SC judges to make assets public on assuming office

The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Friday a plea seeking a direction to the Delhi police to lodge an FIR over the alleged discovery of semi-burnt stash of cash from the official residence of high court judge Yashwant Varma. IMAGE: High court judge Yashwant Varma. Photograph: ANI Photo According to the SC's cause list for Friday, a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan is scheduled to hear the matter. A bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Wednesday had refused urgent ...

In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court late on Saturday night uploaded on its website an in-house inquiry report (external link), including photos and videos, into the alleged discovery of a huge stash of cash at the residence of Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma. IMAGE: A screengrab of the cash allegedly discovered at a storeroom at Justice Varma's house, taken from the video shared by the Delhi Police Commissioner with the Delhi high court. Photograph: SC website As recommended ...

Supreme Court judge, Justice B R Gavai, on Saturday expressed hope that the "current difficult phase" in ethnic strife-torn Manipur will be over soon with the assistance of the executive, legislature and judiciary and the state will prosper like the rest of the country. IMAGE: Supreme Court judges led by Justice B R Gavai visit violence-hit Manipur. Photograph: ANI on X Justice Gavai, who led a delegation of Supreme Court judges that visited Manipur, called upon the people of the state to work ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Gujarat on Tuesday formed a committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to assess the need for the Uniform Civil Code in the state, and also draft a bill for the same. IMAGE: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel attends an event by Surat Municipal Corporation, in Surat, January 25, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo While the Opposition said the decision was aimed at diverting attention from pressing issues ahead of the upcoming local body polls, the ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she respects the judiciary but disagrees with the Supreme Court's verdict on school appointments "on humanitarian grounds" and dared the Bharatiya Janata Party to arrest her for supporting the affected candidates. IMAGE: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference, at the CM office in Kolkata, April 3, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo Accusing the BJP and the Communist Party of India-Marxist of "hatching a ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took a strong exception to the Allahabad high court's recent views that mere grabbing of a woman's breasts and pulling drawstrings of her "pyjama" wasn't rape, and stayed the observations, outlining total "insensitivity" and "inhuman approach". IMAGE: The Supreme Court of India. Photograph: ANI Photo Calling it a "very serious matter", a bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih said, "In normal circumstances, we are slow in granting stay at this ...

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a plea challenging the validity of a provision of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which mandates maintaining the religious character of a place as it existed on August 15, 1947. IMAGE: The Mughal-era mosque in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal has been at the centre of a major row after a petition claimed that it was the site of an ancient Hindu temple. . Photograph: ANI Photo As per the cause list of April 1, the plea is slated to ...

Strongly denouncing the police for suppressing the freedom of speech, the Supreme Court on Friday said mere recital of a poem, stand-up comedy or any form of art or entertainment couldn't be alleged to lead to animosity or hatred amongst communities. IMAGE: Imran Pratapgarhi. Photograph: Imran Pratapgarhi/Twitter While quashing an FIR against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi, a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said literature including poetry, dramas, films, stage shows including ...

The Supreme Court on Friday said septuagenarian Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who ended his indefinite hunger strike in support of farmers' several demands after about four months, was a 'genuine leader without a political agenda'. IMAGE: Doctors check on farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, during his fast unto death over various demands, in Sangrur on January 9, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh was informed by Punjab advocate general (AG) ...