New Delhi, June 23 (UNI) Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Vikas Singh has written to Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai, urging the relocation of the National Judicial Museum and Archive from the current high-security zone within the Supreme Court campus to the Additional Building Area. The SCBA has proposed that the vacated…
New Delhi, June 23 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its intent to lay down guidelines for issuing OBC (Other Backwards Classes) certificates to children of single mothers, allowing the use of the mother’s caste certificate without requiring documents from the paternal side. A bench comprising Justices KV Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh heard…
New Delhi, June 23 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a 2019 deportation order issued against a Sri Lankan Tamil immigrant and sought a response from Indian authorities regarding his request to visit the Embassy of Switzerland in person to process a humanitarian visa application. A bench comprising Justices KV Viswanathan and N Kotiswar…
New Delhi, June 23 (UNI) India on Monday slammed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its ‘unwarranted and factually incorrect’ references at the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and said these statements, driven by Pakistan which has turned terrorism into statecraft, reflect the continued misuse of the OIC platform for narrow political ends….
New Delhi, June 23 (UNI) Seven first-generation women lawyers have been selected for the prestigious Indian Litigation Fellowship 2025–2026, a programme that aims to empower young female litigators through financial assistance, professional mentorship and institutional support at the formative stage of their legal careers. Out of 430 applications received from across the country, five were…
New Delhi, June 23 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday strongly condemned the increasing trend of accused individuals securing bail by voluntarily offering to deposit large sums of money and later reneging on those promises by challenging the conditions as “onerous” or claiming their lawyers lacked authority to make such offers. A bench, comprising Justices…
New Delhi, June 23 (UNI) Buoyed by impressive bypoll victories in Punjab and Gujarat, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the results reflected a growing public disillusionment with both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In today’s vote count for the June 19 by-elections involving five seats, AAP’s Gopal…
New Delhi, June 23 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim protection from arrest to Wazahat Khan, the man whose complaint led to the arrest of social media influencer and law student Sharmistha Panoli, in connection with FIRs lodged against him in states other than West Bengal for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through his…
New Delhi, June 23 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah, will chair the 25th meeting of the Central Zonal Council on Tuesday in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The meeting will be attended by Chief Ministers of the member states along with two senior ministers from each state. The Central Zonal Council comprises the states of Chhattisgarh,…
New Delhi, Jun 23 (UNI) The Supreme Court has clarified that its interim stay order dated April 21, 2025, in the copyright dispute between Phonographic Performance Ltd. (PPL) and Azure Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. is applicable only to the parties involved in the suit pending before the Delhi High Court and does not extend to third…
