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'First Show Us Compliance With Afforestation Directions': Supreme Court To DDA On Plea To Fell Trees In Delhi Ridge
The Supreme Court today asserted that it will allow the Delhi Development Authority to cut further trees in the ridge area only after it is satisfied that previous directions on aforestation and restoration have been complied with. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing an application filed by the DDA seeking permission to cut 473 trees to complete the road...
Plea In Supreme Court Alleges Paper Leak In CLAT 2026; Seeks Probe
A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a Court-monitored, time-bound probe into alleged leak of the 2026 Common Law Admission Test question paper and answer key ahead of the exam (held on December 7).The petitioners seek a re-examination in case the allegations are found to be true.Filed by a ground of CLAT aspirants from Scheduled Caste, Other Backward Class and...
Supreme Court Questions Maintainability Of Telangana's Writ Petition Challenging Andhra's Polavaram Irrigation Project
The Supreme Court today questioned the maintainability of the writ petition filed by the State of Telangana against the Union and Andhra Pradesh Government, challenging the expansion of the Polavaram Multipurpose irrigation project. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a plea filed by the State of Telangana against the Union's extension of financial assistance...
Slain BSP Leader Armstrong's Wife Seeks Transfer Of Her CBI Probe Plea From Madras High Court To Supreme Court
Wife of BSP leader and prominent Dalit activist K Armstrong, who died following an attack by armed assailants in 2024, has approached the Supreme Court seeking transfer from Madras High Court of her petition praying for CBI probe in her husband's murder case.The transfer is sought on the ground that similar issue (that is, transfer of investigation to CBI) is pending before the Supreme Court...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Practice Of Prime Minister Offering Chadar At Ajmer Sharif Dargah
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the extension of State-sponsored ceremonial honour and symbolic recognition to Islamic scholar and mystic Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and to the Ajmer Dargah by the Union and its instrumentalities. The petitioner had also sought to bar the Prime Minister from offering chadar at the Ajmer Dargah.A bench comprising Chief Justice of...
Supreme Court Allows Customs Duty Exemption To Adani Power For Electricity Taken From Gujarat SEZ
The Supreme Court today(January 5) allowed an appeal preferred by Adani Power Limited against the Gujarat High Court's 2019 order, which refused to exempt the company from payment of the customs duty on electrical energy removed from the Special Economic Zone(SEZ) to the Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) by its coal-based thermal power plant situated in Mundra Port.The petitioner(Adani Power) is...
Supreme Court Onboards Bhutanese Law Clerks Under MoU With Supreme Court Of Bhutan
The Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, today welcomed two law clerks from Bhutan who would be working at the Supreme Court, pursuant to an MoU between the Supreme Court of India and the Supreme Court of Bhutan. While introducing the law clerks, the CJI mentioned that they would be paid at par with the other law clerks of the Supreme Court and would be part of the Court's functioning for...
Bar Council Elections : Supreme Court Reduces Nomination Fee For Specially Abled Advocates, Asks BCI To Ensure Their Representation
Taking note of the fact that the election process to various State Bar Councils has already commenced, the Supreme Court on Monday refrained from passing directions mandating reservation for specially abled advocates in Bar Councils at this stage. However, the Court directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to initiate steps to amend the relevant provisions to ensure that specially abled...
Supreme Court Denies Bail To Umar Khalid & Sharjeel Imam; Grants Bail To 5 Others In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case
The Supreme Court today (January 5) denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, observing that the materials showed a prima facie case against them under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.At the same time, the Court granted bail to some of the other accused in the case - Gulfisha Fatima, Meera Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohd. Saleem Khan...