Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday issued an order attaching Himachal Bhavan in Delhi after the Congress-led Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government failed to pay electricity dues amounting to around Rs 150 crore. Himachal Bhavan is located at Mandi House in the national capital. The court has also directed the Principal Secretary of the…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea seeking enforcement of measures to curb air pollution in the national capital. Delhi woke up to toxic air conditions on Sunday as the Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded in the “severe” category. The AQI stood at 429 at 9 am, according…
New Delhi: Equating ‘bulldozer justice’ with a lawless state of affairs where might is right, the Supreme Court on Wednesday laid down pan-India guidelines and said no property should be demolished without a prior show cause notice and the affected must be given 15 days to respond. The executive cannot assume judicial powers to punish…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday said no oral submissions for urgent listing and hearing of cases will be permitted and urged lawyers to either send emails or written letters for it. Usually lawyers mention their cases before the CJI-led bench at the outset of the day’s proceedings for out of…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Monday said that ensuring easy access to justice and equal treatment to citizens regardless of their status is the constitutional duty of the judiciary. Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who was sworn in as the 51st CJI by President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, expressed deep…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a bail plea of former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who faces charges of rape and sexual assault. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma rejected the plea and observed that Revanna is a very influential person. Appearing for Revanna, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi…
New Delhi: India’s 51st Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has his imprint on several landmark judgments such as upholding the sanctity of EVMs, abrogation of Article 370, scrapping the electoral bonds scheme, and granting interim bail to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Hailing from an illustrious Delhi-based family, Justice Khanna is the son…
New Delhi: There was no greater feeling than being able to serve those in need and people he never knew or met, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said on his last working day as the 50th head of the Indian judiciary on Friday. Heading a four-judge ceremonial bench, also comprising CJI-designate Sanjiv Khanna, Justices J…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court sought the Centre’s response to a plea seeking the inclusion of ayurveda, yoga, and naturopathy in the national Ayushman Bharat scheme. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued the notice to the Centre and others on the petition filed by…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the question of Aligarh Muslim University’s minority status to a new bench and overruled the 1967 judgment that said the university cannot be considered a minority institution since it was created by a central law. In a majority verdict headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D…
