Supreme Court judges Justice A.G. Masih and Justice Joymalya Bagchi will today interact with law students during a candid conversation on the theme

From Classrooms to Courtrooms: Syllogisms, Stories & Lessons of Life from the Bench, organised by the CAN Foundation as part of the 5th Justice H.R. Khanna Memorial National Symposium

#SupremeCourt Justice Masih: I wanted to be a manager. Had to do my Mba. Well did not meet the cut off list and here I am.

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan of the Supreme Court will shortly deliver the keynote address at the launch of "The Judicial Transparency Index: Assessing Disclosure of Information by the Supreme Court and the High Courts," a report by Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy's JALDI initiative.

A panel discussion will follow, featuring Senior Advocates Aditya Sondhi and Saurabh Kirpal

#SupremeCourt @Vidhi_India launch of "The Judicial Transparency Index: Assessing Disclosure of Information by the Supreme Court and the High Courts," a report by Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy's JALDI initiative released

Delhi High Court to hear today Umar Khalid's bail plea in the Delhi riots conspiracy case.

Hearing before a bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan.
#UmarKhalid #Delhiriots Bench assembles.

[Bombay High Court hearing constitutional validity of a provision in the Income Tax (IT) Act that grants tax exemption on gifts exchanged between “spouses"]

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta of a petition filed in Karnataka High Court praying for a similar relief.

SG: The plea is verbatim same. The lawyer for the petitioner here, is appearing there also. The learned ASG of Karnataka has started arguments and matter has remained part-heard. So, I have called for those papers so that our affidavits may not clash. Since that is part-heard and the counsel is common, I would request to have this on some other day.

#BombayHighCourt #IncomeTax #SameSex Advocate Dhruv Janssen-Sanghavi for the petitioners: The issue over there is identical in many ways, but slightly different in the in terms of the facts. But I do not think that bars one high court from deciding the issue.

#BombayHighCourt #IncomeTax #SameSex

Supreme Court to shortly resume hearing petitions challenging the 2023 law that replaced the Chief Justice of India with a Cabinet Minister on the selection panel for appointing the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners.

Bench: Justices Dipankar Datta and SC Sharma Hearing expected to commence at 2pm.

Supreme Court hears plea against the use of Pellet guns on protesting students at Jantar Mantar and other areas

Adv Vrinda Grover: It has a kinetic metallic projectile

Justice Joymalya Bagchi: But police rules allows the use in exceptional circumstances unless you challenge the rules itself.. one of the steps of graded approach is use of pellet guns

Grover: Give me 2 minutes. there can be rubber, plastic and metallic pellets. These were metallic and recovered from the bodies. Nature of the crowd will determine use of this as well. Was it a violent mob? No. These metallic pellets were fired.

@CPDelhi @Cockroachisback #SupremeCourt Justice Bagchi: We are not averse to examine use of pellets in an individual use. you have to show us if graded response use of pellets can be allowed when even bullets are used in some situations. If your convict uses a bullet...

CJI: in light of alleged excessive use.. your prayer should be that court lays down a protocol regarding the use

Grover: Yes only metallic pellets

Justice Bagchi: In Calcutta HC there was a rule that bullets should be fired at the chest to preserve amunition and not any other body area

SG: must be some colonial era..

Justice Bagchi: that rule was struck down. So you have to show us rules where use of pellets is arbitrary, etc.

#SupremeCourt begins hearing the batch of petitions challenging the reinstatement of the three-year minimum practice requirement for recruitment to the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division)

Senior Advocate Pinky Anand: if this happens then good people will not enter the profession. Women will not come.

We have suggestions... Selected candidates undergoing training for the post of Civil Judge may be attached, for a specified period, to designated Senior Advocates, Government Pleaders, Advocates General, Standing Counsel, and Assistant Legal Aid Defence Counsel under the Legal Aid Defence Counsel (LADC) Scheme, 2022.

A similar system has been adopted in Germany, where a candidate aspiring to judicial office must complete a university law degree followed by preparatory training under Section 5b of the German Judiciary Act, 1932. The training lasts for two years and includes placements in civil courts, criminal courts, public prosecution offices and other legal institutions.

At present, State Judicial Academies follow different induction and training systems. There is a need for a uniform national training framework, either through the National Judicial Academy or a permanent committee headed by the Chief Justice of India as ex officio Chairperson, to continuously develop and standardise training modalities for the subordinate judiciary.

We have also suggested reforms in legal education, including:

Optional, structured six-month practice modules during the three-year and five-year law degree programmes;

Specialised degree courses for judicial aspirants to identify, train and expose them to high-quality judicial education from the university stage itself. One such example is the BA LL.B. (Adjudication and Justicing) programme offered by an MNLU.

It is imperative that this issue is flagged. Ultimately, the merit, competence and ability of a Civil Judge are of concern to both the Bar and the Bench.

Accordingly, it is suggested that Civil Judges (Junior Division) be provided scholarships, administrative leave for higher legal education and specialisation, both in India and abroad, as well as opportunities for exchange programmes, placements and deputation. Sr Adv Anand: We have to bring the judges at the correct age.

Delhi High Court refuses to entertain a petition seeking withdrawal of a pending enquiry from the administrative control and supervision of police officer Sandeep Lamba, who was seen slapping a woman during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest. The matter was listed before Justice Girish Kathpalia

The petition was filed by a 68 year old woman in a 2025 incident, where she complained of enquiry into illegally detention by police the entire night without any formal warrant or notice.

Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan in his key note address at the Justice G.P. Singh 4th Memorial Lecture at the National Law University at Bhopal said:

Though I am a part of the Supreme Court, I am an insider. I am critical of the functioning of the Supreme Court to a great extent, and I don't mince my words. Perhaps for this reason, some are not happy, but leave it at that.

#JusticeUjjalBhuyan #SupremeCourt Justice Bhuyan: In a span of over 25 years, this university has established itself as a center of learning and excellence. It has done commendably well, for which the faculty and the students deserve all the praise. But one word I would like to put in: This university has done exceptionally well, there are many universities which are doing well. The question is, where do Indian universities stand today on a global comparison? Why is it that people with means, the first thing they do is to send their students, to send their children abroad? Why? We need to ask this.

#JusticeUjjalBhuyan #SupremeCourt

Sonam Raghuvanshi case: Supreme Court to shortly resume hearing the State of Meghalaya’s plea seeking cancellation of the bail granted to Sonam by the High Court.

Bench: Justices MM Sundresh and PB Varale Sonam is accused for the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honeymoon last year. She was granted bail by a trial court, which was upheld by the High Court.

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Delhi High Court to hear the appeal filed by Gitanjali Angmo, wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk, challenging a single judge order rejecting her plea to discharge Wangchuk from Safdarjung Hospital and transfer to Medanta Hospital. The matter is listed before Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia.

Can a law graduate be denied enrollment as an advocate merely because there is a pending criminal case against them? Supreme Court hears

Bench: Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and R Mahadevan The case concerns KR Sudersan, a Chartered Accountant by profession who also completed his law degree. When he applied to enroll as an advocate, the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry rejected his application. The Bar Council cited a pending criminal case against him involving Section 120B (criminal conspiracy) read with Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Supreme Court hears plea by Delhi Police against Delhi High Court’s decision to allow Devangana Kalita, an accused in the Delhi riots conspiracy case, to inspect the unrelied documents in malkhana - a secure storage room or warehouse inside a police station where physical evidence and seized properties are stored.

Bench: Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M Pancholi ASG SV Raju (for Delhi Police): inspection is not warranted. She is not entitled to any documents till the charges are framed. What is the purpose of inspection at this stage? This is unrelied upon documents. I’ve got extracts of judgements on this point. Only prosecution documents are to be looked at.

[Facilities for retired HC judges]

CJI: There is lack of uniformity in facilities for retired judges. Some states are giving all that is needed. But some states do nothing at all

Justice Bagchi: Security of one police officer for five years is reasonable for a high court judge..because they deal with sensitive issues also.

CJI: See the clause Rs 15,000 for secretarial services, security, travel etc

Adv: Yes the multiplier is low. But we are giving 50,000 also

CJI to SG Mehta: The govt should constitute a committee.. the issue is some basic amenities to be provided for HC judges. There is a need for uniformity. Centre can prescribe some norms as centre also releases some funds. If centre does not constitute then we have to CJI: It appears that the Union of India is also a rightful stakeholder, especially when we expect that a part of the differential burden ought to be shared by the Union and the States in a defined manner.
There can indeed be no doubt that these facilities must be ensured on a uniform basis, as there is no reason whatsoever for such amenities to vary from State to State.
Keeping this perspective in mind, we have impressed upon the Union of India to constitute a committee to lay down uniform guidelines and also the manner and mechanism for financial assistance.
Such a committee shall be constituted within two weeks. Thereafter, the committee shall submit its recommendations to the Union of India and also place the same before this Court within three months from the date of its constitution.
List this matter after three months.

Delhi High Court to hear at 2:30 pm the plea filed by Gitanjali Angmo, the wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk, seeking to declare his confinement at Safdarjung Hospital as unconstitutional and permit transfer to a hospital of his choice. The urgent hearing will take place before Justice Mini Pushkarna.

Case of attack on a supreme court lawyer [Pankaj Sharma vs State of NCT]

AG R Venkataramani: I have said let him be taken to a government hospital. Let a medico legal report be taken so that his injuries can be ascertained. I acted in his best interest.

Sr Adv Vikas Singh: No as an attorney general you should have done more

CJI: There was a sharp object...

AG: That is what.. they say he brushed against a wall.. That is why I said medico legal report needed

Justice Bagchi: See intention is important in such cases and not the gravity of the injury. Injury is on a vital part of the body.

Sr Adv Singh: Status report is saying that a compromise is being forced.

Sr Adv Vikaas Pahwa: The accused RWA president is being protected by the local police

Singh: Crime branch should investigate...if section 109 is not attracted here then what else

Sr Adv Siddarth Dave: This lawyer regularly appears before this court. Justice Bagchi: The investigating officer has to give the widest possible berth and then go for the medical opinion.

Delhi High Court is to hear the Central and Delhi government's stand on the public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to provide medical aid to activist Sonam Wangchuk who is on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. The matter was listed before the bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia.

Supreme Court hears the case where it had barred YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia from airing shows following FIRs over offensive comments made on Samay Raina's show India's Got Latent.

However the bar was later lifted stating petitioners will create shows for disabled to create awareness

Adv Aparajita : Now we find it distasteful to ask for his show. He is calling a few of such disabled to some physical locations and do shows..People like samay Raina is apparently a youth icon. I shudder to think so. SG Mehta: Our youth has better icons.

CJI: We have no reason to believe that Samay Raina has taken the court for a ride and has brazenly violated the orders of this court. The misconduct is further compounded stating that an affidavit is filed when nothing is on record. Thus we impose cost of Rs 10 lakhs to be deposited within 2 weeks.

Sonam Raghuvanshi case: Supreme Court to shortly hear State’s plea challenging Sonam’s bail by the Meghalaya High Court.

Bench: Justices Manoj Misra and Shree Chandrashekhar

#SonamRaghuvanshi #SupremeCourt Sonam is accused for the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honeymoon last year. She was granted bail by a trial court, which was upheld by the High Court.

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#Breaking

Delhi High Court orders the government's Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) to take a decision within 15 days on removing a YouTube video by Dhruv Rathee in which he allegedly said that Ram, Seeta and Krishna, consumed meat and alcohol.

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma says any disregard of court's order will be taken seriously.

@dhruv_rathee @SachdevaAmita The Court passed the order after advocate Amita Sachdeva filed a plea in the High Court. Sachdeva took offence to a video uploaded by Rathee on YouTube on March 21, 2026, titled 'Can Hindus Eat BEEF? | Kerala Story 2 EXPOSED'.

Supreme Court to hear plea filed by the State of Meghalaya challenging a Meghalaya High Court order that upheld bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honeymoon in the state #SupremeCourt SG Tushar Mehta: This is shocking. Shocking.