[PIL for separate Ladies Bar Room and other amenities for lady lawyers in Courts across India]

Lady Counsel: Your lordships have directed that they directed that the Advocates who are keen to appear for civil service exam they should have court exposure of at-least 3 yrs, but will not there are many systematic barriers roadblocks. There is absence of fixed stipend for newly addressed Advocates in the courts.

CJI Surya Kant: We must give compliments for the amount of research, the hard work, and in the way you have collected. We really admire and we feel that there are people who are committed to the cause of the judicial system and for the legal fraternity. Commendable job, you’ve done! And all these young girls who are party, to this information. We pay our compliments with each of them. CJI: Very remarkable job they have done and right from South to North to the West. This is the most satisfying experience that we have seen.

Counsel: We have also prepared a short PPT. To show the actual position of the lady’s bar rooms and its PATHETIC, especially within 50kms range of this honourable court. Ghaziabad, the prime city of Uttar Pradesh, Greater Noida, it doesn’t have any Bar room for ladies. It’s just like the feeling is- you go! We are not supposed to be there. We are not to be seen!

“You are a serial PIL Litigant”

Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking a CBI probe into alleged horse-trading behind TVK’s trust vote victory in the Tamil Nadu Assembly and a direction for President’s Rule pending investigation.

Bench: CJI Surya Kant & Justice V. Mohana Advocate CR Jaya Sukin alleged rampant political horse-trading: MLAs are flown in chartered flights, money is distributed, contracts are promised. Democracy is being destroyed.

He urged the Court to intervene “to save democracy in this country.”

Delhi High Court hears Telegram's plea challenging the Centre's temporary ban until June 22 over concerns linked to the alleged NEET Re-Exam paper leak.

Matter before Justice Tejas Karia.

Senior Advocate Dhruv Mehta appears for Telegram.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and ASG Chetan Sharma appear for the Centre.

SG: We have filed our response. They were called and heard. Findings have been recorded by the Review Committee chaired by the Cabinet Secretary. Court asks Telegram to address arguments on the final order.

Sr Adv Dhruv Mehta: The order suffers from legal infirmity. It merely confirms the interim direction.

Court: It is an independent requirement. It may or may not get confirmed. There is a post-decisional hearing... opportunity has been given.

🚨BREAKING: Delhi High Court on alleged trolling of a Saket Court judge after the stay order in the Abhijit Iyer-Mitra (@Iyervval) matter:

"If the judge is concerned, he can make a reference for contempt. You can also take recourse to contempt law."

Justice Neena Bansal Krishna told Sr Adv Percival Billimoria. Sr. Adv Billimoria appearing for @Iyervval informed the Delhi HC that the Saket Court judge faced coordinated trolling after staying the order directing registration of an FIR against Abhijit Iyer-Mitra.

Posts described the judge as a "pathetic judge" and the judiciary as a "rotten institution": Billimoria submitted

Interesting observations from the #DelhiHighCourt today in a criminal contempt case filed by Delhi High Court Bar Association against one Kapil Kakkar who claimed on social media that the May 30 Saket building collapse was not just a civic failure but also involved judicial complicity. During the hearing, Justice Neena Bansal Krishna noted that courts are increasingly facing "scandalous allegations" against judges on social media platforms.

#DelhiHighCourt

In Supreme Court before Justice Vikram Nath and V. Mohana-

Petitioner appearing in person: Good Morning. Sir, the petition is maintainable, the prayers are maintainable and there is an extreme urgency.

J. Nath: Why don’t you go to the High Court?

Petitioner: Sir, because of the urgency of the case.

J. Nath: Acha, why? The High Court will not entertain urgent matters?

Petitioner: The prayers sought in the present writ petition are invoking the plenary powers of the Supreme Court.

J. Nath: High Courts have wider powers than Supreme Court. J. Nath: Do you know that?

Petitioner appearing in person: Yes

Court: Dismissed as withdraw, with liberty to approach the High Court for appropriate orders.

Petitioner: Please do not dismiss this case. Even if i file the petition in High Court, the respondents would certainly move the Supreme Court through a Special Leave Petition if an order is passed in my favour.

J. Nath: Thank-you very much. Next case.

BIHAR SIR

Supreme Court to shortly pronounce its verdict in the batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. CJI Surya Kant begins reading from the judgment.

🚨In Delhi High Court today: Justice Manoj Jain to hear the CBI’s plea challenging the discharge of Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and all accused in the liquor policy case.

The matter was reassigned after Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma initiated contempt proceedings against them and transferred the case. Matter taken up.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appears for CBI.

Advocate Zoheb Hossian appears for ED.

Court: Taking note of the counsels who are present for the respondents. There is no representation for Respondents 3, 8, 18, 19.

Sabarimala Reference Hearing in Supreme Court

Judges of the Supreme Court of Bhutan along with other court officials to attend hearing in courtroom 1 today. Senior Adv Jaideep Gupta: As far as social welfare and reform are concerned, I only wish to make one submission. Why are these concepts located within the constitutional provisions dealing with religion at all?

BREAKING: After Arvind Kejriwal, now Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) writes to Delhi High Court Judge Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, says HE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE further in PERSON OR THROUGH COUNSEL in CBI’s appeal challenging discharge in the Excise Policy case, citing “conscience” and concerns over appearance of impartiality. 🚨Manish Sisodia backs Arvind Kejriwal’s stand, says he is in “respectful agreement” with his Satyagraha-based refusal. Flags concerns over judge’s association with ABAP and children’s engagement with Union Govt panels linked to Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta.

BREAKING

Supreme Court lambasts West Bengal government over indefinite delay in completing Kolkata Metro’s Orange Line.

State of WB: Please give us time till May. Now elections are there.

CJI: Do not politicise everything.. this is a development issue. Justice Joymalya Bagchi: For you festival is more important than development! You told High Court that you have festivals to take care of. Festival is more important than construction of transport. We do not expect democratically elected government to knock on our doors for this. We will not allow the state to use this to stall development again.

#MadrasHighCourt to continue hearing appeals challenging a single judge order of December 1 that permitted lighting of #KarthigaiDeepam atop an ancient pillar (#deepathoon) on #ThiruparankundramHill

Bench: Justices G Jayachandran and K K Ramakrishnan Senior Advocate S Sriram (for Hindu devotee): The right to worship cannot be confined only to Article 25. It is also a facet of the right to expression under Article 19.

#MadrasHighCourt #thiruparankundramissue #karthigaideepam

SupremeCourt to hear today a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.

While the #BiharSIR case has been heard earlier (with polls now in the final phase), petitions over #TamilNaduSIR and #WestBengalSIR were filed recently. In Tamil Nadu, the DMK (@arivalayam), CPI(M) (@cpimspeak), and a state MLA have moved the Supreme Court.

In West Bengal, petitions have been filed by TMC MP Dola Sen (@AITCofficial), Mala Roy and the WB Pradesh Congress Committee.

Supreme Court hearing a plea by cartoonist Hemant Malviya, accused of drawing a caricature showing the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak (RSS) and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in an undignified manner.

Bench: Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria On the last hearing, the Court had directed cartoonist Hemant Malviya to publish an apology on social media, barred reposting of caricature, and said deletion of the original content was not allowed during ongoing investigation.

Delhi High Court to hear today Centre’s objection to the maintainability of a plea filed by banned organisation Popular Front of India (PFI) challenging the UAPA Tribunal’s order upholding the five-year ban imposed by the Central Government. The matter is listed before a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela.

Supreme Court to shortly hear YouTuber and podcaster Ranveer Allahabadia aka 'BeerBiceps' plea over multiple FIRs filed against him for controversial remarks on the YouTube show 'India's Got Latent'. Court had earlier in February granted interim relief to Allahabadia.

🗳️ One Nation, One Election — the big debate unfolds at Delhi High Court today!
Union Ministers, senior jurists & legal minds come together to discuss the future of India’s democracy. 🇮🇳⚖️
#OneNationOneElection
@byadavbjp @arjunrammeghwal @HiteshJ1973 Lawbeat’s @SukritiMishra12 with insights

Delhi High Court hears plea by UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari challenging a trial court order declaring him a “fugitive economic offender.”

Bench: Justice Neena Bansal Krishna Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Sanjay Bhandari, read out the extradition warrant issued against his client. According to his submission, the warrant stood executed on 8 July 2021.

Sibal refers to Section 4 of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018 (FEOA).

Supreme Court to hear a plea by cartoonist Hemant Malviya, accused of drawing a caricature showing the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak (RSS) and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in an undignified manner.

Bench: Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria In July the Court had granted anticipatory bail to the Cartoonist. Malviya had also tendered an apology, through his Counsel, Advocate Vrinda Grover for the posts and stated that he would delete the same.

Shortly before Supreme Court-

A plea by Kerala Governor, in his capacity as Chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, challenging HC order that upheld quashing of two temporary VC appointments made by the former Governor.

Bench: Justice JB Pardiwala & Justice KV Viswanathan

The Court is to finalise names for Select Committee to appoint regular VC today. Matter taken up.

Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta appears for the State.

Attorney General is in his legs in another court.

Delhi High Court to hear today plea by MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid challenging trial court’s order directing him to bear travel expenses as condition for custody parole to attend Parliament. A division bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani to hear the matter.