New Delhi: Govt on Friday notified the transfer of Justice Yashwant Varma from Delhi high court to his parent Allahabad HC even as Supreme Court refused to entertain a PIL seeking an FIR against the judge from whose house piles of cash were allegedly recovered.Sources also told TOI that Delhi Police had sought CJI Sanjiv…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a clarification regarding Justice Yashwant Varma‘s transfer to the Allahabad high court, stating that “misinformation and rumors are being spread”. It added that the “[transfer] proposal is separate from ongoing in-house enquiry” into allegations that unaccounted cash – allegedly Rs 15 crore – was found at Justice…
NEW DELHI: A fire that broke out in the residential bungalow of a Delhi high court judge resulted in recovery of a huge pile of cash, sending shock waves in judicial corridors and forcing the Supreme Court collegium led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna to decide to transfer him to another HC.When the fire broke out,…
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has taken a firm stand against lawyers advertising their services on social media, through promotional videos, and via influencer endorsements, issuing a stern warning in a press release on March 17. The BCI explicitly criticized the use of Bollywood actors and celebrities in such promotions, as well as the…
NEW DELHI: The President on Monday appointed Calcutta high court’s Justice Joymalya Bagchi to Supreme Court. Justice Bagchi is scheduled to become the Chief Justice of India on May 26, 2031, the second from Calcutta HC to rise to the top post in 40 years.A short notification from the Union law and justice ministry read:…
Supreme Court (Pic credit/ANI) NEW DELHI: Observing that government officers cannot take the court for a ride and have to pay the price for not complying with its order, Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Punjab chief secretary seeking his response on why contempt proceedings be not initiated against him for failing…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed displeasure over fresh pleas filed regarding the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. The apex court adjourned the hearing of pleas filed challenging the validity Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991, which preserves the character of religious places as they existed on August 15, 1947.‘There…
NEW DELHI: Influencer Ranveer Allahbadia, in the eye of a storm for his recent alleged offensive comments on social media, on Friday moved Supreme Court objecting to Assam Police registering an FIR against him for his unsavoury remarks despite Mumbai Police already inquiring into it.For Allahbadia, whose petition was e-filed before SC at 2.37 am,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Election Commission of India‘s (ECI) response to the pleas seeking verification of the burnt memory and symbol loading units in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in compliance with its judgement. A special bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta asked the poll panel to…
NEW DELHI: Dismissing an appeal of the Centre against a Sikkim high court decision, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday said that lottery distributors are not liable to pay service tax to the Union government. “Since there is no agency in the relationship, the respondents (lottery distributors) were not liable to pay service tax….
