Uddhav vs Shinde: SC to hear plea on ‘Bow and Arrow’ dispute tomorrow

21 Feb 2023

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear the plea filed by Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of Shiv Sena challenging the EC's decision to allot the party name 'Shiv Sena,' and the 'Bow and Arrow,' symbol to the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, on Wednesday. A bench...

Five new judges appointed to Supreme Court, CJI administers oath of office

06 Feb 2023

On Saturday, President Draupadi Murmu signed on warrants to appoint five new judges in Supreme Court. The fnew judges appointed to Supreme Court took an oath on Monday. Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud administered oath of office to the five new judges as the Supreme Court judge. The five...

Supreme Court asks ASG to guide petitioner: Plea for abortion; after AIIMS report about possibility of baby being born alive

25 Jan 2023

The bench comprising of Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice V. Ramasubramanian and Justice J.B. Pardiwala in the case observed and has handed the report of the committees to the counsel appearing for the petitioner and the Additional Solicitor General of India. The Supreme Court in the case...

SC grants interim protection to filmmaker Leena Manimekalai

20 Jan 2023

Leena Manimekalai, on Friday, was granted interim protection from any coercive steps, by the Supreme Court, in multiple FIRs lodged against her over the poster of her documentary film showing goddess 'Kali' smoking a cigarette. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha issued notice...

‘Ram Setu’ to be declared a national heritage monument: Centre to SC

19 Jan 2023

The Central government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the process to declare 'Ram Setu' a national heritage monument is currently underway in the Ministry of Culture. BJP leader Subramanian Swamy was given permission by a bench consisting of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala...

Law Minister Expresses Disappointment With The Collegium Process

16 Jan 2023

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has written to the Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud expressing that he isn't happy with the Collegium process for selecting judges while backing the reintroduction of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) for picking judges. "It is just a follow-up action of the...

Delhi HC dismisses review plea questioning CJI Chandrachud appointment, finds no error in the earlier order

16 Jan 2023

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a review plea moved against a request dismissing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the appointment of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud. The Division Bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vikas Mahajan while dismissing the review plea said, the petitioner...

SC gives more time to Centre to response on Ram Setu national monument plea

12 Jan 2023

Subramanian Swamy, the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, had petitioned for Ram Setu to be designated as a "national monument," and the Supreme Court on Thursday gave the Union government an extension until the first week of February to submit its response. In November, after the government asked for...

CJI announces launch of updated ‘Supreme Court Mobile App 2.0’

07 Dec 2022

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud stated on Wednesday that the Supreme Court Mobile App 2.0, which has new capabilities, is ready and would let all legal professionals and government agencies track their cases. According to the CJI, government departments can now view their pending cases with the latest edition...

Bilkis Bano approaches apex court against remission of 11 convicts, CJI to look into

30 Nov 2022

Bilkis Bano approached the Supreme Court on Wednesday to challenge the release of the 11 convicts who were released on August 15 of this year. Her lawyer brought up the subject today before Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, who responded by saying he will look into the plea's listing....