The petitioner advocate urged the top court to give direction to remove social media posts and videos that are derogatory and contemptuous towards the judiciary.
The Supreme Court will continue hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 on Thursday.
President Droupadi Murmu had, on April 5, gave her assent to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on April 3, and the Rajya Sabha on April 4.
Withdrawing the judicial work from Justice Yashwant Verma, the CJI Khanna asked the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court not to assign him any judicial work for the time being.
“The report will be examined and processed for further and necessary action,” the statement said.
Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud on Saturday called for institutionalising Lok Adalats at the Supreme Court, stating that people are fed up of long delays in judicial processes and want to come out of it agreeing for any settlement – even at a cost less than what they are legally entitled to.
The CJI was attending the convocation of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University here on Saturday.
The CJI landed at Maharishi Valmiki airport at 3:15 pm. From there, amidst elaborate security arrangements, he went to the Tourism Department Hotel located on the bank of Saryu river.
The 2023 judgment held that the right to marry is not a fundamental right and it (the top court) cannot read into the Special Marriage Act (SMA), the words that would amount to judicial legislation.
The CJI, in his address on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of court complexes at Delhi's Karkardooma, Shastri Park & Rohini Sector 26, said that every case filed before the court carries the hope of justice.
