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Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 22, 2025
Links to today's Supreme Court reports : PIL In Supreme Court Seeking To De-Register Congress For "Vote-Chori" Campaign & Restrain Comments Against ECIStray Dogs Picked Up Must Be Released After Vaccination, Except Aggressive Or Rabies-Infected: Supreme Court Modifies Earlier OrderSupreme Court Prohibits Feeding Of Stray Dogs In Streets & Public Places Except Dedicated AreasSupreme...
Justice Markandey Katju Apologises For Misogynistic Comment On Women Lawyers
Justice Markandey Katju, former Supreme Court judge, has issued a public apology for a misogynistic remark he made on Facebook about women lawyers, following strong condemnation from the Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA)."I hereby apologize for posting on fb that lady lawyers who winked at me got favourable orders. It was said as a joke, and in fact I deleted the post shortly...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To Attorney General In Plea For Media Gag In Nimisha Priya Case
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Attorney General of India in response to a petition by evangelist Dr. KA Paul seeking a temporary order to prevent the media from reporting the developments related to the case of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya, who is on death row in Yemen.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta directed that notice be served to the Attorney...
Supreme Court Stays Calcutta HC Direction To Recast WBJEB Results As Per Pre-2010 OBC Reservation
The Supreme Court today (August 22) stayed the direction of the Calcutta High Court, which ordered the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board to recast the merit list drawn up for the 2025 Joint Entrance Exams, to bring them in conformity with the pre-2010 percentage of OBC reservations. The stay order in effect allows the declaration of WBJEE 2025 results in terms of the State's new...
Supreme Court Stays MP High Court Direction To Register FIR Against Congress MLA Arif Masood Over Alleged Forgery
The Supreme Court today stayed the Madhya Pradesh High Court direction for registration of an FIR against Congress MLA Arif Masood, the secretary of the governing body of Aman Education Society which operates Indira Priyadarshani College, for allegedly securing and continuing the affiliation of the college through forged documents for nearly two decades. A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari...
Centre Publishes Income Tax Act 2025 In Official Gazette After Presidential Assent
The Ministry of Law and Justice today published the Income Tax Act, 2025, in the Official Gazette after it received the President's assent on Thursday. The Act consolidates and amends the existing income tax law, replacing the Income Tax Act, 1961. It willcome into effect from April 1, 2026.The Act was passed by the Parliament in the current monsoon session. Click here to read the...
Blanket Direction To Pick Up All Stray Dogs & Place Them In Shelters Can Lead To Catch-22 Situation: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has stated that the blanket directions of the two-judge bench to relocate all stray dogs from Delhi to dog shelters/pounds can lead to a Catch-22 situation, as it is impossible to comply without first evaluating whether there is sufficient infrastructure to accommodate them."A blanket direction to pick up all the strays and place them in dog shelters/pounds without...
Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association Condemns Justice Markandey Katju's Misogynistic Remarks
The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association has issued a statement condemning the 'misogynistic' remarks by Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Markandey Katju, who recently said that all those women lawyers who winked at him in the court got favourable judgments by him. The letter issued by SCWLA states that such remarks were a deep assault on "the dignity, credibility, competence, integrity...