CJI Surya Kant Responds To Justice Sandeep Mehta's Complaints Against Rajasthan HC Acting CJ, Says Issue Being Examined

The CJI added that the allegations cannot be determined through claims in media and can be addressed only through the institutional mechanism.

Delhi Court Convicts Sukesh Chandrashekhar For Impersonating Supreme Court Judge To Pressurize Judicial Officer To Grant Him Bail

A Delhi Court has convicted Sukesh Chandrashekhar for calling up a judicial officer who was presiding over a corruption case lodged against him, then impersonating a Supreme Court judge and pressurizing the trial judge to grant him bail further threatening the judicial officer with adverse professional ramifications if bail wasn't granted. The allegation against Sukesh was that while in...

Delhi Court Refuses To Stay Eviction Order Issued To Delhi Race Club

A Delhi Court on Tuesday (August 25) refused to stay an eviction order issued to Delhi Race Club by the Estate Officer, observing that despite ample opportunities granted to the club to present its case it failed to do so. The court observed that not only did the Estate officer supply a copy of the plaint filed by the respondent Union of India to the appellant Club, but also granted...

Justice Sandeep Mehta Urges CJI Surya Kant To Replace Rajasthan HC Acting CJ SP Sharma For 'Questionable Activities'

Justice Sandeep Mehta wrote that the activities of Justice Sharma prima facie "raised doubts on his integrity"

Supreme Court Refuses To Direct Reopening Of Portal To Reverify CBSE Class XII Answer Sheets

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 25) refused to direct the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to reopen its post-result window for on-screen verification of answer sheets, holding that the notified correction window had been available to all candidates for a specified period.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymala Bagchi and Justice V Mohana declined...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 25, 2026

Links to the reports of August 25, 2026 :Plaint Cannot Be Rejected Over Court-Fee When Liability To Pay Ad Valorem Is Dependent On Disputed Fact : Supreme CourtGrant Of Bail In Serious Offences Like Murder Must Record Justifiable Reasons : Supreme CourtStudent Protests | Petitioner Expresses Reservations About Probe Committee, Urges Supreme Court To Reconstitute ItSupreme Court Refuses...

YouTuber Ajeet Bharti Moves Delhi Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In SC/ST Act FIR

YouTuber Ajeet Bharti moved a Delhi Court on Tuesday (August 25) seeking anticipatory bail in a case wherein he has been booked under Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler heard the matter today and as per the court website the matter is listed for further arguments on August 31. A copy of the order is...

'Can We Direct Fresh Elections?' Supreme Court On Trinamool Claim That Margin In Bengal Polls Was Less Than SIR-Deleted Votes

In the West Bengal SIR matter, the Supreme Court was today told that the winning margin of BJP candidates in certain assembly constituencies was significantly less compared to the total number of voters deleted from the voter lists.Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandhopadhyay, for a Trinamool Congress member, submitted that an application has been filed pointing out that in 31 constituencies, the...

Legal Aid Defence Counsel Move Supreme Court Against NALSA Decision To Not Renew Their Contracts

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea challenging the National Legal Services Authority's (NALSA) decision to not renew the contracts of incumbent Legal Aid Defence Counsels (LADCs) engaged under the Legal Aid Defence Counsel System (LADCS) Scheme.A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice PB Varale issued notice.The plea challenges NALSA's communication dated August 4, 2026,...

Supreme Court Indicates It May Direct UP To Acquire Land For Banke Bihari Temple If Land Purchase Hits Roadblock

The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that it may direct the Uttar Pradesh government to acquire land required for the development of the Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan if the High-Powered Committee's efforts to purchase the land privately continue to face obstruction.“If you continue with your negotiations, if a private transaction take place, you let us know. We will permit you to...

Universities Should Be Liberating Spaces, Law Students Can't Be Trained To Argue By Curbing Free Speech: Prof Faizan Mustafa

Chanakya National Law University Vice Chancellor Professor Faizan Mustafa has argued that universities should ideally be liberating spaces that allow the students and faculty to question authority, challenge established ideas, and engage with uncomfortable propositions.Professor Mustafa, who was earlier the Vice Chancellor of NALSAR, was speaking at an educational webinar conducted by The...

Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Curbs Imposed By Rajasthan & UP On Entry To Government Schools Amid CJP Campaign

A Public Interest Litigation filed before the Supreme Court has challenged restrictions imposed by education authorities in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh on the entry of outsiders, journalists, YouTubers, social-media users and civil-society representatives into government schools, as well as curbs on photography, videography, interviews, audio recording and livestreaming.The petition...