Supreme Court Extends Tenure Of DRAT Allahabad Chairman, Seeks Union's Action Plan On Tribunals

The Supreme Court today extended the tenure of the Chairperson of the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal(DRAT), Allahabad. The Court also asked the Union to submit a proposal in compliance with the directions in the Madras Bar Association case in 4 weeks. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi was hearing the application filed by the President of the DRAT...

Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum Hosts Debate On "Fathers' Veto Over Abortion Rights"

The Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum held a public debate on the motion “This House Would Grant Fathers a Veto over Abortion Rights” on February 13.The event was held at Bar Room No. 18, Old Building, Delhi High Court.It was attended by Justice Prathiba M. Singh, Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna. Other guests included Additional Solicitor General...

Most Union SLPs Come With 100 Days Of Delay, Says Supreme Court

While hearing a matter today, the Supreme Court orally remarked that the Union Government continues to file belated special leave petitions. It said that there is a minimum delay of at least 100 days in SLPs preferred by the Union without any explanation.A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a matter in which Additional Solicitor General of...

Supreme Court Directs Production Of Pendrive Given To Sonam Wangchuk In Custody, Doubts Accuracy Of Union's Transcript Of Speeches

The Supreme Court on Monday (February 16) directed the Jodhpur Jail Superintendent to produce before it in a sealed cover the pen drive given by the Union authorities to Ladakh social activist Sonam Wangchuk, while he was in detention on September 29, 2025.This was after Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, for Dr. Gitanjali Angmo, Wangchuk's wife who has challenged his detention under the...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging 'Logical Discrepancy' Category Applied By ECI In West Bengal SIR

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain the writ petition challenging the 'logical discrepancy' category in the West Bengal SIR.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi was hearing the plea. At the outset, the CJI declined to entertain the plea on the basis of the limitation of Article 32 jurisdiction. The CJI asked : "In Article 32, you want us to...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Chhattisgarh Gram Sabha's Hoardings Banning Entry Of Pastors, Converts Into Tribal Village

The Supreme Court today dismissed a challenge to the Chhattisgarh High Court judgment which upheld a Gram Sabha's action of erecting 'hoardings/notice boards' at certain village entry points, whereby the entry of Christian Pastors and converted Christians was barred.Apparently, the Gram Sabha action was intended to prevent religious conversion of villagers through coercion or inducement.A...

'Don't Trust Anyone' : Supreme Court Advises Caution In Physical Relations Before Marriage

The Supreme Court on Monday orally remarked that before marriage, a boy and a girl are strangers and hence there should be circumspection before indulging in pre-marital physical relationship before marriage. The Court was hearing the bail plea of a man accused of rape on a false promise of marriage. A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was dealing with the bail plea...

Supreme Court Asks Petitioners Seeking Hate Speech FIR Against Assam CM To Approach High Court, Requests HC To Expedite Hearing

"Don't demoralise the High Court Judges, trust them," CJI Surya Kant told the petitioners.

'Some Creases To Be Ironed Out,' Supreme Court Refers Pleas Challenging DPDP Act Amendment To RTI Act To Larger Bench

The Court however made it clear that it will not stay the operation of the DPDP Act.

Supreme Court Rejects Abu Salem's Plea For Release On Claim Of Completing 25 Years' Imprisonment

The Supreme Court today(February 16) dismissed an application filed by convicted terrorist Abu Salem, who had sought premature release in terms of an Extradition Treaty entered into between the Indian and Portuguese governments. Saleem was convicted under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (TADA) Act for the 1993 Bombay Blast case. The Court has, however, granted him liberty to approach...

'Why Should Youngsters Suffer?': Supreme Court Dismisses Delhi Govt Challenge To Retrospective Pay Hike For HC Law Researchers

The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed by the Delhi Government challenging the Delhi High Court directions issued in October 2025 to increase the Law Researchers' honorarium retrospectively.The High Court ordered retrospective payment of enhanced remuneration of Rs. 80,000 per month to its law researchers with effect from October 01, 2022.A bench comprising Chief Justice of...

Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench To Hear Sabarimala Reference Issues From April 7

The Supreme Court 9-judge bench will commence hearing of the issues referred in the Sabarimala review on April 7, 2026. The hearing is proposed to be concluded on April 22.The composition of the 9-judge bench will be notified by the Chief Justice of India separately through an administrative order. A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi passed the...