A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan said matter will be heard in the week commencing May 5, 2025, as advocate Prashant Bhushan told the bench that “There has been rampant corruption in the appointment of police chiefs… rampant.”
Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna heading a bench agreed to list the PIL for hearing today or tomorrow after advocate for the PIL petitioner mentioned the matter for an early hearing.
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 five-member delegation of Supreme Court judges, led by Justice B.R. Gavai, arrived in Imphal, Manipur, on Saturday to evaluate the ongoing legal and humanitarian situation in the state.
“The report will be examined and processed for further and necessary action,” the statement said.
Extending the exemption to Shivraj Singh Chauhan and others from personally appearing before the trial court, a bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Rajesh Bindal said that it would further hear the case on March 26.
Bhushan told the bench that the petitioner NGOs would not take long in presenting its arguments.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended its January 15 interim order protecting from arrest former IAS trainee officer Puja Khedkar accused of forging her documents to be eligible for the 2022 Union Public Service Commission examination.
A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotishwar Singh issued the notice and sought the Centre’s response on the PIL by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) contending that the present system of the Central government solely selecting the CAG hampered their independence of the national auditor.
The Supreme Court on Friday posted for April 22, 2025 the hearing on a batch of petitions seeking inquiry into the allegations that the government is using Israeli software Pegasus for snooping.
