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Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Lifelong Immunity Given To Chief Election Commissioner & Election Commissioners
The Supreme Court today issued notice in a PIL challenging the immunity granted to the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner under the CEC Act 2023. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a PIL by Lok Prahari challenging S.16 of The Chief Election Commissioner And Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service And Term of Office) Act, 2023. Notably, S.16 states: Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the...
Supreme Court To Hear Plea Seeking Exclusion Of Creamy Layer From SC/ST Reservations
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider the issue of whether reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes should be implemented excluding the creamy layer. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a writ petition seeking exclusion of the creamy layer from SC/ST reservations in the country. The bench agreed to consider the matter and issued notice in the petition to the Union Government. The plea was tagged with another pending petition titled...
Justice SC Sharma Recuses From International Arbitration & Mediation Centre's Plea Challenging Cancellation Of Free Land Allotment
Justice Satish Chandra Sharma of the Supreme Court recently recused from hearing a plea filed by the International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (IAMC) against a Telangana High Court judgment that quashed the free allotment of government land in Hyderabad to the IAMC.A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma directed that the special leave petition may be listed before a Bench of which Justice Sharma is not a member."The special leave petitions may be listed before a...
Supreme Court Appoints New Judge For Trial Of Coal Blocks Allocation Scam Cases
The Supreme Court today appointed judicial officer Ms Sunena Sharma to take over charge as the presiding Special Court Judge in the ongoing trials pertaining to the Coal block scam.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing an application by the Delhi High Court seeking directions to relieve the presiding judge, Mr Sanjay Bansal, who has conducted the trial for over four and half years. The Court proceeded to observe :"The application has been moved, inter...
Sonam Wangchuk's Detention : Detaining Authority Didn't Apply Mind, Copy-Pasted SSP's Recommendation, Sibal Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today(January 12) continued to hear arguments of petitioner Dr. Gitanjali Angmo, who has challenged the detention of the Ladakh social activist and her husband Sonam Wangchuk's under the National Security Act, 1980(NSA), as illegal. Wangchuk has been detained after the Ladakh protests for statehood turned violent since September 2025.A bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice PB Varale has been hearing the matter. Today, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal(for Angmo)...
Mumbai Coastal Road Land Given To Reliance For Development Should Ordinarily Remain Open To Public : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday emphasised that the reclaimed land near Mumbai Coastal Road (South), which has been given to Reliance Industries for landscape development, should ordinarily remain open to public.With this observation, the Court disposed of a public interest litigation challenging the Expression of Interest (EoI) issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) inviting private agencies for landscaping work on reclaimed lands along the Mumbai Coastal Road.A bench of...
Telangana Withdraws Writ Petition Filed Against Andhra's Polavaram Project; Supreme Court Allows Filing Of Suit
The Supreme Court today allowed the State of Telangana to withdraw its writ petition against the Union and Andhra Pradesh Government, challenging the expansion of the Polavaram Multipurpose irrigation project.The Court allowed the State Government to raise the challenge in the form of a civil suit under Article 131 jurisdiction. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a plea filed by the State of Telangana under Article 32 of the Constitution against the Union's...
Supreme Court To Examine If NCLT President Has Power To Transfer Cases Across States
The Supreme Court is set to examine the scope of National Company Law Tribunal President's power to transfer a case across states by way of an administrative order.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi recently issued notice on a plea challenging the Gujarat High Court order which held that the NCLT President has no authority to transfer cases from one State to another...
Supreme Court Seeks ECI Response On TMC MPs' Plea Against SIR Process In West Bengal
The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the applications filed by MPs from the Trinamool Congress challenging the procedural actions taken in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process of the electoral rolls in West Bengal.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi heard the applications filed by MPs Derek O Brien and Dola Sen.Sr Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for TMC MP Derek O Brien, stressed that instructions relating to the SIR...