With No Foreigners Tribunals In West Bengal, Supreme Court Allows Illegal Migrants To Approach Magistrate For Bail Condition

The Supreme Court on August 31 clarified a May 2025 order which directed the West Bengal government to identify and release on bail illegal foreign migrants languishing in the state prisons despite lapse of 3 years since completion of their post-conviction sentence.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana added the term 'jurisdictional trial court'...

Sexual Harassment Is Judiciary's Dirty Secret; Many Women Judges Face It : Indira Jaising

Senior Advocate Indira Jaising recently revealed that she has received many complaints from women judges about sexual harassment by their male colleagues."In the course of my experience, I have had to deal with women judges. I have represented a lot of women judges. These women judges have come to me with complaints about sexual harassment by male judges, which is why I did write in my book...

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Chief Justices At 4 High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Chief Justices at four High Courts. At the meeting held on August 31, the Collegium resolved to recommend Justice Sanjay K Agarwal, presently serving as a Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court, as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. The recommendation came amidst the controversy surrounding Rajasthan High Court Acting...

CJI Constitutes Committee to Address Advocates' Grievances With Registry After SCAORA Request

Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant has constituted a committee to examine issues faced by advocates in their day-to-day interaction with the Registry of the Supreme Court, following a request by the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA).The committee, headed by Supreme Court Secretary General Bharat Parashar, will consider concerns raised by members of the Bar relating...

Amid Lawyers' Protest, Rajasthan High Court Acting Chief Justice SP Sharma Goes On Leave

Rajasthan High Court Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma has gone on leave for three days amid protests by members of the Bar against his continuation as Acting Chief Justice.As per the updated roster for Jaipur bench, the Acting CJ will not be holding any sitting from September 1 to September 5.The development comes against the backdrop of protests by lawyers, who have been...

Muscat Authorities Examining Claims Of Ransom Calls To Family Of Indian Captain Missing After Hormuz Attack : Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Union government today told the Supreme Court that the Muscat authorities are examining the claims of ransom calls received by the family of merchant navy captain Ashish Kumar, who was feared dead after a drone/missile attack in the Strait of Hormuz. A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that DNA profiling of...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Appointment Of Justice PK Mishra's Son As Rajasthan Additional Advocate General

The Supreme Court today dismissed an SLP challenging the Rajasthan High Court judgment that upheld the appointment of advocate Padmesh Mishra as Additional Advocate General (AAG) of Rajasthan to argue cases for the State before the Supreme Court.Mishra is the son of Supreme Court Judge Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra.A bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Vipul Pancholi dismissed the...

Judicial Infrastructure Advisory Committee Constituted By CJI Submits Roadmap For Courts' Modernisation

The Judicial Infrastructure Advisory Committee constituted by Chief Justice of India has submitted its interim report outlining a roadmap for the modernisation of courts across the country.The committee, constituted on May 12, 2026, was tasked with examining the infrastructure requirements of the justice delivery system and recommending measures to improve court facilities and...

NCRDC Third Member Deciding Appeal Instead Of Answering Reference Not Necessarily Illegal : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has clarified the limits of a third or “referee” member's role when members of a National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) Bench differ, holding that although the normal course is for the referee member to answer only the questions referred and return the matter to the original Bench, an exceptional case may justify deciding the appeal itself.Where a...

Supreme Court Asks Union To Consider Curbs On Retail Sale Of Acid

The Supreme Court today asked the Union of India to consider formulating severe restraints on the retail sale of acid in India to curb the instances of acid attacks.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was dealing with an intervenor's application in the PIL filed by Shaheen Malik (assailing non-completion of trial in her case and raising issue of...

Unfortunate If CJI's Office Asked NLSIU Students To 'Re-Invite' Him For Convocation : NALSAR Students Bar Council

"It is particularly concerning, and deserves condemnation, that students were asked to issue a public letter of 're-invitation' to the CJI," the SBC said.

Central Agencies Dragged Feet In Investigating Company Linked To Abhishek Banerjee, Says Supreme Court

"The less said about your agencies' conduct, the better," Justice Bagchi told the Solicitor General.