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'Denial Of Farewell To Judge Of Such Stature Raises Questions' : BCI Urges SCBA & SCAORA To Give Send-Off For Justice Bela Trivedi
The Bar Council of India has requested the Supreme Court Bar Association and Supreme Court AoR Association to organise an official farewell ceremony to Justice Bela Trivedi, who had her last working day on May 16.The BCI in its letter addressed to the President of SCBA Kapil Sibal and President of SCAORA Vipul Nair says : “The denial of a farewell to a judge of such stature raises...
Supreme Court Rejects PIL To Regulate AI-Generated Deepfakes; Asks Petitioner To Approach Delhi HC
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a public interest litigation assailing authorities' failure to tackle Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes and seeking constitution of a Court-monitored Expert Committee to draft model AI regulation law.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh heard the matter and relegated the petitioner, a lawyer, to the Delhi High Court,...
Plea Filed Before Supreme Court For Military Nursing Service Officers' Entitlement As 'Ex-Servicemen' Post Retirement
A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking entitlement as "ex-servicemen" for military nursery service (MMS) officers post-retirement, along with all consequential benefits.The matter was listed today before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh, which told Senior Advocate Dr Adish Aggarwala (for petitioners) that the case will be heard with another...
Fee Regulatory Committee Can't Transfer NRI Quota Fee To State Corpus Fund; Self-Financing Colleges Can Retain It : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today held that an Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee in a State does not have the power to direct that the fee collected from NRI medical students be kept in a corpus fund maintained by the State to subsidise the education of Below Poverty Line students.The Court directed the State of Kerala to return the amounts collected from self-financing medical colleges for...
Supreme Court Notifies Benches Sitting During Partial Court Working Days From May 26 To July 13
The Supreme Court has notified the benches which will function during the "partial Court working days" from 26th May, 2025 to 13th July, 2025.From 26.05.2025 to 01.06.2025Chief Justice of India and Justice Augustine George MasihJustice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar DattaJustice Vikram Nath and Justice Sanjay KumarJustice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Aravind KumarJustice B.V. Nagarathna...
S. 31(7) Arbitration | Arbitral Tribunal Has Power To Award Different Rates Of Interest For Pre-Reference & Pendente Lite Period : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, an Arbitral Tribunal has the power to award different rates of interest for different phases.A bench comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan overturned the Delhi High Court's ruling, which had invalidated the tribunal's grant of interest on interest, deeming it impermissible under Section 31(7) of...
Supreme Court Directs Central Zoo Authority To Inspect Translocated Deer From Hauz Khas Deer Park
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 16) directed officers of the Central Zoo Authority to visit the places in Rajasthan where 261 deer have been translocated from the Deer Park at Hauz Khas in Delhi, and to assess the condition of the deer.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was informed that 261 out of the 600 deer have already been shifted from the park in a case concerning...
Electricity Act | Broad Powers Under Section 79 Allow CERC To Act Without Pre-Existing Regulations : Supreme Court
In a notable ruling, the Supreme Court upheld the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission's (CERC) authority under Section 79 of the Electricity Act, 2003, to award compensation for delays in inter-state transmission projects. The bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan clarified that CERC's power is regulatory, not adjudicatory, and extends to issuing case-specific orders even...
Andhra Pradesh Liquor Scam: Supreme Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Accused P Krishna Mohan Reddy & K Dhananjaya
The Supreme Court today (May 16) denied anticipatory bail to accused persons P Krishna Mohan Reddy and K. Dhananjaya in the multi-crore AP liquor scam case. It reasoned that the investigation is at a crucial juncture and granting anticipatory bail might prejudice the case of the Respondent-State of Andhra Pradesh.They served as secretary and OSD, respectively, in the office of ex-CM Jagan...
Supreme Court Asks Union & States To Create Special POSCO Courts On Top Priority, Mandates Timeline Compliances
The Supreme Court on May 15 closed the 2019 suo moto proceedings initiated in relation to addressing the systematic flaws under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. It has directed the Union and States Government to set up Special POCSO Courts on top priority basis. A bench of Justice Bela M. Trivedi and PB Varale closed the proceedings, asking the Union and...
Supreme Court Modifies UP MLA Abbas Ansari's Bail Condition In Gangsters Act Case, Allows Stay At Ghazipur House While Visiting Constituency
While hearing his bail plea in a UP Gangsters Act case, the Supreme Court today modified Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari's interim bail conditions and allowed him to stay at his Ghazipur residence for 3 nights whenever he travels from his official residence in Lucknow to his constituency (ie Mau)."Having regard to difficulties being experienced by petitioner (Ansari) while visiting...