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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicSupreme Court of India

Topic: Supreme Court of India

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

Stricter vaccine approval process is the last thing the US needs

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

SC stays trial court proceedings against Elvish Yadav in snake venom case

Top Court issued notice to the UP govt and the complainant on Yadav’s plea challenging the chargesheet linked to the alleged use of snake venom at rave parties with foreigners.

SC rejects plea to de-register AIMIM, refuses to interfere with Delhi HC ruling

The apex court allowed petitioner to withdraw the present appeal and file a new one to ‘raise larger issues regarding reforms related to political parties’.

NEET-PG exam should be conducted in single shift to maintain transparency—Supreme Court

The three-judge bench asked authorities to make arrangements for holding the exam scheduled for 15 June, stating that no 2 question papers can be at same level of difficulty.

Three new SC judges sworn in, apex court goes back to full strength of 34

Justices N V Anjaria, Vijay Bishnoi and A S Chandurkar have filled existing vacancies following the superannuation of ex-CJI Sanjiv Khanna, and Justices Abhay S Oka and Hrishikesh Roy.

Ashoka University ‘relieved, heartened’ after SC grants interim bail to Ali Khan Mahmudabad

The apex court's decision comes a day after Haryana court ordered extended judicial custody of Mahmudabad. The associate professor was arrested by Haryana police Sunday over his social media posts commenting on Op Sindoor.

Not a terrorist, has not committed murder: SC grants anticipatory bail to ex-IAS probationer Puja Khedkar

Khedkar, a former IAS probationer, is accused of cheating, and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination.

Supreme Court has embarked on translating judgements in regional languages: Justice Oka

Speaking at graduation ceremony at a law college in Thane, the SC judge said that thousands of judgements have been translated in the last three years.

CJI Gavai chides SC Bar Association for not holding farewell ceremony for Justice Bela Trivedi

While it is usual to hold ceremonies for retiring SC judges, SCBA did not follow suit in Trivedi's case owing to affiliated lawyers unhappy with her orders. She is set to retire early next month.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.