New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant is set to administer the oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, following the Centre’s approval of their elevation to the apex court.According to a circular issued by the Supreme Court Registry, the swearing-in ceremony of Justices Sheel Nagu, Shree Chandrashekhar, Sanjeev Sachdeva, and Arun Palli, along with senior advocate V. Mohana, will be held at 10.30 a.m. in the Auditorium on the third floor of th…
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New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Acting on the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium, the Centre on Monday cleared the elevation of four High Court Chief Justices and senior advocate V. Mohana as judges of the Supreme Court. In a post on X, Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal announced that the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India (CJI), had appointed Justices Sheel Nagu, Shree Chandrashekhar, Sanjeev Sachdeva and Arun Palli, along with senior advocate V…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of four High Court Chief Justices and a senior advocate as judges of the apex court. “The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meetings held on 22nd & 27th May, 2026, has recommended elevation of the following persons as Judges in the Supreme Court,” read the Collegium’s statement uploaded on the website of the apex court.The recommended names are: (i) Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana H…
Mumbai, May 19 (IANS) In a move aimed at widening the safety net for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), the Maharashtra government’s Cabinet Sub-Committee on OBC Welfare on Tuesday recommended raising the non-creamy layer income ceiling from the current Rs 8 lakh to Rs 15 lakh per annum. The decision was taken during a high-level sub-committee meeting chaired by the State Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule.The panel announced that a decisive meeting will soon be held with Chief Minister D…
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) After legal hurdles, delays, and a Bombay High Court written petition, Subodh Bhave’s starrer biopic on Neem Karoli Baba has now cleared it’s censor formalities. The biopic based on the life of globally revered saint Neem Karoli Baba, has finally received its censor certificate after months of delays and legal proceedings, with the makers now officially locking May 29 as the film’s theatrical release date.Also starring Hiten Tejwani, the film was earlier slated to release…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday held that amounts received by accident victims under medical insurance policies cannot be deducted from compensation awarded under the Motor Vehicles Act (MVA).A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Vipul M. Pancholi dismissed an appeal filed by New India Assurance Company Limited challenging a Bombay High Court ruling which had held that reimbursement of medical expenses received by a claimant through a Mediclaim policy cannot be deducted while…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stall a proposed board meeting of Raghuvanshi Investment Private Limited (RIPL) in the high-profile RK Family Trust dispute involving Rani Kapur and Priya Sachdev Kapur, but restrained the company from taking up agenda items relating to the appointment of independent directors and changes in authorised bank signatories during the meeting. A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the direction while hearing a fres…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the extension of the lease period of land owned by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and leased to MIHAN India Limited (MIL), paving the way for the transfer and long-term development of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport under the public-private partnership model.The decision will enable MIL to license the Nagpur airport to GMR Nagpur International Airport Limited (GNIAL) for 3…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) In a move aimed at strengthening the justice delivery system, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has constituted a Judicial Infrastructure Advisory Committee to evaluate the infrastructural requirements of courts nationwide.The committee, headed by Supreme Court judge Justice Aravind Kumar, has been tasked with preparing an assessment of judicial infrastructure needs nationwide and is expected to make a case for a government allocation of around Rs 40,000-50,000 cro…
Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) The Maharashtra government will challenge a Bombay High Court order granting around 254.88 acres of prime government land, estimated to be worth hundreds of crores, in Mira-Bhayandar to private builders.Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Saturday that the state will file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court against the ruling. The Bombay High Court, on April 30, ruled in favour of handing over the land to Estate Investment and Mira Real Estate D…