CLAT-PG 2025| Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging CLAT-PG 2025 Results; Asks Candidates To Move HC

The Supreme Court today (December 9) refused to entertain a plea challenging the CLAT-PG 2025 Results. The Court however granted liberty to the petitioners to move the High Court. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a petition challenging the provisional answer key released for the recently held Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for PG admissions. The CJI,...

'Reservation Can't Be On Basis Of Religion', Says Supreme Court While Hearing West Bengal's Plea Against HC Quashing OBC Classifications

Reservation can't be given on the basis of religion, orally remarked the Supreme Court on Monday (December 9) while hearing the petition filed by the State of West Bengal challenging the decision of the Calcutta High Court to quash the Other Backward Class (OBC) classification of 77 communities, mostly belonging to Muslim religion.Responding to the Court's observation, Senior Advocate...

Manipur Crisis | Supreme Court Asks State To Furnish Details Of Buildings Burnt, Looted & Trespassed And Action Taken Against Violators

The Supreme Court today (December 9) asked the Manipur Government to furnish in a seal cover a list of properties which have been burnt, looted or encroached upon amidst the ongoing ethnic clashes in the State. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing the matter relating to the Manipur Ethnic Violence Crisis. Senior Advocate Vibha Makhija, appearing for Justice...

In Plea To Apply POSH Act To Political Parties, Supreme Court Asks Petitioner To Approach Election Commission

The Supreme Court on Monday (December 9) disposed of a PIL seeking the application of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) to political parties by asking the petitioner to first approach the Election Commission of India.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Manmohan passed the order on a PIL filed by Supreme...

Supreme Court Direct Registry To Recover Costs On Two Frivolous PILs

The Supreme Court today (December 9) directed the Registry to take action as permitted under law to recover the cost imposed on the two frivolous petitions filed by Advocate Sachin Gupta. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Manoj Misra was hearing a suo moto miscellaneous application regarding the recovery of costs imposed on two Public Interest Litigation (PILs) which a bench of three judges...

In Quashing Petition, Wider Challenge Is Available Than Discharge Petition : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court reiterated that an accused can still file a petition to quash criminal proceedings under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C.) even after filing a charge sheet. It rejected the argument that the accused must wait for charges to be framed and then challenge an order framing charges through a revision application.The Court explained that in a quashing...

No Hesitation In Saying This Country Will Function As Per Wishes Of Majority; UCC Will Be A Reality Soon: Justice Shekhar Yadav At VHP Event

Sitting Judge of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, on Sunday (December 8) delivered a lecture on the Constitutional Necessity of Uniform Civil Code in an event organised by the legal cell of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Prayagraj, where he remarked that he had no hesitation in saying that the country will function according to the wishes of the majority...

BCI Suspends Bar Council Of Delhi Vice Chairman Over Alleged Fake LL.B. Degree, Resolves To Refer Probe To CBI

The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Saturday (December 7) resolved to refer alleged irregularities in the LL.B. (Hons.) degree of Sanjeev Nasiar, Vice-Chairman of the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD), to the CBI for investigation.BCI also removed Nasiar from the position of Vice-Chairman of the BCD pending the outcome of the investigation, calling the degree “highly questionable”.“The report...

EWS Reservation Turns Constitution On Its Head, Supreme Court Erred By Upholding It : Justice Nariman

While delivering the Justice VR Krishna Iyer Memorial Lecture, former Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman critiqued today the EWS judgment for upholding the 103rd Constitutional Amendment which excluded from the ambit of economic reservation people belonging to Schedules Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Backward Classes.The former judge commented that the EWS judgment (which upheld...

Supreme Court Cites CAA While Granting Relief To Person Who Migrated From East Pakistan In 1969

The Supreme Court recently cited the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) of 2019 while allowing the citizenship claim of an individual who migrated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to India in 1969.The bench comprising Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice R. Mahadevan referred to the proviso added to Section 2(1)(b) of the Citizenship Act, 1955 ("Act") by the 2019 Amendment to state that...

Periodically Review Reservations, Slowly Reduce Quotas For Classes That've Developed: Justice Nariman

Delivering a lecture at the Kerala High Court, former Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman said today that the reservation policy in India, though introduced initially to cater to the needs of the day, has not worked as envisaged by the founding fathers of the Constitution.The judge suggested that the National Commissions for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward...

UPSC Aspirants' Death | Supreme Court Seeks States/UTs Response On Draft Model Rules For Regulation Of Private Coaching Centres

In the suo motu case arising out of the tragic flooding incident at Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi, in which 3 students lost their lives, the Supreme Court yesterday called for states/UTs response on Model Rules on Infrastructure, Safety and Regulation of Private Coaching Institutes, 2024 crafted by the Amicus Curiae in the matter.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the...