Aastha Pareek On November 8, 2024, a Division-Bench of the Supreme Court of India, comprising Chief Justice Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Manoj Misra, clarified the extent of judicial intervention permissible when considering applications for appointing arbitrators under Section 11(6) Read more
Rehan Khan Justice Sanjiv Khanna sworn in as the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI) on 11th November at Rashtrapati Bhavan, where President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office. With a tenure of approximately six months, Justice Khanna will Read more
Aastha Pareek The Supreme Court of India recently expressed strong disapproval over repeated delays in a bail application pending before the Allahabad High Court since August 2023. The case, Wazid v. State of Uttar Pradesh, brought to the fore the Read more
Rehan Khan Today marks the final day of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud’s tenure in the Supreme Court of India. Appointed to the apex court in 2016 and elevated to the position of Chief Justice in November 2022, Justice Chandrachud has Read more
Rehan Khan On 8th November, the Supreme Court, by a 4:3 majority, held that the minority status of an educational institution does not end simply because it is regulated by a statute or administered by non-minority members. This ruling, in Read more
Aastha Pareek The Supreme Court recently rejected a plea to transfer the criminal trial for the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College out of West Bengal. The case, titled In Re: Alleged Rape Read more
Rehan Khan On 6th November, the Supreme Court rebuked the Uttar Pradesh Government for demolishing a resident’s house without following due process, calling the act “high-handed” and illegal. The case, heard by a Bench comprising of Chief Justice of India Read more
Rehan Khan On 5th November, the Supreme Court emphasized that all High Court judges are part of a unified group of officeholders, affirming that they are entitled to equal service benefits, including pensions, without any form of discrimination. A Bench Read more
Rehan Khan On 5th November, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, confirming the state’s legislative authority to establish and administer educational standards in madrasas. The Act which introduced the Madarsa Read more
Rehan Khan On 4th November, the Supreme Court of India eased a stringent bail condition for Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan. The previous condition, imposed in 2022, required Kappan to appear at a local police station in Uttar Pradesh every Monday Read more