#SupremeCourt to hear today Ashoka University Professor #AliKhanMahmudabad's (@Mahmudabad) plea against the FIRs lodged by Haryana police over his social media posts on 'Operation Sindoor'

Bench: Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi

Earlier, the Court granted Mahmudabad interim bail and directed constitution of a Special Investigation Team to examine his posts and file a report The Court further asked Haryana govt about its response to National Human Rights Commission taking cognizance of the manner in which the FIRs were registered against #Mahmudabad

The Court also told Mahmudabad's counsels to the raise plea for relaxation of bail conditions on the next date (that is today)

#SupremeCourt #Mahmudabad

#SupremeCourt hears plea by Wazahat Khan, the complainant that led to arrest of influencer Sharmistha Panoli, seeking consolidation of FIRs registered in Assam, Maharashtra, Delhi and Haryana over his social media posts.

Bench: Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice KV Viswanathan The Court in June granted interim protection from arrest.
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Challenge To Bihar Electoral Roll Revision : Live Updates From Supreme Court

#Bihar #SupremeCourt

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Sr. Adv. Gopal Sankarnarayanan: what is permitted under the Act of 1950 and the registration of electors rules is two types of revisions. Intensive revision and summary revision.

Chief Justice of India BR Gavai to shortly deliver the
11th Justice VR Krishna Iyer Memorial Lecture.

Topic: 'Role of Justice VR Krishna Iyer In Balancing The Fundamental Right And Directive Principles of State Policy'

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youtube.com/live/5L06qmfws… Chief Justice of Kerala High Court Nitin Jamdar delivers the Presidential Address.

#SupremeCourt hears the case where it yesterday took serious exception to non-release of an accused person from Ghaziabad jail, despite a #bail order passed by the Court, and summoned an #UttarPradesh jailer

Bench: Justices KV Viswanathan and NK Singh As per the petitioner, release from custody was denied on the ground that a sub-section of a provision under which he was booked was not mentioned in the bail order.

#SupremeCourt #UP #Bail

#Karnatakahighcourt hears petition filed by RCB's marketing head Nikhil Sosale, arrested in connection with the #BengaluruStampede near #Chinnaswamystadium seeking interim bail on grounds that his arrest was illegal. Sr Adv Sandesh Chouta for petitioner when entities are shown in FIR you cannot go behind the employees. There can no vicarious liability.
#BengaluruStampede

#SupremeCourt to hear today petitions challenging the conduct of NEET-PG 2025 in two-shifts.

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#NEETPG2025 #NEETPG Matter taken up.

Counsel: stream is decided based on this exam. It is based on rank. Even a one mark difference will decide whether I get my preferred stream - radiology, gynecology etc. It will make a huge difference on whether I get the University of my choice.

ANI files defamation suit against YouTuber Mohak Mangal before Delhi High Court.

Suit also names Kunal Kamra and Mohd. Zubair as defendants for sharing Mangal’s YouTube video on their Twitter handles.

#Defamation #ANI @mohakmangal @zoo_bear @kunalkamra88 @ANI The matter will today be heard by Justice Amit Bansal.

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#Defamation #DelhiHighCourt @ANI @mohakmangal @zoo_bear @kunalkamra88

Hearing resumes in the matter.

J Godse: Except for that post is there anyother crime against her? Did she herself wrote that post?

Adv Farhana Shah for the girl tells the court that her client has merely reposted someone else's post and deleted it within 2 hours.

#BombayHighCourt #OperationSindoor Bench is going through the case file to figure out what offence is made out as per the FIR.

J Godse: What is the allegation?

Adv Shah points out the relevant paragraphs from the FIR.

#OperationSindoor #BombayHighCourt

#SupremeCourt to shortly hear the election dispute of Supreme Court Bar Association (#SCBA)

Bench: Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan

Yesterday, Sr Adv Vijay Hansaria, member of Election Committee constituted by the Court, informed that recounting of votes for the post of President had been scheduled to take place The Court, on its part, said that recounting shall take place for the President as well as Executive Member posts.

#SupremeCourt #SCBA

Bombay High Court to shortly hear a plea filed by a 19-year-old engineering student, who has been arrested for putting out a "critical post" about "Operation Sindoor" on social media.

A vacation bench of Justices Gauri Godse and Somasekhar Sundaresan will be hearing the plea that has challenged her rustication from the college.

#OperationSindoor
#BombayHighCourt Matter called out.

Adv Farhana Shah appears for the Petitioner.
Additional Government Pleader Priyabhushan Kakade represents State.

#OperationSindoor #BombayHighCourt

#SupremeCourt hears #SCBAElectionDispute

Woman lawyer: Court ordered 33% reservation for women. This year, Election Committee has declared result on the basis of merit, not reservation

Bench: Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan

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J Kant: Out of 6, 3 are women

Adv Kumud Lata Das: No.5 is Ashok Panigrahi...No.5 and 6 are reserved positions

J Kant: Let's not be greedy now. Our object was to ensure representation. It's only if woman candidate does not make it...we don't want any kind of heart-burning.

#SupremeCourt to continue hearing today petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment Act 2025.

A bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih will consider the pleas for interim orders.

#SupremeCourtofIndia #WaqfAmendmentAct

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SG Tushar Mehta to begin

Delhi High Court to hear defamation suit filed by nine women employees of digital news platform Newslaundry against Abhijit Iyer Mitra alleging that he had posted sexually abusive social media posts against them on X.

#Defamation #DelhiHighCourt Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav will hear the matter.

#DelhiHighCourt #Defamation

#SupremeCourt to hear today Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad's plea challenging Haryana Police FIR over his Facebook post on Operation Sindoor and his arrest in the case.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and NK Singh will hear the matter.

#AliKhanMahmudabad Matter taken up

#SupremeCourt passing order on suo moto plea on the issue of equalisation of salary of Consumer Forum members with district judges.

Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Bhuyan. The Court has earlier opined that salaries of State & District Consumer Commission Members should be uniform across the country and the last pay drawn by government officers and judges appointed as consumer forum members must be protected.
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#SupremeCourt pulls up lawyer who represents an accused in the Tamil Nadu cash for jobs scam trial for filing an SLP for the cause of the victims of the same scam.

The SLP is against trial court orders to club charge sheets.

Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan. J Oka: This Anti Corruption Movement is supporting the accused?

Counsel: No my lord.

J Oka: Then how can you appear? You are appearing for accused in the same case. And you are appearing for the Anti Corruption Movement?

Over 7 lakh criminal appeals pending before High Courts:

#SupremeCourt asks HCs to accept suggestions for digitisation of court records, creation of post of Registrar (Case Management), and have regional benches with lower pendency dispose of pending cases in principal benches. Order: As of 22nd March, the total pendency of criminal appeals (appeals against conviction and acquittal) is 7,24,192. The major share of pendency is of Allahabad where total 2.77 lakh criminal appeals are pending. Madhya Pradesh has pendency of 1.15 lakh criminal appeals.

#SupremeCourt has issued contempt notice to Chief Secretaries of Delhi, UP, Rajasthan, and Haryana for non-compliance with its order to fill vacancies in all pollution control boards and committees by April 30, 2025.

Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan. Delhi Pollution Control Committee has more than 50% vacant posts. The court ordered the chief secretary to physically appear on 19th May. Personal presence of other Chief Secretaries dispensed with for the time being.

#SupremeCourt hears the Delhi Air Pollution matter regarding vehicular pollution, ban on firecrackers and stubble burning.

Bench: Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan.

#DelhiAirPollution IA challenging ban on firecrackers in West Bengal:

Court: in this PIL the court is only dealing with NCERT daily NCR. IA dismissed. All prayers kept open.

#SupremeCourt to continue hearing today the case where it proposed demotion of a Deputy Collector in Andhra Pradesh who, as Tahsildar, #demolished slum-dwellers' huts in violation of a High Court order

Bench: Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih Hearing begins

The petitioner-Deputy Collector shows disinclination to furnish undertaking that he would work at post of Deputy Tahsildar

Court is displeased

J Gavai: This shows his attitude towards orders of Courts!