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Advise SC Judges Against Passing 'Stigmatic' Orders: Oudh Bar Association Urges CJI To Expunge Remarks Against Justice Pankaj Bhatia
The Oudh Bar Association (Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench) has addressed a formal representation to the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, raising serious concern regarding 'repeated adverse remarks concerning the Allahabad High Court Judges. The Association has urged the CJI Surya Kant to advise all accompanying Judges of the Supreme Court to avoid passing stigmatic orders and...
Anil Ambani Files Affidavit In Supreme Court, Undertakes Not To Leave India & To Cooperate With ED-CBI Probe
Industrialist Anil Ambani has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court undertaking that he will not leave India without prior permission of the Court and will fully cooperate with the ongoing investigation by the Directorate of Enforcement and the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the Anil Dhirubai Ambani Group companies.The affidavit has been filed in response to the...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : February 18, 2026
Links to today's reports :Is There 'Deemed Sanction' To Prosecute If Decision Delayed? Supreme Court Refers To Larger Bench'No Foreign Expressions ' : Supreme Court Calls For Guidelines Rooted In Indian Social Fabric To Sensitise Judges On Sexual OffencesCompensation To Victim Not Substitute For Punishment In Grave Offences : Supreme Court'Erroneous': Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Verdict...
Supreme Court Asks 'Baba Khatarnak' To Approach Authorities With Plea To Protect Ganga From Sewage
The Supreme Court recently refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to curb the sewage waste disposal into the Ganga River and around Manikarnika Ghat. The court has allowed the petitioner to approach the authorities or the High Court. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi was hearing the writ petition filed by a monk named 'Baba Khatarnak' who...
Degrees Obtained Before University Was Declared Defunct Remain Valid : Supreme Court
In a significant relief to Bihar-based librarians whose services were terminated solely because the university from which they obtained their degrees was later declared defunct, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 18) ordered their reinstatement, holding that degrees earned when the governing law was in force and recognized cannot be invalidated due to subsequent legal developments. A...
Allowing Famous Person Like Elvish Yadav To Use A Voiceless Victim Gives Bad Message : Supreme Court In Snake Venom Case
The Supreme Court today said it will examine whether there is adequate material to implicate YouTuber Elvish Yadav in the snake venom case under the Wildlife Protection Act, observing that it gives a very bad message that a popular person used a voiceless snake for publicity.“There are 2 things we will consider. What is your role and is there anything to implicate you on the alleged offence....
Cricketer Md Shami's Wife Approaches Supreme Court To Transfer DV Act, Maintenance Cases From Kolkata To Delhi
The Supreme Court today issued notice on pleas filed by cricketer Mohammed Shami's wife seeking transfer from Kolkata to Delhi of the cases filed by her under the Domestic Violence Act and Section 125 of the CrPC.A bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Manmohan passed the order.To recap, the petitioner, Hasin Jahan, married Md. Shami on 7 April 2014 in accordance with Islamic rituals...
Interest Act | Interest Can't Be Claimed On Delayed Payment If Contract Bars It : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that when the contract doesn't stipulate for payment of interest on a delayed payment, a party is not entitled to the same. A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh set aside the Kerala High Court's decision, which had upheld the award of interest on delayed payments in favor of the Respondent. The case arose from a contract executed in April...
Delhi Riots Conspiracy Case : Supreme Court To Hear Khalid Saifi's Bail Plea, Rejects Claim For Parity With Co-Accused Given Bail
The Supreme Court today(February 18) issued notice in a plea filed by United Against Hate member Khalid Saifi, challenging the denial of bail by the Delhi High Court in connection with a case of a larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, involving charges under the Indian Penal Code and UAPA. A bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice PB Varale however orally said that...
Rs 1270 Crores Contracts Given To Arunachal CM's Kin, Alleges Petitioner Seeking Probe; Supreme Court Reserves Judgment
The Supreme Court on February 17 reserved judgment in a public interest litigation seeking a probe by a Special Investigation Team(SIT) into the alleged irregular allotment of public contracts to companies owned by relatives of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu.The petitioners have alleged that contracts and tenders of the State have been awarded to firms associated with the...
'Cannot Specify Date For Return To India, English Courts Have Barred Me From Leaving England': Vijay Mallya Tells Bombay High Court
Former liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Wednesday while citing orders passed by the courts in England, told the Bombay High Court that he is unable to 'precisely' spell out as to by when he would exactly return to India since the English courts have barred him from leaving their jurisdiction. Notably, a division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad had on December...