Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta’s two books — “The Bench, the Bar and the Bizarre” and “The Lawful and the Awful” — will be launched shortly

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant will preside over the event. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend as Chief Guest, while Attorney General for India R Venkataramani will be the Guest of Honour @AmitShahOffice #TusharMehta @Rupa_Books #SupremeCourt SG Mehta's book launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah , CJI Kant and AG R Venkataramani

During mentioning, lawyer tells Calcutta HC his client's name has been excluded from voter list after SIR.

Judge: I cannot list all matters in a single day, sir ... Please wait. Come on 9th

Lawyer: He is a cancer patient.

Judge: Cancer patient? What will happen to the SIR? Is there any relation between SIR and the cancer patient? Court later takes up another petition challenging another person's exclusion after SIR.

Lawyer: Despite having birth certificate, my school certificate, appointment letter, they have deleted my name.

Judge: What is your prayer?

Supreme Court bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi to hear it's suo motu case on Odisha High Court bail order which had a condition for cleaning police stations
#SupremeCourt Adv for the state: Learned Advocate General of Odisha is logged in

CJI: Okay Dr Acharya.

CJI: unfortunately the HC as well as some district courts while granting bail in odisha is imposing conditions which is obnoxious and bringing a bad name to the image of judiciary.

ASG Aishwarya Bhati: With profound pain we have to mention this curative. This curative is from AIIMS. Termination of pregnancy is not possible. It will be a live baby with severe deformities. Minor mother will have life long health issues and cannot reproduce. I am sorry I am not composed..

CJI Surya Kant: if the mother does not have permanent disability then it should be carried out. This is a case of child rape. Victim will have lifelong scar and trauma. This is foetus vs child fight.

ASG: this is not foetus vs child fight. This is in best interest of child. Minor mother will have life long health issues.

CJI: Even if she has complicated marital life later..is this pain more or that one.

ASG: this child can be given for adoption. It has been 30 weeks now..it is a viable life now. CJI: the first judgment of this country on this was delivered by me. If supreme court had not stayed it..it would have been law now. Justice Augustine Masih was on bench with me then. Later SC reversed its own ruling. There are children for adoption. In this country we have lot of sympathies... There are deserted, abandoned children on the streets and even mafias on it. We have to look at them. This is an unwanted pregnancy of a 15 year old child.

#BREAKING Plea in Calcutta High Court challenges ECI decision to deploy only employees of Central government and PSUs as counting supervisors.

Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay mentioned the matter. To be heard at 2 PM. Hearing is ongoing before Justice Krishna Rao

[Day 9: Sabarimala Reference]

Supreme Court nine-judge bench to resume hearing submissions around key issues regarding religious freedom (Articles 25/26), judicial review of faith-based customs, and the 2018 Sabarimala verdict

#Sabarimala #SupremeCourt Adv Nizam Pasha begins submissions

Suo Motu: Brutal Assault on a member of the legal frraternity and need for judicial intervention

Adv: A lady lawyer was attacked. She was brutally stabbed in the office of her husband. She went somehow made PCR calls and the. Hospitals refused to take her in.

CJI Surya Kant: As soon as I got your letter yesterday I registered the suo motu

ASG Aishwarya Bhati: The accused was arrested. The FIR is under section 109(1) BNSS. AIIMS has been treating her. She has been discharged and now in private hospital

CJI: why did hospital denied emergency treatment? CJI: A letter was received by the office of the CJI. The letter sought urgent intervention in the case of brutal assault of a woman advocate . The photos depicted brutal assault by a sharp edged weapon on the lady lawyer which led to injury in all vital organs of the body. She was stated to be under treatment at AIIMS trauma centre. ASG is present on behalf of NCT Delhi. The investigating officer is also present.

Delhi High Court directs counsels representing Delhi University, Delhi Police, Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) President Aryaan Maan and other contesting candidates who allegedly violated court orders, Lyngdoh Committee recommendations and guidelines framed for conducting DUSU Elections, to be present before court on next date of hearing. The matter was listed before Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia.

[Case of rape of a four year old girl in Ghaziabad]

Sr Adv N Hariharan: They have dragged father and wants to record Sextion 164 croc statement. If investigation is complete then why to record it now. You say chargesheet is filed and now this. Police man can be seen dragging the father. The father is right here. He was asked not to change the statement. If trial is there then he will be summoned. He was dragged by police..these two hospitals have filed affidavits saying the child was alive..where is the need for coercion. Hariharan: As far as this situation is concerned. The investigation officers etc are behaving very differently. Not a single person examined in the hospital. Why is it that they are shielding the hospital. This requires a probe

KERALA ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

Plea before Kerala High Court alleges nearly 6000 government employees deputed for election duty did not receive their ballot papers in time to vote.

They also allege that they have not received the allowances payable to them for election duty. The petitioners are members of the Jojnt Council of State Service Organisation of govt employees.

Despite specific directions to pay
₹6000 per BLO for the SIR of electoral rolls, members of the petitioner association claim to have received only ₹2000 for months of work.

Supreme Court to hear the West Bengal SIR case today. With phase 1 of the polling over, the court is likely to witness mentions concerning non inclusion of voters, incidents of violence, and the functioning of appellate tribunals
#SupremeCourt @MamataOfficial #WestBengalLegislativeAssemblyelection2026 #SIR @abhishekaitc @ECISVEEP @BJP4Bengal NIA submits it's first report in the suo motu case concerning attack on west bengal SIR judicial officers

ASG SAV Raju: Give us time for chargesheet. They are neck deep in investigation

CJI: we are granting.

#Breaking
Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for objectionable posts about Newslaundry’ Manisha Pande and other journalists.

@Iyervval @MnshaP @newslaundry The court says that Iyer-Mitta made sexually coloured remarks against Pande and other journalists and the same are prima facie intended to insult Pande and she has been named in the tweet as well.

“Therefore, on perusal of
the application and the material placed on record by the
complainant, this Court is of the view that the content of the
tweets posted by the accused on “X” platform discloses
commission of cognizable offences under section 75(3) and 79 of
BNS,” the court says.

Delhi High Court seeks response of YouTuber Shamita Yadav on the contempt petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Senior Advocate Gaurav Bhatia over defamatory content on social media concerning his appearance on a TV news show. Bhatia appeared in person to argue his case - it is imperative to note that attacking the dignity of person using obscene and sexually suggestive language under free speech cannot be permissible under any circumstances.

Delhi HC to hear today a plea seeking contempt of court action against Arvind Kejriwal, AAP leaders and journalist Ravish Kumar for allegedly publishing the video recording of court proceedings when Kejriwal argued before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.

CJ Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and J Tejas Karia to hear the case.

@AamAadmiParty @ArvindKejriwal @Vaiibbhav The petition has been filed as a PIL by advocate Vaibhav Singh.

Apart from Kejriwal and Kumar, action has been sought against Digvijay Singh, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh Sanjeev Jha, Purandeep Sawhney, Jarnail Singh, Mukesh Ahlawat and Vinay Mishra.

Supreme Court hears plea by Muslim cleric Kazeem Ahmad Sherwani, alleging hate crime over his religious identity.

Sherwani alleges that his beard was pulled, his cap was removed, and he was insulted on religious grounds.

Bench: Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta Sherwani had approach the Court seeking a fair investigation, stating that appropriate penal provisions were not invoked in his case by UP Police.

[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. 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

[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. 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.

#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 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.

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 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.

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 The top court had stayed the relief granted to Khera by the High Court on April 15.

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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 Adv MR Venkatesh appears for Atmatam Trust
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