Air Force School Not A 'State' Under Article 12; Teachers' Writ Petitions Against Dismissals Not Maintainable: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court dismissed appeals against Allahabad High Court judgments holding that the Air Force School in Bamrauli, Allahabad, is not a “State” or “authority” under Article 12 of the Constitution, and writ petitions against it by its employees are not maintainable under Article 226 of the Constitution.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanatullah(dissenting)...

Spying Case | Haryana Court Sends YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra To Judicial Custody

Haryana-based YouTuber and travel vlogger Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested on May 16 for allegedly spying for Pakistani intelligence agencies, has been sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Court in Haryana's Hisar District. Malhotra's police remand ended today. On May 22, her police custody was extended by four days. Since the police did not seek her further remand today, she was sent...

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of New Chief Justices In Five High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Judge of the MP High Court ( parent HC : Delhi High Court), as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.Justice Vibhu Bakhru, Delhi High Court Judge, has been recommended as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.Also, Justice Ashutosh Kumar of Patna High Court has been recommended as...

Delhi Court Accepts Police's Cancellation Report In POCSO Case Against Former WFI President Brij Bhushan Singh

A Delhi Court on Monday accepted Delhi Police's cancellation report in the POCSO case registered by a minor wrestler against former BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.The matter was before Additional Sessions Judge Gomati Manocha of Patiala House Courts. The case status of the matter reads “cancelled” and “case disposed.” The Delhi...

SC Collegium Recommends Justices NV Anjaria, Vijay Bishnoi & Atul S Chandurkar As Supreme Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium led by CJI BR Gavai has recommended the names of 3 High Court Judges to be elevated to Supreme Court.The Collegium has recommended the following names :1) Justice N V Anjaria, Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. Parent HC : Gujarat2) Justice Vijay Bishnoi, Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court. Parent HC : Rajasthan 3) Justice Atil S Chandurkar , Bombay High...

Supreme Court Rejects Vidarbha Hockey Association's Challenge To Revocation Of Hockey India Membership; Reiterates 'One-State-One-Unit' Principle

"Hockey is an Olympic sport and under the Indian Olympic Association regulations, there can be only one association from one state," said the Supreme Court today while refusing to entertain Vidarbha Hockey Association's plea for recognition as an associate-member of Hockey India and Indian Olympic Association.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta heard the matter and allowed...

Dr Subramanian Swamy Files PIL In Supreme Court Seeking Centre's Decision On National Monument Status For Ram Setu

Former Rajya Sabha MP Dr Subramanian Swamy has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Union government to timely decide his representation seeking National Monument status for Ram Setu bridge and a survey by the Geological Survey of India & the Archeological Survey of India in respect to Ram-Setu as an Ancient Monument of National Importance.Filed in public interest, Dr...

NEET PG 2025| Plea Against Double-Shift Exam Mentioned Again, Supreme Court Requested To List Before June 2

The NEET-PG 2025 candidates challenging the decision of the National Board of Examination (NBE) to conduct the exam in two shifts today (May 26) requested the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing of the matter. The counsel appearing for the petitioners mentioned before the bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih for listing the plea urgently, as the Exam Admit Cards would be issued on June...

District Judges' Retirement Age Can Be Enhanced To 61 Years : Supreme Court To Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Supreme Court today (May 26) clarified that there was no impediment in raising the retirement age of District Judges to 61 years and asked the Madhya Pradesh High Court to take an administrative decision on enhancing the retirement age within 3 months. The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih was hearing the petition by the Madhya Pradesh Judges Association seeking enhancement of...

Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Liquidation Of Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd To Allow JSW To File Review Petition

The Supreme Court today ordered status quo on the liquidation proceedings for Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd (BPSL) before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), after hearing a petition filed by JSW Steel, whose resolution plan for BPSL was rejected by the Supreme Court on May 2.A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Satish Sharma passed the order considering the fact that...

Supreme Court Rejects RTI Application For Copies Of In-House Inquiry Report & CJI's Letter To President & PM On Justice Yashwant Verma

The Supreme Court recently rejected an application filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, seeking a copy of the report submitted by the in-house inquiry committee in respect of the allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma and also the letter written by the Chief Justice of India to the President and the Prime Minister while forwarding the said inquiry report to them.The...

Supreme Court Bar Association Election Results To Be Re-Counted

The Supreme Court was told today that the results of the recently held elections for the posts of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will be recounted in view of some complaints.Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria, the member of the Election Committee constituted by the Court, told a bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar Datta, "On complaints of Mr Adish C Aggarwala,...