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Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Challenging Election Commissioners' Law On May 14
The Supreme Court today postponed to May 14 the hearing of pleas challenging constitutionality of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service, and Term of Office) Act, 2023, which removed the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel appointing Election Commissioners.The matter was listed before a bench of Justices Surya...
CJI Sanjiv Khanna Nominates Justice BR Gavai As Next Chief Justice Of India
Chief Justice of India, Justice Sanjiv Khanna today (April 16) officially recommended the Centre to consider Justice BR Gavai for appointment as the 52nd Chief Justice of India. Upon succession as the 52nd CJI, Justice Gavai would also be the second CJI belonging to the Scheduled Caste community after Justice KG Balakrishnan retired as the CJI in 2010. The present Chief Justice, Justice...
Disturbed With Violence During Protests Against Waqf Amendment Act : Supreme Court
At the end of today's two-hour hearing on the constitutionality of the Waqf(Amendment) Act, 2025, the Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna, appealed to the people against resorting to violence. "One thing is very disturbing, the violence taking place. Once the matter is before the Court... this should not happen...we will decide," CJI said. Last week, the protests held in Murshidabad...
Kancha Gachibowli | 'Come With Plan To Restore Those 100 Acres, Otherwise Officers Will Go To Prison' : Supreme Court To Telangana Govt
In the matter pertaining to large-scale felling of trees in the Kancha Gachibowli area of Telangana, the Supreme Court today expressed that restoration of status quo at the site will be the Court's first priority and the Wildlife Warden of the State shall take immediate steps to protect wildlife affected by the deforestation.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih heard the matter and posted...
Kerala RSS Member's Murder : Supreme Court Asks NIA To Approach Special Court/HC For Cancellation Of PFI Members' Bail
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain the plea of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to cancel the bail granted by the Kerala High Court to 18 members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in the case for the murder of Rashtriya Swayamsewavak Sangh (RSS) member Srinivasan in Palakkad in April 2022.The NIA sought the cancellation of the bail on the grounds that the accused...
If Primary Relief Is Time-Barred, Ancillary Reliefs Also Become Unenforceable : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that when the primary relief in the suit becomes time-barred then the ancillary relief claimed therein also becomes unenforceable. The bench comprising Justices Pankaj Mithal and SVN Bhatti heard the case where the primary relief in a plaintiff's suit seeking a declaration that his father's Will and Codicil was null and void was dismissed by the civil court...
WhatsApp Provides Services In India To Its Users; Consumer Complaint Maintainable Against It: UP State Commission
The Uttar Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission recently observed that since WhatsApp provides 'services' to its users in India, a consumer complaint against it would be maintainable. The Commission, comprising Mr. Sushil Kumar (Presiding Member) and Mrs. Sudha Upadhyay (Member), categorically observed that it can't be said that a consumer complaint against WhatsApp won't...
Lakshadweep MP Challenges Waqf Amendment Act 2025, Says It Violates Rights Of Scheduled Tribe Members Practising Islam
Mohammad Hamdullah Sayeed, a Member of Parliament from Lakshadweep, has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. The petitioner raises a specific challenge to Section 3E inserted in the Waqf Act, 1995 through the 2025 Amendment. The said provision bars the creation of Waqf over properties in tribal areas covered...
