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Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 25, 2025
Links of today's stories :Russia Obligated To Legally Assist India In Locating Woman Who Fled With Child During Custody Case: Supreme CourtMaharashtra Slum Areas Act | Land Can't Be Acquired Without Extinguishing Owner's Preferential Right To Propose Rehabilitation Scheme : Supreme CourtDeath Sentence Can Be Challenged In Article 32 Petition For Breach Of Procedural Safeguards: Supreme...
If High Court Bench Doesn't Deliver Judgment In 3 Months After Reserving, Registrar Must Place Matter Before Chief Justice : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today expressed shock at the manner in which judgments are not being delivered for long period by the High Courts, depriving the litigant to seek appropriate remedy. It reiterated that the guidelines passed by the Court in Anil Rai v. State of Bihar (2002), wherein the Court directed that the parties are free to move an application before the Chief Justice of the High Court...
BCI Opposes Delhi LG's Notification Allowing Cops To Depose Virtually From Police Stations, Says Evidence Must Be Recorded In Court
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has strongly objected to a recent notification issued by the Delhi Lieutenant Governor allowing police officials to give evidence from their designated police stations through electronic means, warning that such a measure would jeopardise the rights of the accused and the integrity of trial proceedings.The BCI called for the the immediate withdrawal of the...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea For Conducting Elections To Village Committees In Tripura Tribal Areas
The Supreme Court on Monday (August 25) issued notice in a writ petition alleging failure of authorities to conduct elections to the Village Committees under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).A bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice NV Anjaria was hearing a plea filed by Pradyot Deb Burman seeking directions to the ECI and Tripura Election Commission...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Public Comments On Nimisha Priya Case
The Supreme Court today dismissed as withdrawn a petition filed by evangelist Dr KA Paul seeking to restrain public comments and media reporting in relation to the case of Keralite nurse Nimisha Priya, who is on death row in Yemen for the murder of Yemeni national Talal Abdo Mahdi.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta heard the matter. During the hearing, Attorney General...
BREAKING| SC Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Justices Alok Aradhe, Vipul Pancholi As Supreme Court Judges
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of Justice Alok Aradhe, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, and Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi, Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, as Supreme Court Judges.Justice Aradhe originally belongs to the Madhya Pradesh High Court and Justice Pancholi to the Gujarat High Court. The recommendation was made by the SC Collegium in its...
Delhi High Court Sets Aside CIC Order Directing Disclosure Of Information On PM Modi's Degree
The Delhi High Court has set aside an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing the Delhi University (DU) to disclos information with respect to the bachelor's degree of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Justice Sachin Datta allowed DU's plea filed in 2017 against CIC's order which allowed inspection of records of the students who had passed BA programme in 1978, when Prime...
UP Bar Council's Demand Of Rs 14K At Advocates' Enrolment Prima Facie Violates Judgment : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today(August 25) issued notice in a writ petition claiming that the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh is charging Rs. 14,000 in the name of a certificate of practice in violation of the Court's Gaurav Kumar v. Union of India (2024).In Gaurav Kumar, the Supreme Court held that the Bar Councils cannot charge enrolment fees beyond what is prescribed under Section 24 of the...
Supreme Court Stops Magistrate From Taking Cognizance Of Haryana Police Chargesheet Against Prof Ali Khan Mahmudabad
The Haryana Police informed the Supreme Court today that it has filed closure report in one FIR against Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who teaches political science at the Ashok University, and has filed chargesheet in another FIR against him over his social media posts on 'Operation Sindoor'.Taking note of this development, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi quashed the FIR...
Supreme Court Stays FIRs Against Prof Sanjay Kumar Of CSDS Over Erroneous Analysis Of Maharashtra Elections
The Supreme Court on Monday (August 25) stayed the proceedings in the FIRs registered by the Maharashtra police against Professor Sanjay Kumar, psephologist and the Co-Director of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) over a tweet carrying a mistaken analysis of the Maharashtra assembly elections of 2024.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice NV...
Supreme Court Asks Samay Raina & 4 Other Comedians To Post Apologies On Social Media For Making Fun Of Disabled
The Supreme Court today asked 5 comedians, including Samay Raina, to publish apologies on their YouTube channels and other social media handles for making insensitive jokes about persons with disabilities (PwDs).A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a petition filed by M/s SMA Cure Foundation (represented by Senior Advocate Aparajita Singh) flagging the jokes made...