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Posts about CJI, Union ministers playing badminton at UK event false: Govt to Delhi HC

Posts about CJI, Union ministers playing badminton at UK event false: Govt to Delhi HC

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The Delhi high court on Friday indicated that the Union government was empowered to direct social media intermediaries to act against viral posts falsely claiming that Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, several Supreme Court judges and Union ministers had travelled to London earlier this month to participate in a badminton tournament at public expense. The viral posts claimed that CJI Surya Kant, several Supreme Court judges and Union ministers had travelled to London earlier this month to participate in a badminton tournament (PTI) Justice Tejas Karia made the oral observations while hearing a petition filed by the Badminton Association of India (BAI), which sought removal of social media content alleging that a large Indian delegation comprising senior judges and ministers had attended a badminton event in the United Kingdom. The court reserved its order after hearing submissions from the Centre and the petitioner. Appearing for the Union government, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court that the posts being circulated on social media were “completely false and misleading” and sought to create a fabricated …

Why Supreme Court has formed expert panel on Aravalli definition

Why Supreme Court has formed expert panel on Aravalli definition

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5 min readNew DelhiJun 3, 2026 01:57 PM IST The Supreme Court has set up a five-member high-powered committee (HPC) with the director general of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) as the ex-officio chairperson to examine the definition of Aravallis, which limits the hills to landforms at an elevation of 100 metres or more. The other members of the HPC are Subhash Ashutosh, ex-director general, Forest Survey of India; Rajendra Kumar Sharma, director (retd.), Geological Survey of India; Brij Mohan Singh Rathore, former joint secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Ashok K Bhatnagar, former professor and head of botany at Delhi University. Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Dean, School of Environment and Sustainability, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, and Laxmikant Sharma, Professor, Central University of Haryana, will serve as special invitees. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi directed the committee to submit its comprehensive report before August 31. As per the May 25 order, which was made available on …

Five judges, including senior advocate V Mohana, take oath as Supreme Court judges

Five judges, including senior advocate V Mohana, take oath as Supreme Court judges

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Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Tuesday administered the oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court. Justices Sheel Nagu, Shree Chandrashekhar, Sanjeev Sachdeva and Arun Palli, along with senior advocate V. Mohana, took oath as judges of the apex court after the Centre cleared their appointments on the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium.  Acting on the Collegium’s recommendations made in its meetings held on May 22 and May 27, the Centre on Monday approved the elevation of the four High Court Chief Justices and senior advocate Mohana to the Supreme Court. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Supreme Court upholds Election Commission’s voter roll revision drive, calls it vital for fair elections

Supreme Court upholds Election Commission’s voter roll revision drive, calls it vital for fair elections

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The bench headed by CJI Surya Kant held that the exercise advances the “constitutional imperative of free and fair elections”. Disposing of a batch of petitions challenging the SIR exercise in Bihar, the apex court held that deletion from the voter list does not amount to a legal declaration that an individual is not a citizen. The top court agreed with the EC’s grounds for the SIR. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Supreme Court asks media to avoid speculation in Twisha Sharma death case

Supreme Court asks media to avoid speculation in Twisha Sharma death case

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Observing that it was pained by the handling of the case, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the media to exercise restraint while reporting developments in the death of former model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma. Sharma, 33, was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Bhopal’s Katara Hills area on May 12, with her family accusing her in-laws of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide. Her in-laws, however, claimed she suffered from drug addiction. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Supreme Court declines urgent listing of plea over Cockroach Janta Party controversy

Supreme Court declines urgent listing of plea over Cockroach Janta Party controversy

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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant an urgent hearing on a plea seeking a probe into allegations regarding fake advocates and activities associated with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a satirical digital outfit that recently took social media by storm. A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi asked advocate N K Goswami, appearing for the petitioner, not to take the issue “so sentimentally.” Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Quality of legal system crucial in making India USD 10-trillion economy, says CJI | Legal News

Quality of legal system crucial in making India USD 10-trillion economy, says CJI | Legal News

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3 min readNew DelhiApr 12, 2026 03:40 AM IST Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday said the quality of the legal system will be a crucial factor in India’s goal of becoming a USD 10-trillion economy. Speaking on the topic ‘Legal Reform Roadmap to a $10 Trillion Bharat’ at the ‘National Rule of Law Convention 2026’ organised by the Bar Association of India in the Capital, CJI Kant said: “A 10-trillion-dollar Bharat will not be built by capital or policy alone. It will be built, in no small part, by the quality of the legal system that upholds the rule of law and the promises on which all of that depends.” “The legal foundations supporting India’s growth over the last three decades were shaped for a relatively simpler economic moment” but “the liberalisation of the 1990s triggered growth, expanded the middle class, and created a sense of economic confidence that the country had not experienced since Independence,” the CJI said. “We must, however, be mindful that the legal functions that sustained that phase, such …

When the Chief Justice steps away

When the Chief Justice steps away

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On March 20, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant stepped away from hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023. The legislation replaced the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister, on the selection panel for appointing the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, superseding the Supreme Court’s 2023 interim arrangement. “I will be accused of conflict of interest,” the CJI remarked before directing that the case be listed on April 7 before a bench comprising judges not in the line of succession to the office of the Chief Justice. While the order directs the Registry to list the case before a Bench to be earmarked separately by the Chief Justice of India, his oral remarks while hearing the case, Dr. Jaya Thakur v. Union of India (2024), raises questions that will linger long after the Bench is constituted. CJI Surya Kant is the second CJI to recuse from hearing the case. Earlier, CJI Sanjiv Khanna recused …

Supreme Court questions its registry over delay in listing PIL| India News

Supreme Court questions its registry over delay in listing PIL| India News

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The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the functioning of its registry regarding the listing of a public interest litigation (PIL) for hearing over a year after it was last heard in February last year. The matter was ordered to be listed for hearing in March last year. (HT PHOTO) “Something so fishy is going on in this court,” said a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, as it heard the PIL on foreign credit companies collecting and storing confidential financial data of consumers without obtaining their consent. “The registrar (judicial) is directed to file a report as to why the matter was not listed after February 2025.” The matter will be heard next on April 10. The matter was ordered to be listed for hearing in March 17 last year. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the Union government, on Monday said that the matter required an elaborate hearing as the home ministry had submitted its response to the PIL pending since 2024. Senior …

‘If pipeline is narrow at source, Bench cannot later be broad’: CJI calls on HC collegiums to take steps for women representation | Legal News

‘If pipeline is narrow at source, Bench cannot later be broad’: CJI calls on HC collegiums to take steps for women representation | Legal News

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4 min readNew DelhiMar 9, 2026 01:38 AM IST Greater representation of women in the judiciary is not about preference but about ensuring equal opportunity and a fair starting line in the legal profession, Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, said on Sunday. Speaking at the national conference “Bridging the Bench Gap: Women and Judicial Leadership”, Justice Kant said, “When half of India’s population looks to institutions entrusted with safeguarding constitutional rights and finds only limited reflection of its own experience, the concern transcends statistics.” Justice system must inspire confidence among “approximately 650 million Indian mothers, sisters and daughters”, he added. The conference was organised by Indian Women in Law (iWiL) at the Supreme Court’s Additional Building Complex auditorium in New Delhi. Justice Kant said the Constitution, the oath and the office remain the same for every judge. “What changes are the new experiences that inform judicial perspective. Women often bring distinct insights shaped by how law operates in homes, workplaces and everyday realities,” he said. Justice Kant also called on High Court collegiums …