More >
Nellore, Mar 30 (UNI) Giving top priority to shelter for homeless people and with a 'Housing First' approach, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday launched housewarming ceremonies for 2,50,893 houses across the state by personally participating in the events at Naidupeta in Sullurpet constituency of Tirupati district. The houses built under TIDCO and PMAY schemes were handed over simultaneously at more than 30 locations. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister announced that an ad ...Read More >
New Delhi: A standing committee at IIT-Gandhinagar will review Michel Danino's role as guest professor after the Supreme Court directed governments and public institutions to dissociate from him following a controversy about a chapter on judicial corruption in a now-withdrawn NCERT textbook, officials said. Danino, a Padma awardee, was the chairperson of the curricular area group that develops social science textbooks for NCERT. Two others who were part of the drafting committee -- Suparna Diwa ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday told a petitioner to respect those who died in the line of duty while declining to entertain a plea concerning a war memorial in Dehradun. The matter was heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi. The apex court was hearing a plea challenging a January order of the Uttarakhand High Court. The high court had dismissed the plea, which alleged that the land, over which the war memorial 'Sainya Dha ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Amazon India on Monday announced 'Zero Referral fee' on more than 12.5 crore products, a move, the ecommerce giant said, aims to accelerate growth for lakhs of sellers across the country. Building on last year's fee revision, the company has expanded zero referral fees coverage more than 10-times from 1.2 crore products in 2025 to over 12.5 crore products priced under Rs 1,000 across 1,800-plus categories, the company said in a release. In addition, Amazon has reduced Ea ...Read More >
Lucknow: With the effective implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a leading state in solar energy expansion. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, rooftop solar has been transformed into a mass movement, and the state has made remarkable progress toward energy self-reliance. According to the national portal, the state has received 11,64,038 applications so far, out of which 3,93,293 rooftop solar installations have been ...Read More >
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that the dispute over the land has traversed different courts and observed that the stalemate over encroached railway land cannot be allowed to continue endlessly. It directed the Centre and the state authorities to ascertain the eligibility of families residing in the area for Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana . The top court directed the Nainital collector, Haldwani sub-division officer and other officials including members of t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 24 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that residents facing eviction from railway land in Haldwani cannot insist on being rehabilitated at the same site, observing that the land belongs to the Railways and encroachers cannot dictate how it should be used. A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi noted that development project requires vacant land on both the sides and that those occupying railway property cannot decide where ...Read More >
New Delhi, February 16: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain petitions seeking action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his alleged remarks targeting Muslims and a now-deleted controversial video purportedly showing him targeting members of a particular community. Asking the petitioners to approach the Gauhati High Court, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant observed that the issues raised could be "effectively adjudicated" by the jurisdictio ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 16 (PTI) The Left government in Kerala on Monday said the Sabarimala women entry issue is a matter involving several constitutional complications, and so an appropriate stand would be taken through discussions. Clarifying the government's stand, state Law Minister P Rajeev said it was not a matter to be reduced to a "yes or no" answer and even the Supreme Court made it clear that it would take the review petitions only after addressing seven constitutional questions. "T ...Read More >
Delhi Air Pollution: On the issue of air quality, the apex court orally remarked that steps taken so far by authorities to control pollution in Delhi-NCR have been a "total failure." Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up authorities over persistent civic and environmental challenges in the Delhi-NCR region, flagging both traffic congestion at toll plazas and rising air pollution as areas of serious concern. In a significant observation on traffic snarls, the apex court issued a notice to the Na ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Wednesday welcomed seven judges who were appointed to the Supreme Court in 2025 and said the collective work and wisdom of judges speaking in one voice will strengthen their commitment to constitutional principles. The CJI said when he speaks with these judges, he finds their in-depth knowledge of law, constitutional principles and commitment to the institution and the cause of the common man. "I normally think that the court i ...Read More >
President Droupadi Murmu is set for a seven-day visit to Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana from December 16 to 22. Her schedule includes inaugurating Jayanthi celebrations, visiting the Golden Temple in Vellore, and a winter sojourn.President Droupadi Murmu will visit Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana from December 16 to 22, according to the President's Secretariat.President's Southern Sojourn On December 16, the President will inaugurate the 1066th Jayanthi celebrations of Adi Jagadguru S ...Read More >
Gujarat Kidney IPO: Gujarat Kidney and Super Speciality, a multispeciality healthcare services provider, is set to launch its initial public offering (IPO) for public subscription on Monday, December 22, 2025. The company aims to raise ₹250.8 crore through a fresh 22 million equity shares. There is no offer for sale (OFS) component. The company has reserved not less than 75 per cent of the net offer for qualified institutional buyers (QIBs), not more than 10 per cent for retail investors, and n ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday stressed the need to set up exclusive courts to expedite trials in cases filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). "The concept we have in mind is that these special courts should act as an emergency ward in a hospital," Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, heading a division bench, orally remarked. Trials in cases filed under the UAPA and those being pursued by the NIA need to be expedited witho ...Read More >
New Delhi: Taking note of an increasingly familiar pattern of gangsters moving across jurisdictions in Delhi and its surroundings, Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to consider enacting a legislation empowering a single agency to pursue organised crime syndicate members in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) states unhindered and produce them before a special court in Delhi, Noida, Faridabad or Gurgaon."Why not a law to cater to the entire National Capital Region? Create exclusive sp ...Read More >
A Trinamool Congress councillor on Tuesday (December 16, 2025) walked into a crematorium near Kolkata and demanded that his last rites be performed, claiming that the Election Commission of India (ECI) listed him among the "dead" in the draft electoral rolls. A booth-wise list of the deceased and migrated voters was released ahead of West Bengal's draft electoral rolls earlier in the day. Surya Dey, the Trinamool councillor of Dankuni Municipality's Ward 18, said that while checking the lists ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday orally observed that the NIA courts should be something like an emergency ward in a hospital, and, if there is a NIA trial then all other matters can be taken away from that court, which would allow it to completely focus on the NIA matter. The central government informed the apex court that to ensure speedy trial, it has decided to set up a dedicated NIA court in each state and union territory and more than one court at places where there are over 10 cas ...Read More >
Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited launched the 'Solar Ambassador' initiative to promote rooftop solar adoption under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. Trained officials will help households understand solar benefits, accelerating India's shift to clean energy. The program aims to generate one crore solar-powered homes nationwide. In a strategic move to boost the adoption of rooftop solar power systems across households, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited unveiled the community-oriente ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana has delivered zero electricity bills to over 7.7 lakh households in the country out of the total 24.35 lakh households benefited under the scheme, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. The Centre launched PM Surya Ghar in February 2024 with an aim to achieve rooftop solar (RTS) installations in one crore households in the residential sector by FY 2026-27 with an outlay of Rs 75,021 crore. "As on December 9, 2025, a total of 19,45,758 R ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa High Court Bar Association on Sunday felicitated senior advocate of the court Darpa Hari Dhal in the presence of Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant, in honour of his illustrious service to the legal community for over 50 years. Justice Kant, who addressed a symposium organised by the Orissa High Court Bar Association at Saheed Bhawan in Cuttack, felicitated Dhal with a citation and a shawl. A resident of Cuttack (Jhola Sahi), 83-year-old Dhal had joined the legal ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: APGENCO Managing Director (MD) S Nagalakshmi on Monday called for collective participation in energy conservation to achieve the Swarna Andhra at 2047 vision. Addressing a gathering during National Energy Conservation Week-2025 celebrations, S Nagalakshmi said individuals, industries, hospitals and educational institutions must make energy conservation part of daily life. "Everyone must become a producer-consumer in line with the Chief Minister's vision," she said, adding that achi ...Read More >
New Delhi: More than a decade after declaring sleep as part of right to life, Supreme Court on Monday agreed to adjudicate whether the new schedule extending 'darshan' time for devotees at Banke Bihari temple at Vrindavan disturbed the traditional sleep and rest periods of the main deity.Appearing for the Banke Bihariji Temple Management Committee, senior advocate Shyam Divan complained to a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi that the SC-appointed ...Read More >
Earlier, on November 26, the CJI had considered moving court hearings to a fully virtual mode after experiencing discomfort during an hour-long walk in Delhi's polluted air. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has urged members of the Bar and parties-in-person to use the hybrid mode of appearance via video-conferencing for matters listed before the Supreme Court, citing the city's worsening weather and air quality. A circular issued by the apex court administration on Sunday said, "In view of th ...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 >
The Supreme Court on Monday afternoon issued notice on a plea on change of darshan timings and other religious practices at the Banke Bihari Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Vrindavan. Hearing the plea filed by the Goswami community, from which historically the temple's priests are drawn, a bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant said, "After closing the temple at noon... they do not allow the deity to rest even for a minute...they exploit it the most at this time." The court then issued notice to stat ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its discontent over the practice of allowing people to do 'special pujas' in temples after paying money, disrupting the "resting time" of deity. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi sought a response from authorities on a plea against the changes in 'darshan' timings and temple practices at the famous Bankey Bihari Ji Temple at Vrindavan. The bench took note of the submissions of senior ad ...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 >
Sonipat: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Law & Justice, inaugurated the world's largest Moot Court, NYAYABHYASA MANDAPAM -- The Grand Moot Court, and dedicated it to the nation. The event also saw the inauguration of IMAANDAAR (International Mooting Academy for Advocacy, Negotiation, Dispute Adjudication, Arbitration and Resolution) in the presence of more than 200 international judges and jurists from India and the world. The Chief Justice of ...Read More >
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