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Bill To Increase Number Of Supreme Court Judges Introduced In Lok Sabha
A Bill to increase the strength of Supreme Court judges was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday (July 20) in the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Parliament. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, a bill to further amend the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956. It seeks to replace an ordinance which increased the number...
"Even If Building Is Demolished Today, I Won't Allow Listing": CJI Surya Kant Deprecates Practice Of Directly Approaching Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to urgently list a plea seeking protection against the demolition of a property, with Chief Justice of India Surya Kant refusing to entertain the matter directly and reiterating that litigants should first approach the jurisdictional High Court.Seeking a same-day listing, the petitioner's counsel submitted that the authorities were proceeding with...
LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts: 20/07/2026
LiveLaw is introducing a new feature —'Breaking News Alerts' — designed to keep our readers instantly updated on the most important judicial developments. With real-time coverage of urgent pronouncements and orders from the Supreme Court and High Courts, this feature ensures that critical updates reach you the moment they happen. Whether it's a landmark ruling or an urgent interim...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Elections In Maharashtra Local Bodies Treating Reservation Above 50% As Open Seats
The Supreme Court recently issued notice to the State of Maharashtra and the Maharashtra State Election Commission on a petition seeking directions for immediate conduct of local body polls in Maharashtra, which have not been held despite a lapse of 506 days since the expiry of the respective local bodies' tenures.The petition seeks directions to immediately conduct elections to the...
Wife's Plea Against Sonam Wangchuk's Admission In Govt Hospital : Live Updates From Delhi High Court Sunday Hearing
The Delhi High Court will hold a special Sunday sitting today 2.30 PM to hear a petition filed by Dr. Gitanjali Angmo, the wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk, challenging the Delhi Police action of shifting him to Safdarjung Government Hospital from the Jantar Mantar protest site where he had been holding a hunger strike for over 20 days.Expressing a lack of trust in Safdarjung Hospital, Angmo...
Haryana State Legal Services Authority Conducts Statewide Special Lok Adalat For Cases Under Negotiable Instruments Act
A Special Lok Adalat for cases under the Negotiable Instruments Act was successfully organized across the State of Haryana on 18th July, 2026 under the leadership of Justice Deepak Sibal, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman, Haryana State Legal Services Authority (HALSA). The Special Lok Adalat was conducted simultaneously in all 22 Districts and 38 Sub-Divisions...
'Worried About What's Being Done To Him': Sonam Wangchuk's Wife Writes To Delhi HC Chief For Urgent Hearing Today
Following the removal of activist Sonam Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar to Safdarjung Hospital by Delhi police, his wife Gitanjali Angmo has written a letter to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court seeking immediate release of her husband from the hospital.In the alternative, she seeks an urgent hearing of her petition seeking similar relief today itself.Angmo alleges that Wangchuk was...
Supreme Court Stays Demolitions Of Petitioners' Structures Near Rajasthan Indo-Pak Border For 2 Weeks, Asks Them To Move HC
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 17) halted the demolitions of structures belonging to the petitioners near the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan for two weeks, while asking the affected parties to approach the division bench of the Rajasthan High Court for relief.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe refused to entertain the writ petition filed by eight...
Supreme Court's 'Delhi Metro' Judgment Caused Extensive Damage To Arbitration In India: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
The Supreme Court's 2024 Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. v. Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt. Ltd. judgment has caused "the most extensive damage to arbitration in India" and undermined the country's efforts to emerge as a global arbitration hub, Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said on Saturday, expressing grave concern over increasing judicial interference in arbitral...
Sonam Wangchuk Protest : Law On Hunger Strikes & Judicial Approach
On the 20th day of the hunger strike over exam paper leaks, Ladakhi activist Sonam Wangchuk was forcefully shifted by the Delhi Police from the Jantar Mantar protest site to a hospital. The Police fell back on a Delhi High Court order, which directed the authorities to monitor Wangchuk's health and adopt necessary medical interventions clinically, to justify its action. India is not new...