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Supreme Court Collegium Approves Appointment Of Three Judicial Officers As Karnataka High Court Judges
The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on April 14, 2026, has approved the proposal for appointment of three judicial officers as Judges of the Karnataka High Court.The officers recommended for elevation are Smt. Rajeshwari Narayana Hegde, Smt. Kedambadi Ganesh Shanthi, and Shri Mahadevappa Brungesh.The notification can be read...
Law Does Not Favour The Indolent: Supreme Court Sets Aside Arbitration Initiated After 21-Year Delay
The Supreme Court recently quashed arbitration proceedings between the State of West Bengal and a contractor, holding that the claim was ex facie time barred as the notice invoking arbitration was issued after 21 years from completion of work.“Arbitration though is an alternate dispute resolution system, which has to be encouraged, it cannot deviate from the fundamental principle that...
Moneylife Moves Delhi Court Against Ex Parte Order To Remove Reports Linking Manoj Sandesara, Family To Sterling Biotech Case
Financial media platform Moneylife has filed an appeal before a Delhi Court against a lower court's ex parte order directing removal of content on Manoj Kesarichand Sandesara and his family to Sterling Biotech bank fraud case.The appeal was listed yesterday before District Judge Vinod Kumar Meena of Tis Hazari Courts. As Moneylife argued for stay of the impugned order, the Court issued notice...
Supreme Court Stops Outsourcing Of Tughlaqabad Fort Survey To Private Agency, Says Departments Can't Abdicate Responsibility
The Supreme Court recently took an objection to the committee formed by the Delhi High Court outsourcing a survey relating to the encroachment of Tughlaqabad Fort. It remarked that outsourcing such a survey reeks of bureaucratic red-tapism.The survey was ordered by the Delhi High Court in a 2001 public interest litigation concerning the illegal encroachment and settlement at the Tughlaqabad...
Allahabad High Court's Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav To Retire Tomorrow Pending Impeachment Motion Against Him
Allahabad High Court judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav is set to retire on Wednesday (April 15) while the impeachment motion against him remains pending for over a year. Justice Yadav took oath as an Additional Judge of the high court on December 12, 2019. On March 26, 2021 he was made a permanent judge of the high court. On December 8, 2024 Justice Yadav had delivered a lecture on...
Savarkar Got 'Swatantryaveer' Title For His Work, No Official Govt Gazette Regarding It : Grandnephew Tells Court
While there were at least 568 revolutionists lodged in the Andaman Jail from 1900 till 1940s, only right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar was given the title of "Swatantryaveer", his grandnephew Satyaki Savarkar told a Special MP/MLA Court in Pune, on Monday (April 13). Satyaki is presently being cross-examined in the ongoing trial in the criminal defamation case he has filed against...
'We'd Examine' : Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking Free Pre-Primary Education As Proposed By NEP 2020
The Supreme Court yesterday issued notice on a public interest litigation seeking provision of free and compulsory education at the pre-primary level as per the National Education Policy, 2020.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order. "We'd like to examine...", said the CJI.Presently, the Right to Education Act mandates free and compulsory education only for...
5th Soli Sorabjee Memorial Lecture To Be Held At India International Centre Today
The Commonwealth Lawyers Association in collaboration with NIVAARAN will host the 5th Soli Sorabjee Memorial Lecture on April 14, 2026, at the India International Centre, New Delhi.The lecture will be delivered by Justice P. S. Narasimha, Judge of the Supreme Court of India, on the theme “Human Rights in the Empire of Artificial Intelligence.”The memorial lecture commemorates the legacy...
Supreme Court Disposes Plea Against Moratorium On Allied Health Courses After NCAHP Issues Guidelines For 2026-27
The Supreme Court on April 9 disposed of special leave petitions challenging a moratorium imposed on granting permission to start additional allied and healthcare courses, after taking note of a fresh framework issued by the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) to facilitate approvals for the academic year 2026-27.A Bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : April 13, 2026
Links to reports of April 13 :NLU Students Aspire To Be Lawyers Like In 'Suits' Than As Lawyers Ought To Be In 'Mamla Legal Hain' : Justice KarolUmar Khalid Files Review Petition Against Supreme Court's Bail Denial; Seeks Open Court HearingSupreme Court Allows Lalu Prasad Yadav To Raise Issue Of S.17A PC Act Sanction During Trial Of 'Land-for-Railway Jobs' CaseSupreme Court 3-Judge Bench To...
Frightening That Over 7.95 Lakh Execution Petitions Pending Beyond 6 Months: Supreme Court Seeks Mechanism For Speedy Disposal
The Supreme Court recently noted that almost 8 lakh execution petitions pending across the country are more than six months old and described the situation as “very frightening and disappointing”.“The position as on date appears to be very frightening and disappointing. We say so because as on date 7,95,981 execution petitions are pending across the country which are six months old”,...