Jahanvi Agarwal The Supreme Court Collegium has put forth recommendations for the elevation of Chief Justices from the Delhi, Rajasthan, and Gauhati High Courts to the Supreme Court, aiming to address the increasing caseload and maintain the Court’s full working Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Supreme Court has scheduled the final hearing for the challenges to Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act to commence on December 5, 2023. Solicitor General Tushar Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Renowned advocate Prashant Bhushan in the Electoral bonds case recently argued before the Supreme Court that the electoral bond scheme infringes upon citizens’ fundamental right to information about political parties. He cited previous Supreme Court judgments, asserting that Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal Expressing “significant concerns” regarding the investigation into an incident where a seven-year-old boy was reportedly slapped by fellow students under the direction of their teacher in a private school in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, the Supreme Court has Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court of India held that a plaint cannot be rejected in part under Order VII Rule 11 of CPC. Moreover, the court also reiterated that when a plaint does not disclose a Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In a recent judicial pronouncement, the Supreme Court issued a stern reminder that judges should refrain from taking up cases that are not expressly assigned to them by the Chief Justice, characterizing such actions as gross impropriety. Justices Read more
Vidushi Vats Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud pointed out a concerning state of affairs at the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Wednesday. He took action by issuing contempt notices to judicial member Rakesh Kumar and technical member Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal In a historic decision on October 17, 2023, the Supreme Court made a pivotal judgment regarding recognizing queer unions in India. While it refrained from granting legal status to queer marriages, it opened the doors to significant progress Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal On 13th October 2023, the Supreme Court made the decision to reject a PIL that contested Einstein’s iconic equation, E = mc², as well as calling into question Darwin’s theories of evolution. The court firmly stated that it Read more
Jahanvi Agarwal The Supreme Court turned down a woman’s plea to have her 26-week pregnancy medically terminated. The woman came before the court earlier in October and asserted that postpartum depression, horrible financial circumstances, and lactational amenorrhoea, a disease that Read more