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New Delhi: Outgoing Chief Justice DY Chandrachud – who demits office today – took a gentle dig at his many trolls, declaring, “I am, probably, one of the most trolled judges… and, in a lighter vein, am wondering what will happen from Monday?! All those who trolled me will be unemployed!” The exiting Chief Justice…
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New Delhi: On the final day of his tenure as the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud delivered a message from the ceremonial bench and acknowledged the reality that he would no longer serve as the country’s top judge. “I won’t be able to deliver justice from tomorrow, but I am content,” he said. Chief…
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Recently, an ideological dialogue happened in the Indian Supreme Court on Article 39(b) of the Constitution. The judgment by a nine-judge Bench in Property Owners Association v. State of Maharashtra last Tuesday reflects a division of opinion on the topic, though the majority on the Bench laid down the law. Constitutional socialism, like political socialism, has…
The verdict will be delivered by a seven-judge Constitution bench. New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict on Friday on a vexed legal question whether the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) enjoyed a minority status under Article 30 of the Constitution which empowers the religious and linguistic minorities to establish and administer…
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The Supreme Court thereafter posted the hearing on November 27. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed “shock” over some retired high court judges getting a meagre pension ranging between Rs 6,000 and Rs 15,000. A bench of Justices B R Gavai, P K Mishra and K V Viswanathan was hearing a petition filed…
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Jet Airways was grounded in April 2019 (File). New Delhi: Jet Airways’ assets will be liquidated, the Supreme Court said Thursday afternoon, invoking ‘extraordinary’ powers under Article 142 to set aside a tribunal’s decision to uphold a resolution plan and transfer ownership – to the Jalan-Kalrock Consortium – without full payment to creditors. Article 142…
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A sexual harassment case cannot be cancelled because the complainant and the accused have reached a ‘compromise’, the Supreme Court ruled today. The court set aside a Rajasthan High Court order, which had given relief to a teacher accused of sexually harassing his minor student, and ordered his prosecution. The matter relates to a 2022…
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New Delhi: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Nationalist Congress Party’s Ajit Pawar will continue to use the clock symbol but will have to give a declaration within 36 hours that the matter is still under the consideration of the Supreme Court. At a hearing in the Supreme Court today, the judges noted that the Ajit Pawar…
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New Delhi: In a relief for commercial vehicle drivers, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held that a person holding a driving licence for a light motor vehicle (LMV) is also entitled to drive a transport vehicle with an unladen weight not exceeding 7,500 kg. The judgement of a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice…
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Justice BV Nagarathna delivered a concurrent but separate judgment New Delhi: Judges should be mindful of not castigating past judges only because they reached a different outcome while deciding a case, Justice BV Nagarathna said today. The remark was made as the Supreme Court ruled that all privately owned property does not qualify as community…
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