New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said the Constitutional right to peaceful protest must be protected and stressed that allegations of police excesses as well as violence against security personnel during demonstrations require an impartial examination, while indicating that a uniform nationwide protocol may be needed to govern the handling of public protests.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI), Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, hearing a batch of peti…
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New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged financial irregularities in the handling of donations and offerings received by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. As per the causelist uploaded on the apex court’s official website, the batch of matters is listed before a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana.The petitions include a writ pe…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced the temporary closure of 18 Metro stations across Central Delhi from 7:30 a.m. on Saturday until further notice, citing heightened security arrangements in view of the ongoing student protests near Jantar Mantar over NEET paper leaks. DMRC took to social media ‘X’ and said, “Below mentioned Metro stations will be closed from 07:30 A.M. tomorrow (25th July, 2026) till further instructions. However, Interchange facility sh…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday clarified the context behind the Supreme Court’s earlier remarks asking lawyers not to “waste” the top court’s time while seeking an urgent hearing on petitions relating to the alleged police action against student protesters, saying the apex court had never refused to hear the matter and that no properly instituted petition had been before it at the time. Speaking to NDTV, CJI Kant said the Supreme Court could never den…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MLA Rohit Pawar on Saturday visited the protest site of the Cockroach Janata Party in the national capital to express solidarity. After meeting protest leader Abhijeet Deepke, Pawar extended his full support to the movement, launched sharp attacks on the Central government, and demanded the impeachment of the Chief Justice of India (CJI).He also strongly condemned the police action and alleged lathi charge on student prot…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A group of advocates from across the country has written to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, urging the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of the July 21 sit-in protest led by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition leaders near Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg.The representation, signed by advocates from multiple High Courts and coordinated by advocate Sanket Gupta, urged the apex court to order a fac…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday refuted media reports claiming that he had refused to list a petition relating to the alleged police action against student protesters during the recent ‘Sansad Chalo’ march, clarifying that no writ petition had been filed before the Supreme Court and that only a letter representation had been submitted.Making the clarification in open court, CJI Kant said reports suggesting that the apex court had declined to hear the m…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal has moved the Supreme Court by filing a writ petition as a party-in-person challenging the interpretation of the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution, contending that the existing legal position on political mergers is diluting the anti-defection law. The petition, filed against the Union of India, was assigned Diary No. 42846/2026 and filed on July 20, according to details available on the apex court’s official website.Appearing before a Bench…
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray will meet and interact with students protesting in Delhi on Wednesday, party leader Aaditya Thackeray announced. Aaditya Thackeray also assured that Shiv Sena (UBT) will provide complete legal assistance to student protesters who have received police notices or are facing legal action. Several young students were injured after police baton-charged those protesting against the NEET paper leak at Jantar Mantar. Ud…
New Delhi/Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) A tweet by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has sparked widespread political discussion after he publicly thanked Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, for the ongoing agitation over the NEET paper leak case. In a post on the social media platform X, the Rajya Sabha MP credited the Chief Justice for giving fresh momentum to public protests across the country. He remarked that the credit for the massive protest goes to “just one person, Hon’ble Surya K…