The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that it may pass interim order to stay certain key provisions of the recently passed Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, and also expressed concern over violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad district.
Justice Gavai is set to assume office as the 52nd Chief Justice of India on May 14, succeeding CJI Khanna, who will retire on May 13. President Droupadi Murmu will administer the oath of office.
A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan termed such a practice wrong, absurd and contrary to the guidelines issued by the top court in an earlier judgement.
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has said that judiciaries thrive on collaboration and mutual respect. His remark came as the Supreme Court of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Supreme Court of Nepal.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 1) will hear a plea challenging the validity of a provision of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which preserves the character of religious places as they existed on August 15, 1947.
The Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, Devendra Kumar Upadhyay, instructed Justice Yashwant Varma to preserve all communication on his phone while acting on the directive of the Chief Justice of India (CJI).
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has written to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna seeking disqualification of Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra of Allahabad High Court for delivering a "misguided verdict" in a case of molestation of a minor girl and said the case should be moved
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a statement saying on receiving the information, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court commenced the in-house enquiry procedure collecting evidence and information regarding allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma and a report will submitted to the Chief
PP Chaudhary also informed that former CJI Ranjan Gogoi and former Delhi HC CJ Rajendra Menon attended the meeting and addressed the questions of all members across all parties.
PP Choudhary told ANI after the meeting, "Two experts attended the meeting, former CJI Ranjan Gogoi and former Delhi HC CJ Rajendra Menon... They gave a presentation and all the members of all parties asked questions with great interest... Every member of the JPC is working in the nationa