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'Mother' Needn't Be Biological Mother : Supreme Court Urges IAF To Revisit Exclusion Of Stepmothers From Family Pension
In a matter pertaining to Indian Air Force's denial of pension benefit to a stepmother who raised the deceased officer-son since the age of 6 years, the Supreme Court yesterday expressed that for welfare purposes like pension scheme, the expression 'mother' should not be a static expression.A case should be seen on its particular facts to determination who infact played the role of a mother...
'Baseless Findings': 13 Sitting Allahabad HC Judges Urge CJ To Convene Full Court Against SC Order Stripping HC Judge Of Criminal Roster
In a strong and unprecedented move, at least 13 judges of the Allahabad High Court have written to the Chief Justice of the HC urging him to convene a Full Court to consider not giving effect to certain directions issued by the Supreme Court in its August 4 order taking away Justice Prashant Kumar's criminal roster until his retirement. The letter seeks consideration of the...
JSW Faltered In Executing Resolution Plan; Need Fresh CIRP, Not Liquidation Of BPSL : Ex-Promoter Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today heard the appeals against the resolution plan of JSW Steel for Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd (BPSL).The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justices SC Sharma and K Vinod Chandran heard the matter. Last week, the bench, in exercise of review power, had recalled the May 5 judgment which had rejected JSW's resolution plan and decided to hear the matter afresh. Notably, the bench...
Will Vacate Official Residence Before Permissible Deadline Under Rules: CJI BR Gavai
Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai on Thursday said he will vacate his official residence before the deadline permitted under the Supreme Court Rules.The Chief Justice acknowledged his constraints, stating, “Till 24th of November (date of his retirement), I won't find time to find a suitable house. But I can assure you that whatever time is permissible as per the Rules, I'll be shifting...
'One More Order From Allahabad HC With Which We're Disappointed' : Supreme Court On HC Ignoring Law On Sentence Suspension
The Supreme Court again expressed displeasure with an order of the Allahabad High Cour which declined to suspend the fixed-term sentence without applying the settled position of law on sentence suspension. The Court set aside the High Court's order, observing that it had failed to properly assess the circumstances justifying the denial of sentence suspension in a fixed-term conviction, as...
Justice Yashwant Varma Case | Videos, Photos Shouldn't Have Been Published, But In-House Inquiry Not Vitiated: Supreme Court
While upholding the overall sanctity of the in-house procedure, the Supreme Court has stated that the video and pictures of cash at Justice Yashwant Varma's official residence should not have been published on the Court's website. To that extent, the Court has said that there is nothing contemplated in the in-house procedure that the incriminating evidence should be published in the...
CJI Has Authority To Recommend Removal Of Judge While Forwarding In-House Inquiry Report To President & PM : Supreme Court
While dismissing the writ petition filed by Justice Yashwant Varma against the in-house committee report which indicted him in the unaccounted cash controversy, the Supreme Court held that the Chief Justice of India has the authority to forward the report to the President and the Prime Minister recommending the removal of the Judge.The Court held that the provision (paragraph 7(ii)) in...
Supreme Court Weekly Digest July 14 - 20, 2025
Citations 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 693 to 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 730Advocates Act, 1961 - High Court of Orissa (Designation of Senior Advocate) Rules, 2019- Rule 6(9)- Suo moto power to the full court of High Court to designate an advocate as 'Senior Advocate'- the 2019 Rules were formulated in the backdrop of the Indira Jaising v Supreme Court of India (2017)- High Court held Rule 6(9) to be ultra vires...
Ex-SC Judges Say Justice Muralidhar May Have Faced Consequences For His Bold Orders In Delhi Riots Matter
Speaking at an event on the theme “Morality in Judiciary: A Paradigm or a Paradox”, former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S Oka said that the judges who took bold decisions during the 2020 Delhi riots may have faced repercussions.The former judge was referring to the transfer of Justice (Retired) S Muralidhar, who had constituted a midnight bench during the Delhi riots to pass...
Supreme Court To Rehear Case In Which Harsh Order Was Passed Against Allahabad HC Judge
The Supreme Court will rehear the case in which it passed an unprecedented order that a Judge of the Allahabad High Court should be made to sit with a senior Judge and that criminal jurisdiction should not be allotted to him till his retirement.The matter, which was disposed of by the harsh order passed on August 4, is now seen as re-listed for tomorrow before the bench comprising Justice...