SC to hear on Wednesday pleas against Citizenship Amendment Act

The Supreme Court is going to hear the AASU’s writ petition against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The hearing is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, December 18. In the meantime, a legal team of AASU is already in New Delhi where they have completed all formalities for the hearing. Along with the AASU petition, the […]

Citizenship Amendment Act: SC to hear petitions on Dec 18

The Supreme Court will begin hearing the first set of petitions on the Citizenship Amendment Act on December 18. A number of groups and organisations besides individuals have filed petitions against in the Apex Court against the CAA. Moreover, there are groups and organisations gearing up to file petitions against Citizenship Bill which is now […]

Supreme Court reserves order on plea against Maharashtra govt formation

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved the order on a joint petition filed by Shiv Sena, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party against the decision of the Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to invite BJP to form the government in the state. The petitions were filed after BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis took oath for the second consecutive […]

SC issues notice to Centre, Maha govt; asks for relevant documents related to govt formation

The Supreme Court on Sunday issued notices to the Maharashtra government, state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, his deputy Ajit Pawar and the Centre, and asked for relevant documents and letters of support from MLAs by 10 am tomorrow. The top court while hearing the NCP-Sena-Congress plea against BJP-lead government formation in the state said appropriate […]

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde sworn in as 47th Chief Justice of India

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was on Monday sworn-in as the 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI) by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. New CJI, Bobde, has succeeded Justice Ranjan Gogoi who retired on November 17 after remaining in office for over 13 months. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home […]

Outgoing CJI Ranjan Gogoi to get Z plus security post retirement

Outgoing Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who is set to retire on November 17, will enjoy Z plus security. CJI Gogoi is likely to settle in Assam after his retirement. The security of the CJI and four other judges was beefed up ahead of the delivery of Ayodhya verdict. According to sources, Assam police […]

CJI Ranjan Gogoi issues notices in all case on his last working day in Supreme Court

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Friday issued notices in all the ten cases listed before him, as today is his last working day in the Supreme Court. He is slated to retire on November 17. Justice Ranjan Gogoi was appointed as the Chief Justice of India on October 3 in 2018. Two days […]

SC dismisses review petition seeking court monitored criminal probe in Rafale deal

In yet another judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a review petition seeking a court-monitored criminal probe in Rafale fighter jet deal. The three-judge bench of the top court, presided by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, dismissed the review petition in an unanimous judgement. The development comes as a huge relief for the […]

Historic verdict, Ram temple to come at disputed Ayodhya site

In a historic judgement, the Supreme Court on Saturday paved the way for construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya and has directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre alternate plot of land to the Sunni Waqf Board. With its unanimous verdict that runs into 1,045 pages, the five-judge bench of […]