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'Give Suggestions To Prevent Such Incidents': Supreme Court Adjourns SCBA's Contempt Plea Over Shoe-Hurling Bid At CJI
The Supreme Court today adjourned the contempt petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) against Advocate Rakesh Kishore, who attempted to throw a shoe at CJI BR Gavai on October 6 over his remarks in the Vishnu Idol case.The bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi had earlier expressed reluctance to initiate criminal contempt proceedings, observing that it would...
Supreme Court Posts Shiv Sena, NCP Symbol Disputes For Final Hearing On January 21, 2026
The Supreme Court today posted the Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) symbol disputes to January 21, 2026, for final hearing.The petition filed by Shiv Sena (UBT) challenging the Election Commission's decision to recognize the Eknath Shinde group as the official Shiv Sena and grant them the 'bow and arrow' election symbol was listed before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and...
Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam : Supreme Court Makes Absolute Interim Protection From Arrest Granted To Excise Department Officials
The Supreme Court today made absolute the interim protection from arrest granted to certain excise department officials accused in the Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order after hearing Senior Advocates S Nagamuthu & Siddharth Aggarwal (for petitioners) and Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethamalani & ASG SD Sanjay...
'High Court's Discretion To Directly Hear Anticipatory Bail Pleas Can't Be Curtailed' : Kerala HC Advocates Association To Supreme Court
The Kerala High Court Advocates' Association (KHCAA) has submitted before the Supreme Court that the discretion of the High Courts in entertaining anticipatory bail petitions in the first instance cannot be curtailed.Opposing the view that Sessions Courts must be approached first for anticipatory bail, the KHCAA filed an application to get itself impleaded in the case where the Supreme Court...
Can High Courts Hear Anticipatory Bail Pleas Bypassing Sessions Courts? Supreme Court Refers Issue To 3-Judge Bench
The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred to a three-judge bench the issue of whether High Courts can directly entertain anticipatory bail applications filed without first approaching the Sessions Courts.A 2-judge bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta ordered that the matter be placed before a 3-judge bench.It was in September that the present bench took up this issue...
Supreme Court Orders Release Of Advocate Arrested By Haryana Police
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 12) ordered the release of Advocate Vikram Singh, who was arrested by the Haryana Police in connection with a murder case.The bench comprising Chief Justice of BR Gavai, Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria passed the interim order while issuing notice to the Police on a writ petition filed by Singh challenging his arrest and remand in the...
'ECI Holds Voters' Data In Trust, Entitled To Protect Privacy' : Supreme Court On Plea For Machine-Readable Electoral Rolls
In yesterday's SIR hearing, the Supreme Court orally expressed reservations about making the voters list available in machine-readable format, saying that it might compromise voters' privacy.The Court observed that the Election Commission of India holds voters' data in trust and is entitled to adopt layers of privacy to ensure that the data remains protected. The Court suggested to the ECI if...
Nithari Killings | Letting Surendra Koli's Conviction Stand On Subsequently Rejected Evidence Would Breach Articles 14 And 21: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, while setting aside the last remaining conviction of Surendra Koli in the Nithari killings case, held that allowing it to stand when all companion cases based on the same evidence have been found unsustainable would violate Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India BR Gavai observed that the evidentiary foundation of Koli's conviction...