PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Removal Of UP IPS Officer Ajay Pal Sharma As Election Observer In West Bengal Polls

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Election Commission of India to appoint Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma as an Election Observer for the West Bengal Assembly elections.The petitioner has alleged that the officer is "highly partisan" and was threatening political candidates.Referring to Section 20B of...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : April 28, 2026

Links to today's reports : Supreme Court Approves Shifting Of Deers From Delhi's AN Jha Park To Rajasthan, Directs Centre To Frame Guidelines On Wildlife Relocation'MP HC Hearing Appeals Of 2013-14' : Supreme Court Suspends Sentence Of Murder Convict Citing Unlikelihood Of Early Hearing'Don't Argue Like This' : Supreme Court Rebukes Lawyer In Sabarimala Reference HearingBuyer Not...

Sabarimala Reference | Art 25(2)(b) Mentions Throwing Open Of Only Temples Since Caste System Is Not In Other Religions : Justice Nagarathna

During the ninth day of the Sabarimala reference, the Justice BV Nagarathna of the Supreme Court orally commented that Article 25(2)(b) of the Constitution, which allows the making of laws to throw open Hindu public temples to all classes of Hindus, was consciously enacted to address the caste-based exclusion prevalent in the society then.The Judge commented that the provision did not...

Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC Judgment Releasing 193-Acre Thane Land From Acquisition As Private Forest

The Supreme Court has stayed a Bombay High Court judgment which had upheld the release of about 193 acres of land at Manpada, Thane from acquisition as “private forest” and had cleared the way for the landowner's claim for development rights.A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice K Vinod Chandran issued notice in a special leave petition filed by the Thane Municipal Corporation...

'Honeymoon Murder' Case | Shillong Court Grants Bail To Sonam Raghuvanshi Over Ineffective Intimation Of Arrest Grounds

A court in Meghalaya's Shillong yesterday GRANTED BAIL to Sonam Raghuvanshi, who is the prime suspect in the May 2025 Meghalaya 'honeymoon murder' of her husband (Raja Raghuvanshi), on the grounds that the police had failed to effectively communicate to her the grounds of her arrest, which caused prejudice to her defence.Addl. DC (Judicial), Shillong, Dashalene R Kharbteng, granted her bail...

Supreme Court To Examine If State PSC Rules Prevail Over RTI Act On Disclosure Of Answer Sheets

The Supreme Court is set to examine whether a State Public Service Commission can fix the stage at which information relating to a recruitment examination is disclosed, and whether candidates can invoke the Right to Information Act, 2005 to seek such information before that stage.“The question that falls for our consideration in these petition(s) is: “Whether a State Public...

AG Perarivalan, Convict In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Released By Supreme Court, Joins Legal Profession

AG Perarivalan, one of the convicts in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, and who was later released by the Supreme Court, has joined the legal profession. Perarivalan got enrolled as an Advocate in the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry at the enrolment ceremony held at Chennai on April 27. Perarivalan can now practice as an advocate at the Madras...

WhatsApp Banned 9400 Accounts Linked To Digital Arrest Scams : MHA Tells Supreme Court

WhatsApp also informed that it is in the process of implementing SIM-binding.

Supreme Court Asks AIIMS To Constitute Expert Committee For Exploring Alternatives To 'Brain Death' Verification

The Supreme Court today called for the constitution of a medical experts Committee by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to consider and report on a doctor's suggestions regarding scientific methods to ascertain 'brain death'.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, after hearing petitioner-Dr. S Ganapathy, a Kerala-based doctor, who alleged inter-alia...

Supreme Court Seeks MHA's Response On Power To Issue Look-Out Circulars Against Accused

While suspending the look-out circular opened by CBI against one Nimesh Navinchandra Shah, the Supreme Court today called for the Ministry of Home Affairs' response on the power to issue look-out circulars.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, after hearing Senior Advocate Siddharth Aggarwal (for petitioner) and ASG DP Singh (for CBI).This is the case where the...

'Don't Argue Like This' : Supreme Court Rebukes Lawyer In Sabarimala Reference Hearing

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuked an advocate for making irrelevant and extraneous submissions in the Sabarimala reference hearing.The 9-judge bench asked Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay several times to confine his arguments to the issues under consideration.During his submissions, Upadhyay argued that 'Dharma' is greater than religion, as the latter is a source of conflicts. He contended...

Sabarimala Reference : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing [Day 9]

Today is the ninth day of arguments before the 9-judge bench of the Supreme Court in the Sabarimala reference.Apart from CJI Surya Kant, the Bench comprises Justice BV Nagarathna, Justice MM Sundresh, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Justice Aravind Kumar, Justice Augustine George Masih, Justice Prasanna B Varale, Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.Reports from Day 1 Hearing are...