Justice Sanjiv Khanna was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, succeeding Justice DY Chandrachud. The 51st CJI will have a term of about six months. "At a ceremony held today (November 11, 2024) at 1000 hrs in the Ganatantra Mandap, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Shri ...
This is the first time in India that a high court judge is being sent to jail by the Supreme Court on charges of contempt. Last week Justice Karnan turned up a team of doctors and police from his residence, who had come to carry out his medical examination on orders of Supreme Court ...
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NEW DELHI, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- India's Supreme Court legalized gay sex in a historic judgment Thursday apparently scrapping the 158-year-old colonial-era law that criminalized homosexuality. "We have to bid adieu to prejudices and to empower all citizens," Chief Justice of India Dipak Mishra...
A Unique Elevation to the Supreme CourtJustice Khanna’s elevation to the Supreme Court is particularly noteworthy, as he is among the few judges to have been appointed to the apex court without previously serving as the Chief Justice of any High Court. His time on the Supreme Court has ...
But in a brief statement on Thursday, Chief Justice J.S. Khehar said privacy was "protected as an intrinsic part of Article 21 that protects life and liberty". The judges were unanimous, he said. The Supreme Court set up a special bench to rule on the issue after a legal challenge to...
Chief Justice S.A. Bobde also deferred a proposal by the court to set up a mediation panel until justices receive the government's response and hear arguments from lawyers representing the protesting farmers, possibly next week. Attorney-General K.K. Venugopal said he will get back to the ...
The court emphasised that liquidation should be considered a last resort but deemed it necessary in this case, as the resolution plan could no longer be executed. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra also criticised the NCLAT for permitting the transfer of owner...
Mercifully the Supreme Court has taken cognizance of Yadav’s communal hate speech. Who will take cognizance of Yogi’s supporting him? Commenting on the current state of Affairs Justice Aspi Chinoy made a very apt comment, he said, “The BJP being the government at the Centre and having an...
NEW DELHI: A constitutional bench of India’s Supreme Court on Thursday legalised same-sex relations between consenting adults, but the move poses a challenge in a country where social mores prohibit heterosexual ties across hidebound castes or between religious communities. ...