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Apr 20 7 tweets 3 min read
[In Re: Creation of Special Exclusive Courts]

All Advocate Generals of all states in Supreme Court , Court 1 today

CJI Surya Kant: You are all here. There are questions of liberty, right to life etc. State writes to HC Chief justice that court needed for sc st act. Then another letter asking for Nia Court. Same special court becomes the nia court. Then family cases. So the special court becomes a mockery.

ASG Aishwarya Bhati: State has to provide land and building. 1 crore recurring fund also needed for each of these court.Image CJI: Day to day trial has to take place in these courts.

CJI: This court has to be in adjoining, next building or closest to the place where bar members are. Ideally it should be in the same complex. It has to be one court. Immediately one court needed. Then additional manpower will be needed. So we need trained and experienced judicial officers and there will be temporary increase in higher judicial services cadre strength also.

Jharkhand: There are 790 UAPA cases pending. All principal district judges are dealing with UAPA Cases
Apr 20 6 tweets 2 min read
[Md Abdur Raheman vs State of Odisha] Accused who is facing trial for recruiting youth to join Al Qaeda

Sr Adv: Trial in Odisha are on the same charges and the same material. He has already served 10 years when maximum is 7.5 years.

CJI: but look at his association with one of the most dreaded organsiations in the world. Society also deserves to live peacefully.

Sr Adv: But how can he be tried twice for the same offence?

CJI: yea that is true. He can serve only the maximum period not beyond that.

ASG Natraj: we will finish the trial in 6 months.

CJI: please ensure that state public prosecutor, one dedicated one has to be in court always for trial in this case. We will fix a timeline of 2 months. We will direct day to day hearing.Image CJI: the petitioner was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 7.5 years by Patiala House court. He has undergone that sentence. There is another 2015 FIR registered in Cuttack, Odisha.
Apr 20 96 tweets 10 min read
#Breaking
Delhi HC to pronounce today it's judgement on Arvind Kejriwal and others' plea seeking recusal of justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in excise policy case.

Judgemen at 2:30PM.

@AamAadmiParty @ArvindKejriwal Image Update: After Kejriwal files a rejoinder to CBI's written statement, the Court takes it on record as written submissions.

Justice Sharma says the order will be pronounced at 4:30 PM.
Apr 20 20 tweets 3 min read
Arvind Kejriwal to appear today before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma and request the judge to take his rejoinder on record.

According to AAP's legal team, Kejriwal will appear at 10:30 AM.
@ArvindKejriwal @SanjayAzadSln Image In his rejoinder, Kejriwal has said that the CBI, in its written submissions, "resorted to speculation, imputation of motives, rhetorical alarmism, and
scandalous allegations," but did not respond to his allegations of bias on the part of Justice Sharma since her children are on the government's panel.
Apr 17 7 tweets 4 min read
Supreme Court to hear today plea by INC leader Pawan Khera challenging its stay on the transit anticipatory bail granted to him by the Telangana High Court in a forgery and criminal conspiracy case

Bench: Justices JK Maheshwari and AS Chandurkar Image The top court had stayed the relief granted to Khera by the High Court on April 15.

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Apr 17 50 tweets 25 min read
DAY 5: Supreme Court nine-judge bench to resume hearing reference arising from Sabarimala review pleas

Parties opposing the reference to continue submissions today
#Sabarimala #SupremeCourt Image Adv MR Venkatesh appears for Atmatam Trust
#Sabarimala
Apr 16 11 tweets 6 min read
Bombay High Court hearing Anil Ambani's suit against Republic TV, its editor Arnab Goswami, and others asks why the matter can't be resolved.

Court: Why can't this entire matter be resolved? Why must a truth like this lie? I mean, putting egos and tempers and all aside.

@republic #BombayHighCourt #AnilAmbaniImage Adv Mayur Khandeparkar for Ambani: In fact, when this matter was last opened for the previous bench, the previous bench said the most aptly that nobody is taking away your right..

Court: It's always very comforting for a judge to be told that the previous bench said the most aptly... (laughs)

Khandeparkar: The phrase was 'no hitting below the belt'. Nobody is taking away the journalistic freedom of reporting an aspect, as a matter of fact. But to use words like, 'I am some kind of a fraudster, calling me stupid'... All kinds of words and adjectives that don't come within the ambit of journalistic freedom. Nobody is stopping you from projecting an instance.

#BombayHighCourt
Apr 15 16 tweets 13 min read
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S Oka to shortly speak on: Robes cannot be Rented

Organised by Adhivakta Parishad Supreme Court Unit

#SupremeCourt Image Justice Abhay S. Oka: When one becomes a judge of a court, any court, and in particular High Court and Supreme Court, apart from Bangalore Principles, apart from any other written norms, the judges are bound by several constraints and restrictions.
Obviously, all those restrictions come in for the purpose of maintaining dignity of the office and upholding the old principles that justice should not only be done, but it should be manifestly seen to be done.
And whether Bangalore Principles or not, we are bound by those constraints.
Apr 15 5 tweets 2 min read
Supreme Court to hear today plea filed by Assam government challenging the transit anticipatory bail granted to INC leader Pawan Khera in a forgery and criminal conspiracy case

Bench: Justices JK Maheshwari and AS Chandurkar Image The case was registered against Khera following his recent claims that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife Riniki Bhuyan holds multiple foreign passports and undisclosed assets abroad.

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Apr 15 5 tweets 2 min read
#Breaking

"Direct and serious appearance of conflict of interest."

Arvind Kejriwal files an affidavit in the Delhi HC stating that since Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma's children are panel counsel for the Central government, she should recuse from the excise policy case.
@AamAadmiParty

@ArvindKejriwal
@CBIHeadquartersImage Kejriwal says that since Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appears for CBI in the excise policy case, and he also allocates cases to the panel counsel, this gives rise to a "direct and serious appearance of conflict of interest".
Apr 13 8 tweets 4 min read
Quaraisha Yeasmin vs Election commission of India: WEST BENGAL SIR APPEAL TRIBUNAL ISSUE

Adv: In some cases Election commission has not even placed the orders before Justice Sivanganam. ECI is not aware of what's happening... Appeals are not being taken up. Let freezing date be extended.

CJI: go before the appellate tribunal and say all this

Adv: If I am not allowed to argue then what's the use? But will appeal be decided within a time frame or keep extending?

CJI: so you want us to put the former chief Justices and judges.. under pressure .

Adv; Those who have addhar and passport.. will be allowed that's what this court has held

Justice Bagchi: Calcutta HC Chief has informed manner and mode of appeals have been formulated. It has started hearing from today. We cannot say hearing x appeals from today

Sr Adv Naidu for ECI: will have always placed all records. Now we are blamed for helping. There are 30 lakh appeals.

#westbengalsir #SupremeCourtImage Justice Bagchi: Unless and until there is enormous amount of voters excluded or materially affect the election...the election cannot be cancelled. If 10 percent does not vote and winning margin is more than 10 percent then..

CJI: only academic excercise

Justice Bagchi: if it's less than 5 percent then we have to apply our mind. Earlier a candidate was given primacy before the appellate tribunal because a candidate cannot be denied the right to contest. Please don't think the question is not in our mind that what about those who are excluded !
Apr 13 5 tweets 2 min read
In a case relating with bar council reservations

[Siva Kumari R vs Union of India]

Sr Adv DS Naidu: This court delivered a judgment (on women representation) to empower women. But some are misusing it.

#SupremeCourt Image CJI: this court by an order dated December 8 2025 under Article 142 ensured 30 percent women representation in each state bar council. 10 percent was by co option and 20 percent by election. This court also appointed the high powered election supervisory committee headed by Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia. State election committees were also constituted. At the outset we acknowledge the herculean task done by the committee.
Apr 13 4 tweets 1 min read
[Prakash Gopalrao Pohare vs Union]

Adv Prashant Bhushan: More than 10,000 farmers commit suicide every year. MSP is given which is below the cost price. It should be cost price plus 50 percent. Only wheat and grain is procured at MSP. Farmers are in acute distress. This is twin hammering.

CJI Surya Kant: Lot of mathematical formulas being cited. Difficulty will arise in cost of land and capital. Will it not vary from state to state or district to district.

Bhushan: I am not asking for the actual cost plus 50 percent.Image Bhushan: govt own calculation for weighted average cost should be paid.

Justice Bagchi: you are almost asking us to rewrite the economic policy of the country. Look at the Pleadings.

Bhushan: drafted by my junior. But please see... It is okay for the govt to give free ration but that does not mean that affect on farmer is such that they don't get the cost and commit suicide.
Apr 9 9 tweets 3 min read
Supreme Court resumes hearing case where it recently pulled up 2 senior IAS officers from UP for not following court orders and halting the demolition of unauthorised commercial structures due to "public hue and cry."

Bench: Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan Image The court noted that schools, banks, hospitals etc were being run from the unauthorised buildings and ordered immediate sealing.

It also said that if any untoward incident happens in any of the illegal buildings till demolition takes place, the IAS officers would be held personally liable.

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Apr 9 21 tweets 15 min read
Day 3 before the nine-judge Bench in the Supreme Court in the Sabarimala reference is set to resume shortly

In the last two hearings, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta outlined the Centre’s framework on essential religious practices, denominational rights and the limits of judicial review.

Senior Advocate CS Vaidyanathan to begin submissions today

#Sabarimala #SupremeCourtImage SG: There are instances of temples where men are not allowed. Because it is a Devi Bhagwati temple, there are certain faiths and beliefs attached.

There are temples, details of which I have mentioned, where male priests are under a religious mandate to wash the feet of female devotees. There are temples like the Pushkar temple, the only Brahma temple in the country, where married men are not allowed.

There is also a temple in Kerala where the practice is that men enter dressed as women. As I have read in detail, they go to beauty parlours, and their female family members help them dress in sarees and other attire. Only males go there.

So it is not a question of male-centric or female-centric religious beliefs. In the present case, it happens to be woman-centric.

Secondly, there was a question regarding Articles 25 and 26 and their interpretation. The day before, I had substantially argued on this. Yesterday, when I began, I had said that I would take that up at the end; otherwise, I would not be able to finish the other issues. I could not get the time for that.

I am not re-arguing. Substantially, I have answered it. The rest is in my written submissions. That is all.
Apr 8 10 tweets 2 min read
“You can’t deprive a voter of the right to exercise a franchise, even if he is a polling officer.” says Kerala HC
while hearing a plea by Kerala NGO Union alleging that many officials on election duty were not given postal ballots, despite applying on time. Image Petitioner says several officials went to facilitation centres but had to return without voting as ballot papers were not available.
Apr 6 4 tweets 2 min read
Suo Motu case on NCERT book chapter in judiciary

CJI: Let committee not be confined only to the class 8 chapter.. but let all aspects be considered up and down also.

ASG KM Natraj: Yes all areas

CJI: compliance affidavit has been filed. By this a three member committee comprising Justice Indu Malhotra, sr Adv KK Venugopal and Mr Prakash Singh Vc of Garhwal University has been appointed. The committee shall collaborate with NJA Bhopal to finalise the curriculum of class 8 and higher grades in compliance with NCERT syllabus dealing with legal studies. NCERT has also issued notification on April 2 whereby a high powered committee for prepration of national syllabus and teacher learning committee has been reconstituted. The details of the 20 distinguished members including Mr MC Pant being the chairman, has been constituted. We take both the orders/notification on record as well as compliance affidavit.Image Sr Adv Gopal Sankarnarayanan for Alok Prasanna Kumar: We want to show what process was followed..they are not fly by night authors. They are respected. Now new committee is formed.

Sr Adv Arvind Datar appears for Prof Michael: we have given detailed submission

Sr Adv J Sai Deepak: I appear for Suparna Diwakar..this was a collective process and no individual had a sole say
Apr 2 16 tweets 5 min read
West Bengal SIR case mentioned

Sr Adv Kapil Sibal: I got a report from the Telegraph now

CJI Surya Kant; I don't want to politicise it. But we got reports since 2 am. 5 pm they gheraoed the officers and till 11 pm there was no one

Sibal: it is unfortunate.

Sr Adv Menaka Guruswamy: Most of the officers have been transferred out of the state

#SupremeCourt @MamataOfficialImage Sr Adv DS Naidu: Earlier judicial officers were being threatened. Now it is becoming physical. If its mobocracy no one can help

Justice Bagchi: Top most civil servant was contacted by the Chief justice of high court. It makes no good case by saying we are not associated. All leaders need to condemn this in one voice. We are here to protect the special officers. Their orders are deemed to be orders of our court
Mar 30 46 tweets 19 min read
Justice Oka is giving the 45th JP Memorial Lecture organised by PUCL India.
Justice Oka: Remembering Jayaprakash Narayan today, I go back to my first brush with his movement — I was 14, reading one Marathi and one English newspaper a day, without fully grasping the moment that would define a generation. JP, a committed Gandhian and colleague of leaders like N.G. Ranga, emerged as the leader of the youth in the 1970s; only later did I realise how much my generation underestimated the depth of his ideas.
#JusticeOkaImage Justice Oka: From his writings and speeches, one thing stands out: his unwavering faith in non-violence. For JP, non-violence was not a tactic, but a way of resisting evil with moral strength. He reminded us that negotiations, arbitration, friendship or mediation may succeed or fail — but for those who truly accept non-violence and are prepared to resist evil non-violently, there is no failure. That single idea has stayed with me: those who accept non-violence, and prepare themselves to resist whatever evil may come non-violently, discover a strength that no defeat can erase.
When I revisited JP’s life, I felt his active public role was cut short. Had he remained in public life for another 10–14 years perhaps we would have seen a different India.
#JusticeOka
Mar 23 9 tweets 2 min read
Delhi High Court stays further investigation and proceedings in FIR lodged against Tamil Nadu MLA and Secretary of Student Wing Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), C.V.M.P. Ezhilarasan, for organising a protest challenging proposed UGC laws, at Jantar Mantar on February 6. Image The matter was listed before Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani.
Mar 23 4 tweets 1 min read
Supreme Court resumes hearing the plea against Ladakh-based activist Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under the NSA.

Bench: Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale

Notably, Wangchuk’s detention was revoked by the Centre on March 14.

@Wangchuk66 Image While revoking Wangchuk’s detention earlier this month, the Centre said the decision was taken after considering the need to foster “an environment of peace, stability, and mutual trust” in Ladakh.

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