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Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Plea Challenging Pricing For Consular Passport & Visa Services Provided By Third-Party Vendors
The Supreme Court is set to consider the validity of the Union's recent policy of having uniform pricing for Consular Passport and Visa Services, irrespective of whether the applicant avails of other Value Added Services. The bench of Justice KV Viswanathan and Justice NK Singh was hearing the plea filed by a petitioner who is a citizen of India, residing in Oman. The petitioner has moved...
Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: June 16, 2025 To June 22, 2025
Reports/JudgmentsMere Involvement In Communal Clash Not Enough To Attract UP Gangsters Act Without Proof of Habitual Criminality : Supreme CourtCase Details: Lal Mohd. & Anr. v. State of U.P. & Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 685The Supreme Court held that stringent state laws such as the U.P. Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 (“Gangsters Act”) cannot...
Can Stone Crusher Units Operate In Eco-Sensitive Zones? Supreme Court Allows Issue To Be Raised In Kerala HC
The issue whether a stone crusher unit can operate in the Eco Sensitive Zones (ESZ) notified around protected forests can be raised before the Kerala High Court, the Supreme Court observed recently, while allowing the withdrawal of a petition.A bench comprising Justice KV Viswanathan and Justice NK Singh was hearing a special leave petition filed by M/s Alankar Granites challenging the order...
Supreme Court Declines Plea Seeking Handover Of Mahabodhi Mahavihara At Gaya To Buddhists; Allows To Approach HC
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 30) refused to entertain a writ petition seeking to hand over the management of the Mahabodhi Mahavihara at Bodh Gaya, Bihar to Buddhists.The petitioner also challenged the Bodh Gaya Temple Act 1949, as per which the temple is managed by a management committee consisting of four Buddhists, four Hindus and one district collector.A partial working days...
Justices Lalit, Sanjiv Khanna & I've Attempted To Dispel Notion That Supreme Court Is 'CJI's Court' : CJI BR Gavai
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai recently sought to dispel the impression that the Supreme Court is the "CJI's Court" by saying that it is a court of all decisions.Underscoring that the administrative decisions of the Supreme Court are taken by the full court and not solely by the Chief Justice, CJI Gavai said that he was following the attempts made by his predecessors, particularly Justices...
'We Need More Bold & Courageous Judges, That Is How The Constitution Will Survive': Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
Speaking at the farewell ceremony organised by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa for former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S Oka, sitting SC judge, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said that the Constitution of India would survive by the appointment of more bold and courageous judges."As Caroline Kennedy said, we need to have more bold and courageous judges. We have had such judges and will...
One Should Not Think About Future Prospects For Even A Second After Taking Oath As A Judge: Justice Abhay Oka
While speaking at a felicitation and retirement ceremony organised for him by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay Oka has stated that one should not think about their future prospects for even a second after taking oath as a judge."Once you take the oath of a judge, one should not think of the future prospects even for a single second. The moment...
Unfortunate That Muslim Festival Celebrated Harmoniously By Hindus & Muslims Led To Upper Caste-Dalit Clash: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court recently lamented that the festivals jointly being celebrated by Hindus and Muslims in the Yadgir district in Karnataka have led to clashes between upper caste Hindus and Dalits.These observations were made while hearing a petition filed by Madiga Dandora(an organisation of Madiga community), which stated that in Tumkur village in Vadagera Taluk of Yadgiri district,...
Not All Recommendations Of SC Collegium Are Acted Upon Due To 'External Forces': Justice Dipankar Datta
Supreme Court judge Justice Dipankar Datta on Saturday (June 28) while addressing the 'critics' of the 'Collegium System' said that the notion that it is 'only judges appointing judges' is a 'misconceived one' and in fact there are 'external forces' which hinders appointments of judges.These external forces, Justice Datta underlined, "must be dealt with sternly.""We need to tell the society...