Five petitions Supreme Court will hear against Waqf Amendment Act

Advocate Ejaz Maqbool is the nodal counsel for the petitioners. Advocate Kanu Agrawal is the nodal counsel for the respondents/ government. Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain has been appointed as the nodal counsel for the applicants. The case will be known not by the name of any of the petitioners but by the causetitle In Re: … Read more

CJI Sanjiv Khanna writes to Law Ministry recommending Justice BR Gavai as next CJI

Justice Gavai was appointed as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court on November 14, 2003, and became a permanent judge in 2005. He served at the High Court’s principal seat in Mumbai and benches in Nagpur, Aurangabad and Panaji. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on May 24, 2019. Source link

Waqf Act Challenge: Supreme Court Hearing on April 16 | CJI Sanjiv Khanna

Modernizing Waqf Management: A Deep dive into the 2024 Amendments Table of Contents Modernizing Waqf Management: A Deep dive into the 2024 Amendments Understanding waqf Properties and the Existing Framework Key changes Introduced by the Amendment Act Strengthening Oversight and Promoting Inclusivity Enhanced Accountability and Centralized Control Waqf Act Challenge: Supreme Court Hearing on April … Read more

Supreme Court bench headed by CJI Sanjiv Khanna to hear challenge to Waqf Amendment Act on April 16

The Waqf (Amendment) Act received Presidential assent on April 5. The law proposes to amend the Waqf Act, 1995 in order to address the regulation of waqf properties. Waqf refers to properties dedicated exclusively for religious or charitable purposes under Islamic law. The Waqf Act, 1995 was enacted to govern the administration of waqf Properties (religious endowments) … Read more

SC uploads video of burnt currency given by police, HC CJ suggests deeper probe; judge Yashwant Varma cries conspiracy | India News

NEW DELHI: A video that Delhi Police commissioner Sanjay Arora shared with CJI I Sanjiv Khanna and Delhi HC CJ D K Upadhyay, purportedly revealing burnt cash at Justice Yashwant Varma‘s house on March 14, appears to have clinched the case for a deeper probe against the sitting Delhi HC judge, who, despite the graphic … Read more

Fire at Delhi HC judge’s house leads to recovery of cash pile | India News

NEW DELHI: A fire that broke out in the residential bungalow of a Delhi high court judge resulted in recovery of a huge pile of cash, sending shock waves in judicial corridors and forcing the Supreme Court collegium led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna to decide to transfer him to another HC.When the fire broke out, … Read more