CJI Surya Kant
- India
NEET protests can’t justify lathi-charge: SC on police brutality
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, July 27, orally observed that the right to peaceful and lawful protest is protected under the Constitution and that agitation by itself cannot be used to…
- Top Stories
NEET protests: SC to hear pleas on police excesses on students
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, July 24, agreed to hear on July 27 two separate petitions alleging police excesses on students protesting against the NEET paper leak. The matter was…
- India
CJI rejects snubbing plea against police brutality on protesters
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday, July 24, dismissed as “completely false” media reports claiming he had refused to list a petition challenging police action against student protesters,…
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Even if dismantled today, won’t hear urgent demolition plea: CJI
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, July 20, declined to urgently hear a plea seeking protection against the demolition of a property, saying the petitioner must first approach the jurisdictional high…
- Hate Crime
SC refuses to consider contempt pleas on ‘bulldozer action’
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, July 16, refused to consider a batch of contempt petitions alleging that demolitions were carried out in violation of its 2024 judgment and asked aggrieved…
- India
Taken court for a ride: SC slams Samay Raina, imposes Rs 3L fine
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 14, imposed a cost of Rs 3 lakh each on comedian Samay Raina and four other comedians for failing to comply with undertakings given to…
- Hyderabad
Removing mangalsutra, Hyderabad woman pleads before SC in 15-yr-old case
New Delhi: A woman from Hyderabad, appearing before the Supreme Court in person, made an emotional plea to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Monday, July 13, telling the bench that…
- India
Cockroach Janta Party X handle restored after Delhi HC order
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, July 7, ordered the unblocking of the Cockroach Janta Party’s X handle, which was withheld in May. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma passed the judgement…
- Politics
Opposition, Independent MPs write to CJI on SIR, EC’s role
New Delhi: Twenty-three political parties along with an Independent MP on Tuesday, June 30, sent a joint letter to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on the SIR process, the role of…
- India
Cyber criminals are ‘parasites’ must be dealt harshly: SC
New Delhi: Cyber criminals are “parasites” who take money from innocent investors to dupe them and we have to be very harsh with them, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said. The observations…
- India
Open letter to CJI questions Aravalli Hills review committee
New Delhi: A group of environmentalists, social activists and others on Tuesday questioned the composition of a high-powered expert committee constituted by the Supreme Court two weeks ago to review the Centre’s…
- Opinions
The quiet drift of India’s constitutional jurisprudence
The Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, recently remarked at Oxford that the Supreme Court is developing a “Swadeshi Jurisprudence” rather than relying solely on “imported concepts.” He made the observation while…
- India
INDIA bloc leaders demand Education Minister’s immediate resignation
New Delhi: Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc met on Monday, June 8, and decided to write to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and…
- World
Young lawyers key to judiciary’s tech transformation: CJI
New Delhi: Young lawyers, judicial officers and legal professionals are an encouraging source for the judiciary’s technological transformation, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has said. Speaking at the Oxford Union on…
- World
CJI Surya Kant faces backlash over ‘cockroach’ remark in London
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant faced criticism over the alleged crackdown on dissent in India while delivering a lecture at Birkbeck, University of London, on June 4. The incident occurred…