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Supreme Court Stays Demolition Of Temple Built By Madurai Residents Welfare Association
The Supreme Court today(June 20) stayed the demolition of a temple constructed by some of the apartment residents of Visthara Residency, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.The temple was alleged to have been illegally built without permission on the plot earmarked as Open Space Reservation (OSR) land of the apartment complex. A bench comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Manmohan passed the interim...
'Dangerous Precedent': SCAORA Deplores ED Summons To Sr Adv Pratap Venugopal; Urges CJI To Take Suo Motu Cognizance
The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association has written to the Chief Justice of India seeking suo motu cognizance of Enforcement Directorate's issuance of summons to Senior Advocate Pratap Venugopal over legal advice tendered to a client.To recap, on June 18, ED issued summons to Venugopal over legal advice given by him to M/s Care Health Insurance on the ESOP (employee stock...
Justice Yashwant Varma's Conduct After Fire Incident Unnatural, Says Inquiry Panel Rejecting Conspiracy Theories
The 3-judge in-house inquiry committee, which indicted Justice Yashwant Varma for keeping unaccounted cash in the storeroom annexed to his official bungalow, termed his conduct after the fire incident on March 14 - which led to the discovery of the currency notes - unnatural, leading to certain adverse inferences against him.The full report of the in-house committee, which came into the...
After Arvind Datar, ED Issues Summons To Another Senior Advocate Over Legal Advice To Client
After Arvind Datar, the Directorate of Enforcement recently issued summons to another Senior Advocate over legal advice given to M/s Care Health Insurance on the ESOP (employee stock ownership) issued to former Religare Enterprises chairperson Rashmi Saluja. The summons was issued to Senior Advocate Pratap Venugopal on June 18, requiring him to furnish inter-alia all records pertaining...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking E-Passes For Lord Murugan Conference At Madurai; Allows To Approach HC
The Supreme Court today (June 19) declined to entertain a petition challenging the condition imposed by the Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, requiring vehicle passes to be obtained 24 hours in advance from the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) for the upcoming Lord Murugan Conference (Muruga Bakthargal Aanmeega Maanadu) scheduled on June 22, 2025, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.The...
Supreme Court Sets Aside Madras HC Order For Arrest Of TN ADGP In Abduction Case; Transfers Investigation To CB-CID
The Supreme Court today(June 19) set aside the Madras High Court's order, which directed the arrest of Tamil Nadu Additional Director General of Police HM Jayaram in relation to an abduction case.The Court also transferred the investigation of the case to the CB-CID of the State Police. Senior Advocate Siddharth Dave, for the State, did not object to the investigation by CB-CID. He also...
Constitution Not Just A Governance Document, A Revolutionary Statement; Tool For Social Change: CJI BR Gavai
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai said that the Constitution is not just a political document for governance, but was a "revolutionary statement", giving a ray of hope to a country coming out of long years of colonial rule, suffering from poverty, inequality, and social divisions.Speaking at the Milan Court of Appeal, Italy, on the topic "Role of Constitution in Delivering Socio-Economic Justice...
No Rehearing In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case As Judge Brought Back After Judicial Transfer
Arguments on charge in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case will not be heard afresh as the judge hearing the case was brought back to the Court— after his transfer was notified a month ago. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai extensively heard arguments on charge in the case which began in September last year. However, following judicial transfers in the Delhi Higher Judiciary, he...
'Prima Facie Appears State Is Trying To Reintroduce Same Classes Of OBC Reservations Which Were Struck Down': Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court while putting a stay on the notification by which the state government had ordered the preparation of a new list for Other Backward Caste (OBC) classes in the state, has held that it prima facie appeared that the state was trying to reintroduce the same OBC classes and percentage of reservations which had been struck down by a division bench of the court, and upheld by...
False Gangrape Case: UP Court Awards 7.5 Yr Jail Term To Woman, Describes Accused As 'Most Lucky Survivors'
A court in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow earlier this week sentenced a woman to 7.5 years imprisonment for lodging an FIR falsely accusing two men of committing gang-rape against her and for other offences under the SC/ST Act. The Court has also imposed a fine of ₹2.1 lakh on her. The 24-year-old woman (Rekha Devi) has been convicted under Sections 182 and 211 IPC, after the Court found...
Calcutta High Court Directs Central Govt To Prospectively Implement MGNREGA Scheme In Bengal After 3 Yr Hiatus
The Calcutta High Court has directed the prospective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in the state of West Bengal, from 1st August 2025, after an almost three-year hiatus over allegations of embezzlement.A division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) was hearing a continuing matter on...