The Supreme Court on Monday listed for May 14, a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. The matter came up for hearing today before the Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice PV Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan. After going through the counter and rejoinder,…
The Delhi High Court has recently directed the Delhi Government to take expeditious steps for enacting the Advocates Protection Bill, 2024. Justice Sachin Datta directed the Delhi Government to file a fresh status report in a plea claiming that there was an “alarming rise” in incidents of violence inside the court premises of different district…
The committee of judges which held an in-house probe against Justice Yashwant Varma over allegations of cash discovery at his official residence submitted its report to Chief Justice of India Sanijv Khanna on May 4. “The three-member Committee consisting of Mr Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Mr…
The Bombay High Court held that a Mutawalli or a person interested in the Waqf Institute can maintain a suit for eviction without invoking machinery under Section 54 of the Waqf Act for removal of encroachment. The Court dismissed a Revision Application challenging the Order by the Maharashtra State Waqf Tribunal (Tribunal), which had earlier…
By Binny Yadav For 36 years, Bijender Singh waited. Waited not for charity, but for justice. As a young jawan serving in the extreme cold of Siachen, he developed a severe neurological condition that ended his military career far too soon. But what followed was worse: years of official denial, bureaucratic apathy, and legal battles—all…
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to conduct elections to the Shahdara Bar Association through both online and offline modes, citing lack of requisite security arrangements. The plea has been filed by Justice Talwant Singh (Retd.), Chairperson of the Shahdara Bar Association Election Committee. Elections of Shahdara Bar Association…
Peppermint Private Limited, a company engaged in film production and digital entertainment business, has approached the Madras High Court to stall the release of the upcoming Malayalam film “Janaki v. State of Kerala” starring Suresh Gopi scheduled to release on May 15th. The company has sought an interim injunction to restrain the producers of the…
The Supreme Court today posted petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act before a Bench to be led by Chief Justice of India-designate, Justice B.R. Gavai. The matter has been adjourned to May 14, by when Justice Gavai will be the CJI. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, Justice…
By Dilip Bobb The timing is grimly symbolic. As India seeks global solidarity in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, another long-pursued figure of Pakistan-linked terror— Tahawwur Hussain Rana—was produced in a Patiala court, under tight security and NIA watch. His extradition from the United States, achieved after over a decade of legal and…
Former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain on Monday (May 5) moved the Delhi High Court seeking regular bail in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna issued notice on Hussain’s bail plea and sought status report of the Delhi Police. The…
