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 shortly hear PIL assailing digging up of tribal Christians' dead bodies in Chhattisgarh villages and their relocation away from village grounds
Bench: Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria
The plea seeks a declaration that all persons, irrespective of religion, are permitted to bury their deceased in the village where they live
Hearing begins
Sr Adv Colin Gonsalves (for petitioners): Petitioner No.7 is a direct victim...body of his dead mother was exhumed and re-buried without his knowledge...petitioner No.9 - dead body of her husband was exhumed and re-buried in an undisclosed location...I have annexed all photos. Please see the order relied upon.
Gonsalves: They buried in own village since independence...those buried are now being removed from the place
Order: Issue notice
Gonsalves: Please stay any further forcible removal of bodies from the graves.
#SupremeCourt hears pleas challenging provisions of the Bodhgaya Temple Act 1949
Counsel : the matter has been pending for 14 years, R1 and R3 have not filed responses
CJI: the core issue is of the constitutionality of the Bodh Gaya temple 1949 which was amended from time to time. Though the State of Bihar and Union are respondents, some private entites have sought the impleadment
#SupremeCourt hears PIL seeking directions for an SIT probe into alleged irregular allotment of public contracts to companies owned by relatives of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu @PemaKhanduBJP
Advocate Prashant Bhushan: this is that case of contract...
Counsel for Respondent: we have filed detailed chart
Bhushan: earlier affidavit of State gov, where they filed contract related to Tawang...we pointed out large number of firms related to chief minister. they filed for 4 firms which they felt was directly related to CM.
@PemaKhanduBJP Bhushan: 16 july affidavit, they say that with regard to one particular company...these are contracts awarded to four firms
J Nath: the affidavit which finds mention in order of 3rd February is not uploaded
#SupremeCourt hears a plea filed by @gauravbhatiabjp in a murder case that took place in State of West Bengal. Bhatia claims that no FIR was registered pursuant to Lalita Kumari judgment
Bhatia: today I am being told that Kapil Sibal for State is not available. 19 murders, all political in nature. Your lordships must taken an account that IAs would be listed. Like closure report filed in this case, it would be filed in those. Mylords should have a view as to what is happening in the State.
Bhatia: police is not taking complaints. Two things I wish to pray, IAs may be listed next week. I will place facts with this case..if the family member can be provided with security. It is a case were conscious is shaken.
#SupremeCourt to shortly hear pleas challenging certain provisions of the #DigitalPersonalDataProtection Act, 2023 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025
As per the petitioners, DPDP Act weakens the transparency framework under the RTI Act by creating what it describes as a blanket exemption for disclosure of personal information
Bench: CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi
Court seized of two petitions today - one filed by digital news platform The Reporters Collective and journalist Nitin Sethi - and another filed by the National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI).
#SupremeCourt #DPDPAct
CJI Kant: There's element of sensitivity...both sides will have arguable points...sometimes the bench is so conscious of such things...
Advs Vrinda Grover and Prashant Bhushan appear for petitioners.