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Union Defends Limit On Women JAG Appointments Citing Risk Of Being Taken As Prisoners Of War; Supreme Court Questions Logic
The Supreme Court today (May 7) again questioned the rationale of the Union Government to follow a 50-50 selection criterion for women in the post of Judge Advocate General (JAG) despite claiming that the posts are gender neutral.Also, the Court questioned why the JAG female officers are not deployed in combat zones merely because there is a threat perception that women will be taken as...
Supreme Court Specifies Procedure For EVM Verification & Mock Poll; ECI Says Won't Erase Data Of EVMs If Verification Sought
The Supreme Court today (May 7) set out the procedure to be followed for conducting the verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and mock polls by the Election Commission of India (ECI) at the request of a contesting candidate. The ECI informed the Court that it will not resort to deleting the data on EVM units which are subject to verification. A bench comprising Chief Justice of...
Review Petitions Against PMLA Judgment Can't Go Beyond 2 Issues : Union Tells Supreme Court
In the review petitions filed against the Vijay Madanlal Choudhary judgement, which upheld various provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Union Government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 7) that the review hearing cannot go beyond the two specific issues which were orally flagged by the bench which issued notice in August 2022.A bench of Justices Surya...
CLAT UG 2025 : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing Of Plea Against Merit List
The Supreme Court is hearing the petitions challenging the Delhi High Court's judgment which directed to revise the merit list of the CLAT-UG 2025 due to certain mistakes.A bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih is hearing the matter.Follow this page for live...
Shiv Sena (UBT) Seeks Urgent Hearing Of Election Symbol Dispute In Supreme Court Before Maharashtra Local Body Elections
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) today requested the Supreme Court to urgently hear its petition challenging the Election Commission of India's decision to recognise the Eknath Shinde group as the official Shiv Sena and grant them the 'bow and arrow' election symbol. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal made the request before a bench led by Justice Surya Kant in view of the fact that the...
Supreme Court Issues Notice In Six Appeals Against Acquittals In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Cases
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice in six Special Leave Petitions filed by the Delhi Police challenging the acquittals of 14 accused persons in cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.“Issue notice. Registrar to provide the soft copy of the record of the trial court to the counsel appearing for parties. Parties to place on record a compilation of notes of evidence. Notice is...
Only 14 Of 221 Persons Approved By SC Collegium For HC Appointments Since Nov 2022 Are Judges' Kins
Of the 221 recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium for High Court Judges' appointment during November 9, 2022, to May 5, 2025, only 14 are related to retired or sitting Judges, the data published by the Supreme Court revealed. This means only 6% of the appointments had family connections.The revelation offers a perspective to the allegations regarding the presence of nepotism...
