New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday called itself the “custodian” of all citizens in the country as it reserved its decision in a suo motu case on summoning of lawyers by probe agencies while representing clients in cases. A bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V…
New Delhi: State Bar Councils or the Bar Council of India cannot collect any “optional” fee other than the statutory charge from law graduates enrolling as lawyers, the Supreme Court has said while asking the Karnataka State Bar Council to stop collecting any such amount. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on August 8 (Friday) refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) pleading for an independent safety audit of Air India following the tragic crash of flight AI-171 in Ahmedabad on June 12, which killed over 241 people onboard and 19 on the ground. The bench of Justices…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday deleted its observation in which it criticised Allahabad High Court udge Prashant Kumar for allowing criminal proceedings in a civil dispute case, making it clear that its intention was not to embarrass or cast aspersions on him. A bench of Justice J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan reiterated…
New Delhi: In a big blow to Justice Yashwant Varma, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected his plea challenging the investigation report into the cash recovery case. Justice Varma, who served as a judge of the Delhi High Court, had moved the top court, seeking to invalidate the report of an inquiry committee that investigated the…
Chaibasa (Jharkhand): Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by an MP-MLA court in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa on Wednesday in connection with a case related to alleged defamatory remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally in 2018. Gandhi appeared before the court around 10.55 am. “Rahul Gandhi ji appeared before the court…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the proceedings in the criminal defamation case against Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, over his statement that the Indian Army was “thrashed” by Chinese Army at the border in Arunachal Pradesh in December 2022. A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AG Masih made oral remarks….
Mumbai: A special NIA court on Thursday acquitted all accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, including former BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh, Lt Colonel Purohit, and others. On September 29, 2008, six people were killed and dozens injured when an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle detonated near a mosque in Malegaon City, Nashik….
Noida: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed 14 appeals challenging the acquittal of Surendra Koli, one of the main accused in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case. A bench led by Chief Justice B R Gavai, along with Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and K Vinod Chandran, upheld the Allahabad High Court’s October 2023 decision that…
New Delhi: Observing that Justice Yashwant Varma’s conduct does not inspire confidence, the Supreme Court on Wednesday posed sharp questions to the judge seeking invalidation of a report by an in-house inquiry panel which found him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery row. The top court asked Justice Varma why he appeared before the…
