New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Tuesday administered the oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court. Justices Sheel Nagu, Shree Chandrashekhar, Sanjeev Sachdeva and Arun Palli, along with senior advocate V. Mohana, took oath as judges of the apex court after the Centre cleared their appointments on the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium.Acting on the Collegium’s recommendations made in its meetings held on May 22 and May 27, the Centre o…
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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…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Centre on Monday issued a notification appointing Justice Sanjeev Kumar as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, shortly after the elevation of incumbent Chief Justice Arun Palli to the Supreme Court was cleared. “In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Judge of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, to perform th…
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) In a significant ruling involving the erstwhile royal family of Kapurthala, the Supreme Court has held that the private properties declared by former princely rulers after merger with the Indian Union would devolve according to personal succession laws and not by the rule of male lineal primogeniture. A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and S.V.N. Bhatti set aside concurrent findings of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which had upheld the claim of Brigadier Sukhjit Sing…
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…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) As Punjab voted in crucial municipal elections on Tuesday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal appealed to people across the state to exercise their franchise, calling voting a powerful democratic tool that determines the future and welfare of families.Polling began amid tight security arrangements across Punjab for the election of councillors in 1,896 wards spread across eight municipal corporations, 75 municipal councils and 20 nagar panchayats. The…
Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) Dera Sacha Sauda head, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who is lodged in Sunaria Jail in Haryana’s Rohtak serving sentences for raping two female followers, was granted a 30-day parole, the 16th release from the prison since his conviction of 20 years in 2017.He was granted a 40-day parole each in January this year and in August 2025, followed by a 21-day furlough in April 2025 and a 30-day parole in January 2025 ahead of the February 5 Delhi Assembly elections and several other paro…
Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) Ahead of the Assembly elections in Punjab, slated in early 2027, the AAP-ruled state on Tuesday went to the polls to elect councillors for 1,896 wards and eight municipal corporations amid tight security. A total of 35.45 lakh voters will exercise their franchise till 5 p.m. Electors across the state could be seen reaching polling stations even before voting started at 8 a.m. “There has been no report of any delay in starting the poll process,” a state electoral off…
Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) Less than 10 months before Punjab goes in for the Assembly elections, 7,555 candidates will contest the municipal elections in the state on Tuesday. The voting will be held on ballot papers, with the counting on May 29. A total of 1,801 candidates are from the state ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), 1,550 candidates from the main opposition Congress, 1,316 candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 1,251 candidates from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), 96 candidates fr…