Senior Advocate Vikas Singh Elected As SCBA President

Senior Advocate Vikas Singh has won the elections for the post of President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) 2025-26. This is the fourth time he is getting elected as the SCBA head.Singh defeated the other contenders Senior Advocates Pradeep Rai and Adish Agarwala. Singh had also won the elections in 2022-2023, 2017-2018, 2021-2022.Last year, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal won as...

Minimum Practice Condition For Judicial Service : What High Courts & States Told Supreme Court

While the Supreme Court in a significant judgment today (May 20) restored the minimum three years practice as an advocate to apply for the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division), it should be noted that not all High Courts and States were on the same pedestal on this issue. While most States and High Courts supported the restoration of this condition, there was a lack of unanimity regarding...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Validity Of S. 50 & 63 Of PMLA On ED's Summoning Powers

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional validity of S.50 and S.63 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). The plea states that the impugned provisions are violative of Articles 14, 20,21 and 300A of the Constitution. Last week, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih issued notice to the Union on...

Banke Bihari Temple Devotee Approaches Supreme Court To Modify Order Allowing UP Govt's Redevelopment Scheme

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court to modify its earlier decision where it permitted the Uttar Pradesh Government to use funds from the Shri Banke Bihari Temple (Vrindavan) for acquiring 5 acres of land around the temple for corridor development, on the condition that the acquired land shall be registered in the name of the deity.Sr Advocate Amit Anand Tiwari, counsel for the...

'Kathmullapan' Remark | Lucknow Court Upholds Dismissal Of Defamation Complaint Against CM Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow District Judge Babita Rani last week upheld a Magistrate Court's order dismissing a defamation complaint filed against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his 'Kathmullapan' remark while addressing the Legislative Council in February this year. A video of the remark was shared on his official 'X' (formerly Twitter) account.The complaint filed by former IPS officer and presently...

Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam | 'No Possibility Of Trial Commencing In Near Future' : Supreme Court Grants Bail To PMLA Accused

The Supreme Court on Monday(May 19) granted bail to Anwar Dhebar, businessman and brother of former Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, accused in a money laundering case arising out of the alleged Rs. 2,000 crore Chhattisgarh liquor scam.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that the maximum sentence prescribed for the offence is seven years and that there is no possibility...

Supreme Court Calls On P&H Bar Council Chairman To Submit Proposal On Nomination Of Ex-HC Judge To Conduct Haryana Bar Elections

The Supreme Court today called on the Chairman of Punjab and Haryana Bar Council to submit within 2 days a proposal regarding nomination of a former High Court judge to conduct Bar elections in Haryana.The ex-judge so nominated should preferably be well-conversant with the functioning of the Bar Associations/Bar Council, the Court said.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh...

Order Staying Release Of In-Service Indian Women Army Officers Applicable To Officers Whose Cases Are Pending Before SC/HC/AFT: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court yesterday clarified its interim order staying release of in-service women officers of the Indian Army, saying that it would cover all such officers whose cases are pending before the Supreme Court, High Courts or the Armed Forces Tribunals.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order pursuant to the mentioning of an application by Additional...

Don't Blow Trivial Issue Out Of Proportion; Concerned Persons Have Expressed Regret: CJI Gavai On Maharashtra Protocol Violation

Chief Justice of India, Justice BR Gavai, has requested that the issue regarding protocol violation during his visit to the State of Maharashtra be given a quietus, as all concerned have already expressed regrets.CJI Gavai urged that the trivial issue not be blown out of proportion. The press note issued today states : "News items are being published in the media regarding protocol issues...

Op Sindoor Post : Haryana Court Sends Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad To Judicial Custody

Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was arrested by the Haryana Police last week over a Facebook post on 'Operation Sindoor', has been sent to judicial custody by a local court in Sonepat, Haryana.The Court rejected State Police's request for his 7-day custody. On May 18, the Magistrate had remanded the Professor to police custody for two days. Mahmudabad has already moved...

'Need To Show Strong Case For Interim Order' : Supreme Court Hears Petitioners' Arguments To Stay Waqf Amendment Act 2025

The Supreme Court today (May 20) heard for over three hours the petitions challenging the Waqf(Amendment) Act 2025 on the question of passing interim orders.During the hearing, the bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih orally observed that for a stay of the statute, a strong case has to be shown."There is a presumption of constitutionality in favour of...

Unfortunate That Accused In Such Cases Have To Approach Supreme Court: SC Grants Bail To 65-Year-Old Visually Disabled Accused

The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to a 65-year-old cheating and forgery accused who suffers from 50 percent visual disability and has been in custody for 7 months.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that it is unfortunate that accused persons in such cases are compelled to approach the Supreme Court to seek bail.The Court observed, “The offences are...