Several organisations and former civil servants have expressed deep concern over recent remarks by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on environmental litigation.
He said offences like “digital arrests” and other forms of cyber crimes committed day and night, causing harassment, most particularly to the senior citizens, are the latest and new challenges that the Indian judiciary is facing.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a slew of directions to ease the workload on Booth Level Officers (BLOs) involved in the Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in several states, following reports of deaths and FIRs against ground-level staff.
If approved, Justice Kant will become the 53rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) and assume office upon Justice Gavai’s demitting charge on November 23.
A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said the matter could not be taken up due to a lack of time and will now be heard on November 11.
The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, on Thursday, unanimously recommended the elevation of Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice Manmohan as a judge of the apex court.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a petition seeking review of the 2021 Canon India judgment.
Observing that the NCLAT did not apply its mind while delivering the impugned decision, the apex court directed a fresh adjudication on the insolvency proceedings.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a direction to the Centre for the establishment of a proper board to monitor and manage content on different OTT and digital media platforms.
In an initiative shedding the colonial imprint and traditional attributes, the statue of Lady Justice, in the judges' library of the Supreme Court, now holds a copy of the Indian Constitution, instead of a sword, and the blindfold has come off to leave her with open eyes.
