Supreme Court Extends Deadline For Bar Council Of Uttar Pradesh Election Till February 2

The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the deadline for conducting the elections of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh for the Prayagraj district till February 2, 2026.A Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order after an interlocutory application seeking extension of time was orally mentioned before the Court.The application was filed on behalf of ...

Demolition Of Private Property Must Be Based On Clear Statutory Grounds & Consideration Of All Factors : Supreme Court

Holding that a demolition order affecting property rights under Article 300-A of the Constitution must be founded on clear, cogent, and site-specific evidence of illegality, the Supreme Court on Thursday (January 29) set aside the Calcutta High Court's direction to demolish a fully constructed residential building in Santiniketan, after finding that no material had been placed on record...

Supreme Court Reserves Orders In Stray Dogs Case; Asks AWBI To Expedite Centres' Applications For Recognition

While reserving orders in the stray dogs case, the Supreme Court today asked the Animal Welfare Board of India to expeditiously decide applications filed by local organizations seeking recognition to carry out animal welfare programmes like sterilization."The only request to AWBI is whatever applications are pending, you must process them with expedience. Either you reject them within a...

SIR Ordered In Chhattisgarh With Polls In 2028; Why Other 2028 Election States Left Out? Petitioners In Supreme Court

Ramachandran said ECI abdicated its constitutional duty to ensure inclusion of all eligible citizens in the electoral rolls by creating roadblocks.

Supreme Court Urges State Govts To Consider Plea Seeking Minimum Wages For Domestic Workers

"We hope and trust that a suitable mechanism will be evolved by the competent authority in each State for the betterment of domestic helps and to prevent their exploitation," the Court observed.

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Labour Laws

Administrative order punishing a delinquent employee - Certain generic principles governing interference with orders of punishment that are passed following inquiry proceedings have evolved over a period of time. Law is well settled that an administrative order punishing a delinquent employee is not ordinarily subject to correction in judicial review because the disciplinary authority...

Only Civil Court Of Original Jurisdiction Can Extend Arbitral Tribunal's Mandate, Not Referral Courts : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (January 29) held that applications for extending an arbitral tribunal's mandate under Section 29A (4) of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 must be filed exclusively before the 'Court' as defined in Section 2(1)(e) i.e., the principal civil court of original jurisdiction, regardless of which authority appointed the arbitrators. A bench of Justices...

Did Sonam Wangchuk Say Ladakh People Won't Help Army? Asks Supreme Court; Sibal Denies

The Supreme Court today(January 29) passed an order allowing Ladakh social activist Sonam Wangchuk to get examined by a specialist from a government hospital after he complained of frequent stomach aches. The Court has asked that a report of his medical examination be filed on or before Monday.The order was passed by a bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice PB Varale in a...

Supreme Court Paid Rs 40,000 To Agency, Workers Got Only Rs 19K; Service Agencies Biggest Exploiters: CJI Surya Kant

The Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, on Thursday strongly criticised service provider agencies for exploiting domestic workers, revealing that even the Supreme Court had paid Rs 40,000 per worker to an agency, the workers themselves received only Rs 19,000.“I have personally and officially seen this. The Supreme Court paid to an agency for hiring a particular set of...

'Mere Installation Of CCTVs In Police Stations Not Enough, They Should Also Work Properly': Supreme Court In Suo Motu Case

In the suo-motu case taken up over lack of functional CCTV cameras in police stations across Rajasthan, Justice Vikram Nath of the Supreme Court said that mere installation of CCTVs is not enough - the same should also work perfectly.During the hearing, the Rajasthan government also apprised the Court that an additional budget of Rs.75 crores was sanctioned yesterday and each police station...

Industrial Court Proper Forum To Decide Issues Regarding Contract Labour : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the Industrial Court established under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 is the proper forum for adjudication of the dispute concerning the employment and termination of employment of the contract labour. “…the proper forum is the Industrial Court/Court for adjudicating issues concerning the employment and termination of employment of contract...

Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Pleas Questioning Legality Of SIR

The Supreme Court today reserved the decision on a batch of petitions challenging the legality of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls done by the Election Commission of India across several states. The Court is examining whether the ECI has the powers under Article 326 of the Constitution, the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and the Rules made thereunder to...