Latest Surya Kant News & Updates

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said it would seek a report from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court on the functioning of appellate tribunals constituted to hear electoral roll disputes arising out of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in poll-bound West Bengal.The issue was mentioned before a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi by senior advocate Devdatt Kamat.Kamat submitted that the appellate tribunals, set u…

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a declaration that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army (INA) was responsible for securing India’s Independence, while also rejecting prayers to accord him the status of ‘National Son’ and to notify his birth anniversary and the INA’s foundation day as national days.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi refused to entertain…

New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant will deliver the 22nd D.P. Kohli Memorial Lecture at the Bharat Mandapam here on Monday, with a focus on the growing challenges of cybercrime and the evolving role of police and the judiciary in addressing them.The lecture, organised by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), will centre on the theme — “Challenges of Cyber Crime: Role for Police and Judiciary” — reflecting the increasing intersection of technology, crime, an…

Bengaluru, April 18 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday called for a reimagining of law, policy and innovation to advance energy justice, saying that India’s development path must balance economic growth with environmental sustainability as the country looks ahead to 2047. Delivering the inaugural address at the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) International Conference on Sustainable Energy, themed “An Agenda for India @ 2047”, he emphasised that achieving e…

New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre, the Election Commission of India (ECI) and all states on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking implementation of fingerprint and iris-based biometric identification of voters at polling stations to curb electoral malpractices.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order while hearing a petition filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.Issuing a notice, the C…

Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) Amid the crucial two-phase West Bengal Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be holding five back-to-back campaign programmes in the state on Monday.First, he will address two public meetings in Birbhum district, the first at Sainthia at noon and the second at Khayrasole at 1.15 p.m.Thereafter, at 2.35 p.m., he will address another public meeting in Raniganj, West Burdwan district. Again at 4 p.m., he will be participating in a roadshow at the steel city…

Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Kerala President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday accused the CPI-M and Congress of using the matter related to the entry of women into the Sabarimala Temple as an “emotional issue” to garner votes in the Assembly elections, scheduled for April 9.His comments came as a nine-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant began hearing, on Tuesday, the long-pending Sabarimala review matter, involving a bat…

New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) As hearings begin on Tuesday, the Supreme Court has formally notified the constitution of a nine-judge Constitution Bench to take up the long-pending Sabarimala review matter.As per the cause list published for Tuesday on the official website of the apex court, the bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant will hear the reference arising out of review petitions filed against its September 2018 judgment permitting entry of women of all ages into the Lord Ay…

New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court has formally notified the constitution of a nine-judge Constitution Bench, which will commence hearing from April 7 in the long-pending Sabarimala review matter. As per the cause list published for April 7 on the official website of the apex court, the bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant will hear the reference arising out of review petitions filed against its September 2018 judgment permitting entry of women of all ages into the Lo…

New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, on Friday, participated in the self-enumeration process for Census 2027 at his residence, an official of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said. Census of India, 2027, in a message on social media, confirmed the development and encouraged citizens to undertake self-enumeration.The Census 2027 under Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, said, “The Chief Justice of India has successfully completed self-enumerati…