#SupremeCourt recalls a December 2019 order that removed the condition of obtaining prior permission of the Court to fell trees on non forest/private lands within the Taj Trapezium Zone.

Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan. The Court had earlier this month issued notice to an applicant seeking exemption from the requirement of prior tree-cutting permission for agro forestry activities.

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Senior Advocate designation | #SupremeCourt hears the issue of reconsideration of Indira Jaising judgements of 2017 and 2023 which govern the process of conferment of senior designation to advocates.

Bench: Justices Abhay Oka, Ujjal Bhuyan, and SVN Bhatti. Yesterday, the Court questioned the inclusion of members of the Bar in the decision making process noting that the Senior Designation has to be conferred by the Full Court.
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Senior Advocate designation | #SupremeCourt hears the issue of reconsideration of Indira Jaising judgements of 2017 and 2023 which govern the process of conferment of senior designation to advocates.

Bench: Justices Abhay Oka, Ujjal Bhuyan, and SVN Bhatti. Last month, a division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih flagged several concerns about the procedure laid down by the two judgments.
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Justice Abhay Oka of the #SupremeCourt to shortly deliver a lecture on "Art of Advocacy and duties of Advocates under the Constitution" hosted by the Indian Law Institute - Assam State Unit. Other dignitaries at the dais -

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, #SupremeCourt Judge

Justice Vijay Bishnoi, Gauhati High Court Chief Justice

Justice Soumitra Saikia, Gauhati High Court Judge and ILI Assam Executive Chairman.

#SupremeCourt hears the MC Mehta case concerning environmental pollution and tree cover in the Taj Trapezium Zone.

Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice N Kotiswar Singh. Earlier, the Court has highlighted the need for tree census and vigilance mechanism to prevent illegal tree felling in the TTZ area. livelaw.in/top-stories/su…

#SupremeCourt hears the MC Mehta case concerning pollution management in Delhi NCR on issues related to transport pollution, and payment of compensation to workers affected by GRAP measures.

Bench: Justice Oka and Justice Bhuyan. Haryana informs the court that last phase payments are in progress.

Order: concerning the first and second phase of GRAP 4 compensation has been paid to 268759 and 224881 workers. The process of payment of compensation to approximately 95000 workers for the GRAP 4 period in January is under progress. Therefore at this stage no further direction is required to be issued as far as Haryana is concerned. #SupremeCourt

Senior Advocate Indira Jaising to shortly deliver the "29th Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial Lecture"

Topic: India's Modern Constitutionalism

Event presided by Delhi High Court Chief Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Vibhu Bakhru The lecture can be viewed live at:



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#SupremeCourt to hear today a writ petition filed by YouTuber Ranveer Allahabadia (@BeerBicepsGuy) in respect of FIRs registered against him across multiple states over his remarks during the "India's Got Latent" show

Bench: Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh @BeerBicepsGuy Hearing begins

Adv Dr Abhinav Chandrachud (for Allahabadia): This is for clubbing of FIRs. Petitioner has received death threats. First in Maharashtra, then Assam, now Jaipur...there is a reward...offense is old S.153A (promoting hatred)

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#SupremeCourt hears the PIL seeking mechanism to ensure shelter for #homeless persons, especially during winters

Bench: Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih

#RightToShelter Adv Prashant Bhushan (for petitioner) recapitulates the history of the matter.

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#SupremeCourt hears a case dealing with the recurring issue of false statements and suppression of material facts in remission pleas.

Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice AG Masih. Amicus Curiae S Muralidhar has suggested amendments to the Supreme Court Rules delineating roles and responsibilities of every lawyer involved in the process of filing a case to ensure accuracy in pleadings in the case. #SupremeCourt livelaw.in/top-stories/am…

#SupremeCourt hears the Delhi Air Pollution matter regarding stubble burning, pollution caused by power plants, color coded stickers on vehicles to identify fuel type, and implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules.

Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan.

#DelhiAirPollution J Oka: How many power plants are there?

Amicus curiae Aparajita Singh: Eleven. Some owned by the state, some private. Delhi plants are on gas.
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#SupremeCourt hears a case dealing with the recurring issue of false statements and suppression of material facts in remission pleas.

Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice AG Masih. Amicus Curiae S Muralidhar has suggested amendment to the Supreme Court Rules delineating roles and responsibilities of every lawyer involved in the process of filing a case to ensure accuracy in pleadings in the case. #SupremeCourt
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"There is something hanky panky as far as my department is concerned. Without consultation a half baked affidavit in counter has been filed even before we filed appearance for it."

ASG SV Raju tells the #SupremeCourt in bail plea of Arun Pati Tripathi, an accused in the alleged Chhattisgarh liquor scam.
#Bail #PMLA @dir_ed Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan.

#SupremeCourt #Bail #PMLA @dir_ed #ChhattisgarhLiquorScam

Bombay HC today heard for 3 hours, the arguments of former judge and now Sr Adv Dr S Muralidhar, who appeared for 2 life convicts in the Mumbai 7/11 train blasts case.

A special bench of Justices Anil Kilor and Shyam Chandak is hearing the appeals of 12 convicts in the blasts case, of which 5 are facing death sentences while 7 are serving their life terms.

#BombayHighCourt #JusticeMuralidhar #MumbaiBlastsCase Appearing for two life convicts - one from Bangalore and the other from Mumbai, Muralidhar argued on various issues like media trial, lapses on part of the prosecution, the trial court, confessional statements of the accused etc.

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#AllahabadHighCourt is hearing a plea moved by Alt-News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) challenging an FIR lodged against him accusing him of 'promoting enmity' by putting a post on 'X' about #YatiNarsinghanand's speech. A bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Justice Nalin Kumar Srivastava is hearing the matter.

On December 18, the #AllahabadHighCourt had orally questioned Zubair for choosing to post the matter on social media rather than filing an FIR against Yati Narsinhanand or approaching the court seeking appropriate remedy.

#SupremeCourt hears the MC Mehta case concerning enhancing green cover and conducting a tree census in Delhi.

Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice AG Masih.
#DelhiGreenCover #TreeCensus The Court is also considering imposing a cap on tree felling permissions over which permission will be sought from a committee of experts.

J Oka: CEC has given concurrence for participating in this exercise.
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"You are making submissions contrary to express statute."

#SupremeCourt pulls up Counsel for Enforcement Directorate for arguing that rigorous conditions for bail under PMLA would apply to a woman, despite exception granted under proviso to Section 45(1).

#Bail @dir_ed Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice AG Masih. #SupremeCourt #Bail #PMLA @dir_ed

#SupremeCourt hears batch of petitions challenging Calcutta HC Order which set aside over 24000 appointments of teaching and non-teaching posts by WB School Selection Committee

Bench : CJI Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar Sr Adv Rakesh Dwivedi explains the facts of the case to the bench

#AllahabadHighCourt to shortly hear a plea moved by Alt-News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) challenging an FIR lodged against him accusing him of 'promoting enmity' by putting a post on 'X' on #YatiNarsinghanand. The matter is before a bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi.

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Actor Allu Arjun has moved the #TelanganaHighCourt seeking quashing of an FIR in connection with a stampede outside a cinema theatre in Hyderabad last week where the actor had appeared unscheduled, in which one woman died.

#AlluArjun #Pushpa2TheRule #telanganahighcourt A lunch motion was moved before Justice Juvvadi Sridevi by the counsel for the Actor, which was allowed by the Bench. Matter to be heard at 4pm.

#SupremeCourt hears against Kerala HC's order quashing transfer of senior scientist at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, whose son faces 65% permanent locomotor disability.

The Court held that the transfer order violated the legal right of the disabled son to be taken care of by his father. The respondent was working as a senior scientist at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing. He was issued with an order to be transferred to Jammu and Kashmir to head a project.