Latest Solicitor General Tushar Mehta News & Updates

New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) In a fresh affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, industrialist Anil D. Ambani has proposed the constitution of a lenders’ committee to determine the actual dues owed by Reliance Communications (RCOM) and its group entities, along with a detailed plan for structured resolution of the liabilities. ​ The supplementary counter-affidavit seeks the constitution of a lenders’ committee, anchored by the State Bank of India and Bank of Baroda, to determine the actual …

New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the bail granted to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case.Due to the non-availability of Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi deferred the hearing and said that the matter would be taken up after two weeks.At the same time…

New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 21 others on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging their discharge in the Delhi excise policy case.A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma sought responses from the accused on the CBI’s criminal revision petition assailing the trial court order which had refused to frame charges and dis…

New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday appeals filed by Meta Platforms and WhatsApp LLC challenging a National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order that upheld a Rs 213.14 crore penalty imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over the messaging platform’s 2021 privacy policy and data‑sharing practices.As per the causelist published on the apex court’s official website, the matter is listed before a Special Bench of Chief Justice of India…

Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) UK-based businessman Vijay Mallya on Wednesday informed the Bombay High Court that he is not in a position to specify when he would return to India. He cited restrictions imposed by courts in England that he said prevented him from leaving the country.The matter was heard by a Bench comprising Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad, in connection with two petitions filed by Mallya. One petition challenges his designation as a “Fugitive Economic Offen…

New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted three weeks’ time to the Centre to place on record the status of the probe into the Ahmedabad air crash that claimed 260 lives.A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing pleas, including one filed by the father of late Captain Sumeet Sabharwal — the Pilot-in-Command of Air India flight AI-171 that crashed June on 12, 2025 — seeking an independent, court-monitored investigation into…

New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed serious concern over WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy and the sharing of user data by its parent company Meta Platforms, observing that the platform cannot be allowed to “play with the right to privacy” of Indian users.The court’s remark came as a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi was hearing appeals filed by Meta Platforms and WhatsApp LLC against a National Company Law …

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday the plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the recent search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata.As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Vipul …

Jaipur, Jan 19 (IANS) Around 1,102 liquor shops located on national and state highways passing through municipal limits in Rajasthan will not be closed for now after the Supreme Court on Monday granted an interim stay on the Rajasthan High Court’s order directing their removal and relocation.A Bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta passed the interim order while hearing special leave petitions (SLPs) filed by the state government and affected licence holders.Appearing f…

New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea filed by Allahabad High Court Justice Yashwant Varma — who faces impeachment proceedings following the cash-discovery row — challenging the decision of the Lok Sabha Speaker to constitute a three-member inquiry committee against him under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968. Pronouncing the operative part of the verdict, a Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma said, “We hold that the petitioner is no…