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'Entire Himachal Pradesh May Vanish; Revenue Earning Can't Be At Cost Of Environment' : Supreme Court Raises Alarm
Raising concerns about the ecological imbalance in the State of Himachal Pradesh, the Supreme Court warned that if unregulated development continues, "the entire State may vanish in thin air from the map of the country.” The Supreme Court, while noting that proper monitoring is required to check the diversion of green tax funds for unrelated purposes, observed that generating revenue at...
Breaking: Bengaluru Court Convicts Former MP Prajwal Revanna In Rape Case
A Special Court in Bengaluru today convicted Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former MP Prajwal Revanna in the first rape case registered against him at the Holenarasipura Rural Police Station of Hassan District.Additional City Civil And Session Judge Santhosh Gajanan Bhat had on April 3, framed charges against Revanna under Sections 376(2)(k) (rape by a person in a position of...
Supreme Court Grants Last Chance To Union To Frame Guidelines For Safe & Accessible Footpaths
Pursuant to the May 14 order, the Supreme Court has granted "one last chance" to the Union Government and the State Government to frame rules for protecting the rights of pedestrians, including making footpaths accessible to people with disabilities. In May, a bench comprising Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan had held that the right to use footpaths and footways is an essential...
Supreme Court Affirms Delhi HC Rule Barring Retired Judges Of Other States From Applying For Senior Advocate Designation
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 1) rejected a petition challenging a rule of the Delhi High Court which prohibits retired judges of other States from applying for senior advocate designation in Delhi.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by Vijai Pratap Singh challenging the Delhi High Court's judgment,...
'Let's Close This, Why Be Touchy?' : Supreme Court On BJP Leader's Defamation Case Against Shashi Tharoor's 'Scorpion' Remark About PM Modi
The Supreme Court today(August 1) orally remarked that proceedings in the criminal defamation complaint against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over a "scorpion sitting on a Shivling" remark made about Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018 need to be closed. A bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice NK Singh was hearing the matter. The advocate for Tharoor asked for adjournment, whereas...
'Whenever New Court Is Set Up, Lawyers Oppose; Courts Aren't Just For Lawyers, But For Litigants' : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday, while rejecting a plea challenging the shifting of a Court in Andhra Pradesh, orally commented about the tendency of lawyers to oppose the establishment of new courts.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing a petition challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court's judgment which rejected a petition filed by...
Advocate Withdraws PIL In Supreme Court To Bring Political Parties Under POSH Act; Seeks To Challenge Kerala HC Judgment
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 1) allowed the withdrawal of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition filed by an advocate seeking to apply the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 ("POSH Act") to political parties.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran also allowed the petitioner,...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 31, 2025
Links of the Supreme Court reports published today :Excluding Outside State Experience To Consider Retirement Age Extension Arbitrary : Supreme Court Grants Relief To Bengal ProfessorSupreme Court Directs Telangana Speaker To Decide On Disqualification Of BRS MLAs Who Defected To INC Within 3 MonthsSupreme Court Bars Entry Of Law Interns On Mondays, Tuesdays & Fridays After SCBA...
Supreme Court Seeks Bar Council Of India's Response On Plea Challenging Rule Allowing Extension Of State Bar Councils' Tenure
The Supreme Court on July 30 asked the Bar Council of India and the State Bar Councils to file an affidavit within 3 weeks in a writ petition seeking to quash Rule 32 of the Bar Council of India Certificate and Place of Practice (Verification) Rules, 2015, which empowers Bar Council of India ("BCI") to extend the term of State Bar Council members beyond the statutory limits prescribed under...
Supreme Court To First Hear ED's Objections To Maintainability Of Review Petitions Against Judgment Upholding PMLA Provisions
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 3) observed that it will first hear the issue of maintainability of the review petitions filed against the Vijay Madanlal Choudhary judgement, which upheld various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), before going into other issues raised by the petitioners.Clarifying the above, a bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N...