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.
The development comes after a report by the London-based Financial Times, citing documents from George Soros-backed Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), alluded to a fraud by the Adani Group by selling low-grade coal as high-value fuel in 2013.
Both the NGOs have said that the alleged scam amounting to crores of rupees through electoral bonds can be unravelled only through an independent probe by the SIT under the supervision of the Supreme Court.
In his address, the CJI emphasised the essential collaboration between the medical and legal professions, underlining their complementary roles in society.
Announcing the opening of the one-stop facility ‘Accessibility Help Desk’ in the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice Chandrachud said that it is in continuation of our mission which began with the report by a committee headed by Justice s. Ravindra Bhatt, who has since retired.
These details include the unique bond numbers that would disclose the link between the buyer and the recipient political party.
