Supreme Court to hear plea of Chhattisgarh government against the refusal for examining of additional witnesses by the Judicial Commission set up to probe the 2013 #JheeramGhati naxal attack in which in which 29 people, including leaders of state INC, were killed. #SupremeCourt
Senior Adv Abhishek Manu Singhvi:
incident took place in May 2013 after which a special judicial commission was constituted. Till then 67 witnesses were examined. A new government was formed in Dec 2018.
Singhvi: Additional term of reference were given but for seven months nothing was done and no additional witnesses were examined. In October last year two witnesses were examined but did not examine the six witnesses which were sought by officer in-charge or state
Singhvi: Director of Jungle warfare was not examined.
Justice Ashok Bhushan: But commission has said in September that it will not examine any new witnesses after Oct 1, 2019
Singhvi: state has filed an affidavit on Sept 30
SC: but you are saying is not in the order
Singhvi: Commission is not allowing witnesses to file an affidavit. Cana commission do this?
SC: commission said those who wanted to be examined will file an affidavit but no one did
Singhvi:This is such an important incident why cannot they examine five witnesses. This is not something cast on stone.
SC: Commission said those who want to be examined shall file their affidavit but no one filed. How can they be examined now
Singhvi: state filed the affidavit
SC: That was not the order of commission but it said that those who want to be examined shall file their affidavits
Singhvi concedes.
Singhvi: court is right that state filed but witnesses did not filed the affidavit
SC: you wanted the expert witness to be examined but commission did not agreed. You may have extended commissions tenure but it has closed the proceedings
Appeal dismissed.
Jheeram Ghati Naxal Attack case: Supreme Court dismisses Chattisgarh government plea seeking examination of additional witnesses [Read full story] #SupremeCourt
Supreme Court is set to examine the Union Government's status report on the "Digital Arrest" cyber fraud epidemic
Top cout will review the coordination between the MHA, RBI, and telecom authorities to curb transnational syndicates targeting Indian citizens #SupremeCourt
In a connected case, CJI Kant remarks "we have seen bank officials are completely hand in gloves with the accused in these cases of digital arrest"
AG R Venkataramani places status report on record
CJI: there are senior citizens.. there was a retired couple. Their entire life savings went away.
AG: Rajasthan and Kerala HC judgments are exhaustive. SOP for now is fairly comprehensive
Supreme Court takes up suggestions seeking sweeping reforms in SCBA elections, including reservation for members with disabilities, 50% relaxation in eligibility norms, rotational representation for women, and inclusion of gender neutrality and ability inclusion as core objectives of the Bar Association
#SupremeCourt #SCBA #BarReforms
CJI Surya Kant: Please give all the suggestions to Adv Pragya Baghel.
CJI to Adv Sneha Kalita: As a woman member, as an AoR and as someone seeking empowerment.
Sr Adv Vijay Hansaria: Suggestion by Ms Kalita on reservation for differently abled is praiseworthy
CJI: yes we will make sure that and we are under an obligation to create the infrastructure for the same.
Adv Kalita: 76 years has passed and we still do not have a woman present of the Supreme Court Bar
. I am stressing on the point of rotational representation
Another woman lawyer: no no that cannot be. It has to be on merit.
CJI: environment created should not look like one is completely dependant for the post. Everytime one cannot depend on reservation
#THREAD Supreme Court is set to hear today West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s plea raising concerns over the SIR electoral roll revision exercise in the State. @MamataOfficial is scheduled to appear in person. #SupremeCourt #WestBengal
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has urged the Supreme Court to issue urgent directions in the SIR process, warning that mandatory hearings, document rejections and use of Micro Observers could lead to large scale voter disenfranchisement #SupremeCourt #SIR @MamataOfficial
@MamataOfficial All eyes on the Supreme Court today as a Bench led by CJI Surya Kant, with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi, hears Mamata Banerjee’s plea on the SIR process, with the final electoral roll deadline close at hand. #SupremeCourt #SIR #WestBengal
Supreme Court to shortly resume hearing its suo motu case on stray dogs.
Bench: Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, and NV Anjaria
#straydogs #SupremeCourt
The court is expected to continue reviewing compliance affidavits filed by various states with respect to its 7th November order relating to removal of stray dogs from institutional areas etc.
Yesterday, the Court took a dim view of “vague” affidavits filed by some states.
Amicus Curiae Gaurav Agarwal: Punjab has not submitted any action plan etc.
Counsel for Punjab: there is a budgetary allocation of 11cr. There are 20 dog catching vehicles available. There is a district level committee which we have formed. We have given a full action plan for institutions.
Court: how many dogs have you collected from institutions?
Counsel: for Malerkotla it is 108. I will place as and when information comes.
Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging the University Grants Commission (UGC)'s recently notified rules intended to prevent caste discrimination in educational institutions #UGC #UGCRegulations #SupremeCourt
The rules have been challenged for excluding 'general category' students from complaining under its grievance redressal mechanism #UGC #UGCRegulations
University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026 was notified on January 13 and applies to all higher educational institutions in India.
Its objective is to "eradicate discrimination only on the basis of religion, race, gender, place of birth, caste, or disability, particularly against the members of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, socially and educationally backward classes, economically weaker sections, persons with disabilities, or any of them, and to promote full equity and inclusion amongst the stakeholders in higher education institutions."