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TopicJustice Swarana Kanta Sharma

Topic: Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma

Inside Delhi HC’s roster changes: Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma to no longer hear MP-MLA criminal cases

Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, who quashed ED's money laundering case against NewsClick and founder Prabir Purkayastha, has also been shifted.

HC notice to AAP’s Gopal Rai, journalist Saurav Das in contempt plea over posts on Justice Sharma

Plea by advocate also sought contempt action against Kejriwal, Saurabh Bharadwaj but court said they were issued notices in suo motu case by the judge. Both cases tagged for August hearing.

A recusal after refusal to recuse: Why Justice Sharma framed contempt charges against Kejriwal & co

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said posts, edited videos & boycott calls after her refusal to recuse from case amounted to ‘calculated campaign’ to undermine public faith in judiciary.

Sitting judges at RSS’s Adhivakta Parishad events: An ideological bias vs strictly professional debate

Kejriwal’s plea seeking recusal of Delhi HC Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on the ground that she attended Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad events trained spotlight on the issue

Justice Sharma frames contempt charges against Kejriwal & co, recusing herself from excise policy case

Kejriwal reacted to the order in an X post late Thursday, saying, 'Truth has triumphed. Gandhi ji's Satyagraha has triumphed once again.'

HC judge Swarana Sharma warns of contempt action against ‘some’ in liquor policy case for defamation

Justice Sharma said 'I cannot stay silent', and that it has come to the notice of the court that some 'vicious' content has been posted against her by some of the respondents.

Delhi HC to resume hearing CBI’s plea against Kejriwal discharge order next week

A day earlier, Vijay Nair, accused and former AAP communications in-charge, filed fresh plea before Delhi HC seeking to challenge CBI’s revision plea on grounds of non-maintainability.

Why Kejriwal’s ‘satyagraha’ is unlikely to stop Justice Sharma from deciding excise policy appeal case

Sisodia has also refused to appear. Precedent shows criminal appeals can't be dismissed merely because an appellant or counsel is absent.

‘Cloud of grave, unresolved questions’—Why Kejriwal won’t appear in Delhi HC judge Sharma’s court

In letter to Delhi High Court judge Swarana Kanta Sharma, former CM cites ‘loss of faith’ in the process, his arguments for her recusal & even Gandhi’s Satyagraha.

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How the 1881 census redefined colonial rule in India

From hidden elders to uncounted infants, colonial enumerators faced widespread public distrust during the first all-India count.

NH toll revenue doubles in five years to over Rs 70,000 crore as number of plazas rises sharply

Government tells Parliament toll collections touched Rs 70,278 crore in 2025-26, Rajasthan has highest number of toll plazas, while expenditure on operating plazas is not maintained centrally.

The ‘outlier’ caves in: Permanent commission allowed for women in Indian Coast Guard

On Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled a policy for gender-neutral induction and career progression of officers in Indian Coast Guard.

Youth’s struggles won’t end with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Govt must decentralise education

Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.