Social Media Popularity Not Same As Credibility : CJI Surya Kant To New AoRs, Warns Against Overreliance On AI In Drafting

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday urged newly inducted Advocates-on-Record to build their careers through the quality of their work rather than social media visibility, stressing that lasting credibility is earned inside courtrooms through preparation, ethics and hard work.Addressing the felicitation ceremony for the 2025 batch of Advocates-on-Record, the CJI congratulated the...

CLAT 2027 To Be Held On December 6, 2026

The Consortium of National Law Universities will conduct the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2027 on December 6, 2026, between 2 pm and 4 pm, according to a press release issued by the Consortium.The decision was taken on July 18 at meetings of the Consortium's executive committee and governing body.The online application portal will open from August 3, 2026, till October 31,...

P&H High Court Directs Visa Fraud Accused To Publish Details Of All FIRs Against Her In Newspapers As Condition To Consider Quashing Plea

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed a visa fraud accused, seeking quashing of an FIR on the basis of compromise, to publish a detailed public notice disclosing her criminal antecedents.Justice Alok Jain said, “Having considered the nature of the allegations, the material on record and the criminal antecedents of the petitioner, this Court is of the view that allegations of...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 22, 2026

Links to today's reports :Collegium Faces Casual Criticism From Those Unaware Of How Judiciary Functions : CJI Surya KantJJ Act - Murder Is 'Heinous Offence', Not 'Serious Offence'; S 302 IPC Implies Minimum Life Sentence: Supreme Court'Wrong Statement' In Pleadings Not Necessarily A 'False Statement' : Supreme Court Quashes Perjury CaseS. 115 CPC | Revisional Jurisdiction Cannot Be Used...

SCBA Requests Judges To Scrap Sequencing System Or To Show It In Supplementary List

The Supreme Court Bar Association recently reiterated before Supreme Court judges the Bar's longstanding demand for doing away with the hearing sequence of matters. A suggestion to include the sequence in the supplementary cause list was also put forth by the SCBA.Speaking at the felicitation function organized by SCBA on July 21 for the 5 newly appointed judges of the Supreme Court,...

Don't Engage Seniors By Default, Argue Cases Yourself : Justice KV Viswanathan To AoRs

Justice Viswanathan told the Advocates-on-Record to ensure that cases are drafted properly, and keep good communication with the clients.

Delhi High Court Passes Interim Order Allowing Judges To File ITRs Claiming Judicial Allowances As Non-Taxable Income

The Delhi High Court has passed an interim order permitting judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts to file their income tax returns by disclosing judicial allowances prescribed under Section 22D of the High Court Judges (Salaries & Conditions of Service) Act, 1954 and 23D of the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1958— as “receipts not in the nature...

Allahabad High Court Registers Suo Motu PIL Over Alleged Assault On 3 Lawyers At Lucknow District Court

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday converted into a separate suo motu Public Interest Litigation PIL the matter concerning the alleged assault on three Delhi-based advocates, including two women lawyers, and their client inside the Lucknow District Court premises (on Tuesday).The Court observed that the issue should no longer remain an interlocutory application IA in a pending criminal...

BCI Decides To Increase Bar Council Seats, Says Those Elected Within Present Strength Mustn't Be Excluded For Women Reservation

The BCI has decided that Returning Officers must revise and republish declared results

Retiral Benefits Cannot Be Withheld Over Suspected Involvement In Criminal Case: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the State cannot place a retired employee's pension and gratuity in indefinite suspension merely because it suspects involvement in a criminal case or contemplates disciplinary action in the future.The court while reaffirming the constitutional protection available to retiral benefits, ruled that unless judicial or...

PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks NIA Probe Into CJP Protest, Alleges Foreign Funding Behind NEET Agitation

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking directions for an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the July 20 “Sansad Chalo” protest over the NEET paper leak.The plea claims that the agitation was part of a larger conspiracy involving foreign-funded organisations and political actors.The petition has been filed by...

S. 80 & 85 BNS | Can A Man In A Void Second Marriage Be Treated As 'Husband' For Dowry Death, Cruelty Offences? Allahabad High Court Answers

S. 80 & 85 BNS | Can A Man In A Void Second Marriage Be Treated As A 'Husband' For Dowry Death, Cruelty Offences? Allahabad High Court Answers