SG Tushar Mehta says before CJI bench that Advocate Prashant Bhushan has 'monopolized' public spirit (as Bhushan appears in lots of PILs)
J Bagchi: Mr Bhushan is the original public-spirited person
SG: He is a perennial public-spirited person
J Bagchi: Mr Bhushan, ld. SG is saying that CCI may give you a notice on 'public spirited'
SG: He has monopolized public spirit and is in dominant position!
Bhushan: That can well happen in this regime!
The exchange took place in the DGP Appointments case, where locus of the petitioners is also sought to be assailed.
Supreme Court turns off the audio while the hearing on Noida DM Medha's matter challenging Allahabad HC's direction to pay Rs. 5 lac from salary to the student illegally detained in Noida protest matter going on.
3Language Policy: Supreme Court to shortly hear pleas challenging decision of the #CBSE to make a 3rd language compulsory for Class 9 students from 2026-27 academic year
Bench: CJI Surya Kant, J Joymalya Bagchi and J V Mohana.
BREAKING| Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Case Over Patna HC Verdict That Bid To Remove Salwar & Pressing Chest Isn't Rape Attempt
#SupremeCourt seeks data from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India on insurance policies issued by insurance companies to insure the life of persons suffering from Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Asperger's Syndrome.
#SupremeCourt to hear UGC plea challenging the appointment of Priya Varghese as Associate Professor at Kannur University, on the grounds that the period spent pursuing a PhD should be counted as teaching experience. Priya Varghese is the wife of K.K. Ragesh, private secretary to former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Kerala Public Service Commission has moved the High Court challenging the FIR registered against it, staff as well as the State's grant of prosecution sanction in relation to irregularities in the evaluation of exam conducted.
#SupremeCourt issues notice on a PIL filed against rules, practices, interpretations or applications of #MuslimPersonalLaw governing intestate succession which accord differential rights to males and females only on the ground of sex
The petitioner seeks a declaration that Muslim women are entitled to equality in matters of inheritance and succession, including in ancestral property
Bench: CJI Surya Kant, J Joymalya Bagchi and J V Mohana.
Indian Secular Front has approached the Calcutta High Court challenging the ECIs decision to allot the ‘Envelope’ symbol being used by it, to Ritabrata Banerjee-led faction of the TMC.
EC: They are an unrecognised party, they cannot hold a symbol. It was given temporarily and used twice, then it was re alloted.
#SupremeCourt REJECTS a PIL seeking removal/blocking of social media posts which have a tendency to incite communal disharmony or undermine judicial independence
The petitioner claimed that security threats caused by unruly mobs under the banner of #CockroachJantaParty, coupled with circulation of fake messages on social media, resulted in the national capital and capitals of various states being held hostage
Bench: CJI Surya Kant, J Joymalya Bagchi and J V Mohana
"Don't give so much importance to these people", CJI said. "You pursue with authorities, whomsoever you want to" he further conveyed to the petitioner.