FIVE HIGH COURT CHIEF JUSTICES APPOINTED; GOVT NOD AWAITED
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Collegium has on Thursday recommended five senior judges to be appointed as Chief Justices in Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Sikkim, and Patna High Courts. This key judicial leadership development seeks to reinforce the judicial framework and ensure continuity ahead of retirements. The Collegium decisions were officially released in a statement on […]
SC DECLINES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF PACKAGED DRINKING WATER
NEW DELHI: Observing that a significant section of India’s population, particularly in rural areas, still lacks access to basic drinking water, the Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a public interest petition seeking the adoption of international quality standards for packaged drinking water, terming the issue as one of “luxury litigation.” A Bench comprising […]
SC PULLS UP ELECTION COMMISSION ON SPECIAL INTENSIVE REVISION OF ELECTORAL ROLLS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 9) pulled up the Election Commission of India (ECI) for providing “mechanical and cyclostyled” responses to genuine voter grievances, raising serious questions about the procedural integrity of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant voiced the court’s exasperation at […]
SC PUSH FOR ENFORCEABLE ACTION ON DELHI’S AIR POLLUTION CRISIS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India has repeatedly emphasised that its earlier directions to combat the severe air pollution in Delhi-NCR must be implemented in a meaningful and enforceable manner, rather than remaining on paper. In hearings on the persistent air quality crisis, the court highlighted widespread non-compliance with anti-pollution measures, noting that poor […]
ENRAGED SC SLAPS RS 1 LAKH FINE ON NGO FOR EXEMPTING MINORITY SCHOOLS FROM RTE ACT
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a Rs 1 lakh cost on an NGO for filing a writ petition against an order of the constitution bench that excluded madrasas and other minority institutes from the ambit of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act. “You cannot do this to […]
DELHI RIOTS: SPEECH OF ONE CAN BE USED AGAINST OTHERS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on the bail petitions filed by six accused in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case — Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shadab Ahmed and Mohd. Saleem Khan — after the Delhi Police argued that speeches delivered by Sharjeel Imam could be relied […]
HOW INDIGO ALLOWED TO OVERCHARGE, DELHI HIGH COURT ASKS CENTRE
NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre over the IndiGo crisis which saw hundreds of flight cancellations, and questioned its failure to prevent airlines from increasing their fares to nearly Rs 40,000. “If there were a crisis, how could other airlines be permitted to take advantage? How can it go to […]
MEHUL CHOKSI’S APPEAL AGAINST EXTRADITION REJECTED BY BELGIUM SUPREME COURT
NEW DELHI: Belgium’s supreme court — the Court of Cassation — on Tuesday rejected the appeal of fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi challenging the extradition request of India in connection with the Rs 13000-crore alleged bank fraud in Punjab National Bank, authorities said. Choksi, who escaped to Antigua and Barbuda in January 2018, days before […]
SC WARNS OF ‘ANARCHY’ IF SIR VIOLATIONS CONTINUE
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a sharp warning to the Election Commission of India (ECI) over alarming reports of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) being threatened and obstructed during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal and several other states. Taking a stern view of the complaints, a […]
SC REFUSES TO EXTEND DEC 6 DEADLINE FOR WAQF PROPERTY DETAILS; SAYS TRIBUNALS ARE THE REMEDY
In a significant boost to the Centre’s efforts to streamline the management of Waqf assets across the country, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to extend the December 6 deadline for updating details of registered Waqf properties on the Umeed portal. A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Augustine George Masih dismissed petitions that […]
