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CJI BR Gavai Recuperating in Hospital, To Resume Duties Shortly
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai was hospitalised in Delhi after he contracted a severe infection during his recent visit to Telangana.He is responding well to treatment and is expected to resume official duties in a day or two, official sources informed. The CJI did not hold Court...
Supreme Court Dismisses SP Leader Azam Khan's Plea To Transfer Trial From UP Over Allegation Of Tampering Court Records
The Supreme Court today (July 14) dismissed a transfer petition filed by Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan seeking the transfer of the trial in the 2007 hate speech case pending before Uttar Pradesh to Delhi on the grounds that the evidence had been tampered.Khan's plea was that the file of the alleged hate speech was submitted as a video clip in the records, but it was tampered with...
Supreme Court To Hear Shiv Sena Election Symbol Dispute In August
The Supreme Court will be hearing in August Uddhav Thackeray's plea challenging Election Commission of India's decision to allot the official name and symbol ('bow and arrow') of Shiv Sena to Eknath Shinde group.The case was listed today before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, pursuant to an application filed by Uddhav Thackeray seeking interim reliefs ahead of...
Cartoonist Agrees To Delete Objectionable Post On Prime Minister After Supreme Court's Rebuke
The Supreme Court on Monday (July 14) orally rebuked an Indore-based cartoonist who has been booked over objectionable comments and a cartoon on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS, saying that his conduct was inflammatory and immature.A bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Aravind Kumar was hearing a special leave petition filed by cartoonist Hemant Malviya challenging a...
'Nothing Much Govt Can Do' : Centre Tells Supreme Court On Plea To Halt Nimisha Priya's Execution In Yemen
"There's a point till which Government of India can go. We have reached that point", Attorney General for India R Venkataramani told the Supreme Court today in a plea seeking to stall Keralite nurse Nimisha Priya's execution in Yemen, which is scheduled to take place on July 16.The matter was before a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta.On behalf of the petitioner, an...
'High Courts Can Suo Motu Confer Senior Designation' : Supreme Court Upholds Orissa HC's Sr Advocate Designations
The Supreme Court today(July 14) set aside the decision of the Orissa High Court, which struck down Rule 6(9) of the High Court of Orissa (Designation of Senior Advocate) Rules, 2019. Rule 6(9) gave suo moto powers to the full court of the High Court to designate an advocate as 'Senior Advocate'. The Court relied upon its recent decision in Jitender @ Kalla v. State (Govt.) of NCT of Delhi...
Makers Of 'Udaipur Files' Movie Approach Supreme Court Against Delhi HC's Stay Order On Release
The producer of the movie 'Udaipur Files : Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder' has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court's order of July 10 which stayed its release. After the petition was mentioned today by Senior Advocate Gaurav Bhatia for urgent listing, a bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi agreed to list the matter in a day or two.To recap,...
Secretly Recorded Telephonic Conversation Of Spouse Admissible Evidence In Matrimonial Cases : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (July 14) set aside the Punjab & Haryana High Court's judgment that held that recording a wife's telephonic conversation without her knowledge amounts to a "clear breach" of her fundamental right of privacy and cannot be admitted in evidence before a Family Court.A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma thus held that a secretly...
Future Of Arbitration Is Not Just International; It Is Also Indian : Justice Surya Kant
At a roundtable in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 10 July 2025, Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant said that India is emerging as a serious contender in the global arbitration space, and asserted, “The future of arbitration is not just international — it is also Indian.”Justice Kant was delivering the keynote address at the event titled “Reimagining International Arbitration:...
Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave Decides To Quit Legal Profession; Says “Leaving With Sense Of Pride”
Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave decided to quit legal profession.He announced this decision on turning the age of 70 years. He said that he will use his time to help the society and to pursue his passions such as reading and travelling. He also expressed his desire to spend more time with his family.Bidding good bye to his friends both in the bar and on the bench, Dave said that he was leaving...