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All high court judges entitled to full pension, rules Supreme Court

In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Monday held all high court judges, including additional judges, will be entitled to full pension and retirement benefits. The top court said the former chief justices of the high court will get Rs 15 lakh per annum as pension. Observing that denial would amount to violation of right to equality under Article 14 of the Constitution, a bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih said full pension will be paid to all irrespective of when they were appointed and whether they retired as additional judges or were later made permanent. The bench said discriminating among judges based on the timing of their appointment or their designation violates this fundamental right. The CJI, pronouncing the verdict, said families of deceased additional high court judges are also entitled to the same pension and retirement benefits as families of permanent judges. The bench said it has examined Article 200 of the Constituti

HC allows NTA to declare NEET-UG results except for 11 centres in Indore

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to declare the results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) for undergraduate medical courses, except for 11 centres in Indore which had faced power outage on May 4. On Thursday, in response to a petition by a student who claimed her performance in the entrance exam on May 4 was severely impacted by a power outage at her exam centre in Indore, the court had directed that the results should not be declared until the next hearing. The petitioner prayed that she be allowed to appear for the examination again. On Friday, Justice Subodh Abhyankar modified the order after hearing submissions of Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta and Deputy Solicitor General Himanshu Joshi. They pointed out that the high court stayed the declaration of NEET-UG results for the entire country although the problem of power outage was confined to 11 centres in Indore. The NTA should be allowed to declare the

SC raps HC judges over delays, 'coffee breaks'; seeks performance audit

The Supreme Court has observed that the efficiency of High Court judges must be addressed, highlighting the need for performance audits and timely delivery of reserved judgments

HC orders case against MP minister for remark on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi

Madhya Pradesh Minister Vijay Shah faces legal action after a high court order, following a controversial remark about Army Colonel Sofiya Qureshi during a speech

Trial court lawyers must be considered for senior designation by HCs: SC

Observing senior designation couldn't be a monopoly of selected few, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said lawyers practising in subordinate judiciary and other fora must be considered for designation as senior advocates. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka, Ujjal Bhuyan and S V N Bhatti said the process of designation must be objectively fair and guided and there is a need to have at least one exercise of designation conducted every year. "When we talk of diversity, we must ensure that the high courts evolve a mechanism by which the members of the bar practising in our trial and district judiciary and before specialised tribunals are considered for designation as their role is no inferior to the role played by advocates practising before this court and high courts. This is also an essential part of diversity," it said. The top court noted the high courts could always call for the views of the principal district judges or the heads of tribunals on such applicants. "Moreover, when the cases

SC issues new rules for senior advocate designation, scraps marking system

Supreme Court scraps marking system for senior advocate designation directs high courts to amend rules in four months and mandates full court decision with voting if no consensus

MPHC Class IV recruitment 2025: Apply for 78 positions and others by 13 May

MPHC has declared the official notification for the recruitment to multiple Class IV posts on the official website at mphc.gov.in. Candidates can apply for the posts from May 13 to 28, 2025

Imran Khan's party moves court for his release amid India-Pakistan tensions

Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's party on Friday filed a petition in the High Court here seeking his release from jail, claiming a threat to his life due to the impact of the prolonged detention on his health and in view of the current situation with India. Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party, in a WhatsApp message, said that the party's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur approached the Islamabad High Court for the release of the party founder. Khan, 72, has been incarcerated in Adiala Jail of Rawalpindi, the garrison city, since mid-2023 in connection with multiple cases. The Islamabad High Court has been approached for the release of Imran Khan. An application has been filed by Chief Minister KP Ali Amin, the party said. It has been requested that in view of the current war situation with India, for national harmony and solidarity, and due to the fear of a drone attack in Adiala Jail, he be immediately released on parole/probation. The c

Clear judge appointments quickly amid growing case backlog: SC to Centre

The Supreme Court today highlighted the alarming situation of over 7 lakh criminal appeals that are currently pending across various High Courts

Court proceedings cannot be recorded without nod, warns Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab and Haryana High Court bans unauthorised recording in all courts; warns of contempt proceedings and seizure of devices used for filming without prior permission

Of 221 HC judge recommendations since Nov 2022, 29 await Centre's nod

In a first of its kind move towards enhancing transparency, the Supreme Court has declared the names of judges recommended by the collegium, their relations to sitting or retired judges of high courts or the apex court and the number of resolutions confirmed by the government. According to the data released by the Supreme Court from November 9, 2022 to November 10, 2024 -- a time when former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud was at the helm of affairs -- of the 303 candidates approved by the Supreme Court collegium for appointment as high court judges, 170 have been cleared by the central government. The data shows 17 names are still pending with the government for approval. Out of the 303 names recommended, 12 were related to former or retired judges of the high court or the Supreme Court and one name who had relations with the retired or serving member of the high court or the apex court, was not cleared by the Centre. Seven of the 303 names belonged to the Scheduled Caste ..

SC terms delay in verdicts 'very disturbing', to issue mandatory norms

Frowning upon the Jharkhand High Court for not pronouncing verdicts after reserving them for years, the Supreme Court on Monday sought reports within a month from all high courts on cases where judgements have been reserved on or before January 31. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh termed such non-pronouncement of verdicts by courts a "very disturbing issue" and said it will lay down some mandatory guidelines for the high courts. "Let us see. Honestly speaking it is a very disturbing issue but we don't know the circumstances -- why it has happened -- but we would like to definitely lay down some mandatory guidelines. It cannot be allowed to happen like this," the bench observed. The top court perused a report of the registrar general of Jharkhand High Court on a plea of four life convicts who have complained that the high court has not pronounced its verdict on their criminal appeals despite reserving its order in 2022. "Having perused the report sent by the ...

SC says High Courts not giving verdicts in criminal appeals is 'disturbing'

The Supreme Court's observation follows the Jharkhand High Court's failure to deliver verdicts in 67 criminal appeals reserved between January 2022 and December 2024

Karnataka HC stays GST demand of over Rs 50 cr against Mad Over Donuts

The court emphasised the importance of judicial consistency and agreed that no precipitative or coercive measures could be pursued by Karnataka's GST authorities during the pendency of the case

Karnataka HC asks State to set up cybercrime bureau to fight new age crimes

It also ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate a major cyber espionage case involving theft of sensitive drone technology

Delhi HC to hear 52 pending cases previously listed before Justice Varma

Justice Yashwant Varma name became embroiled in controversy after a substantial amount of cash was allegedly discovered at his residence during a fire on March 14

HUL agrees to take down Lakme Sunscreen ad after Mamaearth's objection

The court ordered the removal of Hindustan Unilever's 'disparaging' Lakme ad after Honasa and HUL filed defamation cases against each other

No police protection just for marrying against parents' wishes: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court ruled that couples marrying against their parents' wishes are not entitled to seek police protection solely on that basis

Couples marrying against parents' wishes can't claim police protection: HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that couples who marry of their own will against the wishes of their parents cannot claim police protection as a matter of right unless there is a real threat perception to their life and liberty. The court gave the ruling while deciding an application filed by a couple seeking protection. It said the court can provide security to a couple in a deserving case but in the absence of any threat perception, such a couple must "learn to support each other and face the society". Justice Saurabh Srivastava made this observation while hearing a writ petition filed by Shreya Kesarwani and her husband seeking police protection and a direction for the private respondents not to interfere in their peaceful marital life. The court after going through the averments made in their petition, disposed of their writ petition, noting that there was no serious threat perception to the petitioners. Disposing of the writ petition, the court observed, "There is no ..

Karnataka HC asks Google to furnish 50% of FEMA penalties as bank guarantee

The Karnataka High Court has asked Google India and three executives to provide bank guarantees for 50% of Fema penalties linked to ₹364 crore in alleged violations