CJI DY Chandrachud: Please don't raise your voice. This is not the way to behave as the President of SCBA. You're asking for a land allotted to the SC to be given to the bar. I have made my decision. It will be taken on 17th and it will not be first on board.
Singh: Just because the bar doesn't do anything doesn't mean it should be taken for granted. I feel strongly for this. 20 years lawyers have been waiting to be allotted chambers.
CJI DY Chandrachud: Mr Singh, I am the Chief Justice of India. I have been on the bench for long. I have never let myself be brow beaten by bar members and I will not let it happen in the final 2 years of my life.
#SupremeCourt to hear plea of YouTuber and Journalist Shankar @Savukku Shankar's plea in connection with bail conditions imposed by Madras High Court while upholding his interim bail in connection with allegations of assault and extortion by a film producer.
Bench: JJ Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma
Advocate Balaji, for petitioner: Reading the interim order of the Madras High Court.
Balaji: The representation given by the prisoner A.Shankar to the learned IV Metropolitan Magistrate, Saidapet, Chennai reveals that on 18.12.2025 by 12.00 p.m., the prisoner developed fever and asked for medical treatment. He was taken to Saidapet Government Hospital and the Doctor has taken ECG test and found variation. They referred the prisoner to the Government Royapettah Hospital for opinion.
#SupremeCourt to pronounce judgment on pan-India implementation of the Union's national policy 'Menstrual Hygiene Policy for School-going Girls' in Government and Government-aided schools for adolescent girl children from Classes 6-12.
Bench: JJ JB Pardiwala & R Mahadevan
Order: having heard learned counsels, following questions emerge:
1. Unavailability of segregated toilets for girls and non-access to menstrual absorbent violates Article 14- right to equal is expressed to participate in equal terms. Inaccessibility of menstral hygience management strips away the right to participate equally.
2. right to dignified menstral health is a part of Article 21- undermines dignity of girl child. privacy is extricably linked with dignity which entails a duty to not violate privacy but also to take necessary measures.
3. whether non-availability of segregated toilets and non-access to menstrual absorbent violate the right to participation and equality of opportunity
4. Unavailability of segregated toilets and non-access to menstrual absorbent violates the Article 21 and free primary education? all schools run by gov or privately managed must act in accordance with Section 19 of the RTE Act. All found contraventions would be derecognised.
Order: 1. States/UT ensure every school, gov or private, is provided with functional gender segregated toilets and water facility. All new schools must ensure privacy including catering to rights of persons with disability.
2. all states/UT ensure every school provide biodegradable sanitary napkins within toilet premises.
3. establish menstrual hygiene management equipped with spare uniforms and other necessary materials to address menstrual urgency.
#SupremeCourt resumes hearing in the #StrayDogs case
Bench: Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria
Yesterday, the Court deprecated as "vague" affidavits filed by certain states, noting that statistics of bite incidents were not provided
Sr counsel for NHAI (on Haryana): They are lacking somewhere...we will monitor...3261 stray cattle have been [rehabilitated] from highways.
#SupremeCourt #StrayDogs
Sr counsel for NHAI (on Kerala): I have a little experience there...entire stretch of highways are urbanized...agricultural fields are far behind...so hardly any chance of cattle coming...on beaches also, problem only of stray dogs.
#SupremeCourt hears the batch of pleas challenging the SIR across various states.
Bench: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi.
Court issues directions on publication of 'logical discrepancy' lists in Tamil Nadu -
The names of the persons figured in the category of logical discrepancies may be displayed at public places.
Persons under the category of logical discrepancy are permitted to submit their documents/objections in person or through a representative within a period of 10 days.
The documents to be submitted to the booth level officer.
The list displaying persons following in the category of logical discussion will contain the brief reason of discrepancy.
It is directed to provide adequate manpower to the ECI and state election commission for deployment of personal at the BLOs or sub divisional level offices
The district collector to meticulously follow the instructions issued by election commissioner of India for deploying the adequate staff for smooth functioning of the SIR process.
The superintendent of police of all districts are also directed to ensure that there is no law and order problem at the above specified locations.
Court: we expect the election commission of India to ensure compliance to these procedural directions in all the states where the SIR process is undertaken
Bombay High Court to appoint a High Power Committee under a former judge of the Supreme Court and/or Chief Justice of some High Court, to monitor the action taken by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) and also the Maharashtra State Pollution Board (MPCB) against those violating the norms and causing Air Pollution in the city.
@mybmc @NMMConline
#BombayHighCourt #AirPollution #BMC
A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad, while dictating an order in open court, said that the corporations and the MPCB may have taken some serious steps but the results thereof, do not indicate any decrease in the levels of pollution.
"Mere filing of affidavits and compliance reports is not sufficient. There is no dispute that the levels of Air Pollution in the city of Mumbai have not gone down in fact, in October it was reported to be severe," Chief Justice said.
#BombayHighCourt #BMC #AirPollution
"The Flying Squads of the BMC are not working at all. They are 91 in numbers but their inspections of various construction sites, on a daily basis, are insufficient," CJ said in the order.
#SupremeCourt hears the Plea relating to the various coercive actions were initiated against the @PunjabKesari management, including cutting off the electricity, notices by the Pollution Control Board against the press, shutting down of the hotels run by the newspaper owners, FIRs etc
CJI: in our opinion, there is no need to interfere the impugned order of the HC , however, certain clarificatory directions, in peculiar facts and circumstances of the case are necesaary : (1) petitioners may approach the NGT at the earliest for interim directions
CJI: (2) the Hotel has already complied with all the norms, the petitioners may request the NGT to constitute an expert team to visit the site where officers of the State PCB shall be there