A view of Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court has come out with a fresh roster for allocation of new cases to 15 benches from July 3 and the first three courts presided over by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud and the … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday emphasized the need for integration of the Centre’s two initiatives to provide mental health care services to citizens and their rehabilitation. ‘Tele-MANAS‘ is an initiative of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW)which was launched on the occasion of World Mental Health Day on October 10, 2022, … Read more
A Bench led by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud said that more States are trying to “jump into the bandwagon” even while the court is hearing the case. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Friday gave States three more weeks to file counter-affidavits to petitions challenging their anti-religious conversion laws, even as senior … Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday, March 3, 2023, sought responses from the Uttar Pradesh government and the State Election Commission on a plea by a group of 14 Mayors to intervene in a case concerning the holding of local body elections in the State. A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has constituted an all-women bench comprising Justices Hima Kohli and Bela M. Trivedi to hear transfer petitions involving matrimonial disputes and bail matters on Thursday. This is the third occasion in the history of the … Read more
Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, and two Supreme Court judges, met Gujarat and Telangana High Courts’ lawyers on Monday over the Collegium’s proposed transfers of Justices Nikhil Kariel and A. Abhishek Reddy, agreeing to “examine” their grievances while “strongly conveying” that they have to get back … Read more
Supreme Court of India | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday agreed to list in due course a writ petition to reconsider the collegium system of judicial appointments to the Supreme Court and the High Courts. The petition sought the revival of the National Judicial Appointments Commission or NJAC, which … Read more
The letter kick-starts the appointment process for the 50th Chief Justice of India. CJI Lalit is set to retire on November 8 The letter kick-starts the appointment process for the 50th Chief Justice of India. CJI Lalit is set to retire on November 8 The Ministry of Law and Justice on October 7, 2022 sought … Read more
The Supreme Court having left with only one woman judge is “deeply worrying” and must promptly receive serious introspection, apex court judge, Justice D Y Chandrachud, said on Saturday. Justice Chandrachud was speaking at a farewell ceremony organised by the Supreme Court Young Lawyers Forum to honour Justice Indu Malhotra, who was the first woman … Read more