Bill To Increase Number Of Supreme Court Judges Introduced In Lok Sabha

A Bill to increase the strength of Supreme Court judges was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday (July 20) in the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Parliament. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, a bill to further amend the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956. It seeks to replace an ordinance which increased the number...

"Even If Building Is Demolished Today, I Won't Allow Listing": CJI Surya Kant Deprecates Practice Of Directly Approaching Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to urgently list a plea seeking protection against the demolition of a property, with Chief Justice of India Surya Kant refusing to entertain the matter directly and reiterating that litigants should first approach the jurisdictional High Court.Seeking a same-day listing, the petitioner's counsel submitted that the authorities were proceeding with...

Calcutta High Court Declines TMC's Plea To Operate Bank Accounts Frozen By ED

The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to grant interim relief to the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) by permitting it to operate three bank accounts frozen by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case involving alleged transfers of party funds for the purchase of an aircraft and a helicopter.Justice Krishna Rao declined to stay the ED's debit freeze while hearing...

Prescribing Minimum Viva Voce Cut-Off For Judicial Appointments Is Reasonable: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a civil appeal by a judicial aspirant challenging a proviso to Rule 41 of the Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010, on the grounds that he had participated in the whole process without raising any issue. The proviso prescribed a minimum of 25% marks in the interview for the appointment of Additional District Judges from the advocates' quota before it...

LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts: 20/07/2026

LiveLaw is introducing a new feature —'Breaking News Alerts' — designed to keep our readers instantly updated on the most important judicial developments. With real-time coverage of urgent pronouncements and orders from the Supreme Court and High Courts, this feature ensures that critical updates reach you the moment they happen. Whether it's a landmark ruling or an urgent interim...

Sitting Judge Of Allahabad High Court Challenges Denial Of Tax Exemption On Statutory Allowances Under New Regime; CBDT Asked To Respond

A sitting Judge of the Allahabad High Court has challenged denial of tax exemption on statutory allowances as prescribed under Section 22D of the High Court Judges (Salaries & Conditions of Service) Act, 1954, under the new income tax regime. Section 22D of the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954, the sumptuary allowance (Section 22C) and the house rent...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Elections In Maharashtra Local Bodies Treating Reservation Above 50% As Open Seats

The Supreme Court recently issued notice to the State of Maharashtra and the Maharashtra State Election Commission on a petition seeking directions for immediate conduct of local body polls in Maharashtra, which have not been held despite a lapse of 506 days since the expiry of the respective local bodies' tenures.The petition seeks directions to immediately conduct elections to the...

'Govt Was Right In Shifting Sonam Wangchuk To Hospital' : Delhi High Court Refuses Interim Plea For Private Hospital Transfer

The Court pointed out that Wangchuk did not voluntarily go to any hospital despite his falling health.

Employer Can't Defeat Compassionate Appointment Claim By Delaying Processing: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that an employer cannot keep an employee's application for voluntary retirement on medical grounds pending until the employee crosses the prescribed age limit and then use that delay to deny compassionate appointment to the employee's dependent. The Court ruled that such an interpretation would allow an employer to "control eligibility through delayed processing"...

Sunday Hearing : Calcutta High Court Orders Status Quo On Demolition At TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Diamond Harbour MP Office

In a special Sunday sitting, the Calcutta High Court directed the authorities to stop all ongoing demolition work at the Amtala property housing Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's Diamond Harbour parliamentary office, and ordered the parties to maintain status quo until further orders or the next date of hearing.Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury passed the interim order while hearing an...

Wife's Plea Against Sonam Wangchuk's Admission In Govt Hospital : Live Updates From Delhi High Court Sunday Hearing

The Delhi High Court will hold a special Sunday sitting today 2.30 PM to hear a petition filed by Dr. Gitanjali Angmo, the wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk, challenging the Delhi Police action of shifting him to Safdarjung Government Hospital from the Jantar Mantar protest site where he had been holding a hunger strike for over 20 days.Expressing a lack of trust in Safdarjung Hospital, Angmo...

'Worried About What's Being Done To Him': Sonam Wangchuk's Wife Writes To Delhi HC Chief For Urgent Hearing Today

Following the removal of activist Sonam Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar to Safdarjung Hospital by Delhi police, his wife Gitanjali Angmo has written a letter to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court seeking immediate release of her husband from the hospital.In the alternative, she seeks an urgent hearing of her petition seeking similar relief today itself.Angmo alleges that Wangchuk was...