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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicSupreme Court of India

Topic: Supreme Court of India

Karnataka judge’s remarks have riled legal community & HC live proceedings now come with disclaimer

The judge's rebuke of a female advocate & comments calling an area in Bangalore 'Pakistan' have gone viral on social media. The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the matter.

‘Issue of liberty’: SC grants bail to Kejriwal in liquor policy case, deems CBI custody ‘unjustified’

Kejriwal is set to walk out of jail as he had been granted interim bail in July in the money laundering case by ED. SC says CBI cannot continue detention citing ‘evasive replies’.

Delhi excise policy case: Supreme Court to deliver verdict on Arvind Kejriwal’s bail plea

The apex court had reserved the verdict on 5 September. The Delhi HC had upheld the Delhi CM's arrest by the CBI on 5 August.

Why Chhattisgarh govt now supports ED’s plea for re-trial in PDS scam case, 2 yrs after opposing it

In an affidavit filed before Supreme Court, the months-old state BJP govt has affirmed ED’s charges against 2 senior civil servants who served in erstwhile Bhupesh Baghel regime.

Kolkata rape-murder: SC directs CBI to file fresh status report by 17 Sept

In the Monday hearing, SG Tushar Mehta shared a report in a sealed cover & informed the 3-judge bench that forensic samples had been sent to AIIMS for further investigation.

How Supreme Court’s process of designating senior advocates changed in last 7 yrs & what it is now

Last week, the apex court designated 39 lawyers as senior advocates, setting off rumblings in Bar over those excluded. Court has given coveted tag to a hundred lawyers this year alone.

Centre defends law criminalising Triple Talaq, says ‘practice fatal for institution of marriage’

Responding to a petition in SC seeking to declare the 2019 law unconstitutional, Centre said that it serves 'larger constitutional goals of gender justice and gender equality'.

‘Students must have freedom of choice’ — SC stays Mumbai college ban on ‘hijab, burqa, cap, naqab’

Issuing notice to Chembur Trombay Education Society, which runs N G Acharya and D K Marathe College, bench asked why it didn't ban ’tilak, bindi’ if matter was about religious markers.

‘Should give way to deserving & needy’ — SC asks for ‘creamy layer’ to be excluded from SC/ST reservation

Court has affirmed jurisdiction of states to sub-classify SCs/STs to grant them separate quota within reserved category, says ultimate aim is to realise real equality in the country.

SC upholds states’ rights to levy royalty on minerals extracted from their lands, in 8:1 verdict

CJI Chandrachud, reading out verdict for himself & 7 judges, held Parliament does not have power to tax mineral rights under Constitution. Justice B V Nagarathna gave dissenting views.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.