Today, On 29th August, The Supreme Court will hear on September 3 the bail plea of Surendra Gadling, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. His counsel mentioned the matter after a judge recused, seeking urgent listing before the Bench.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court is set to hear a batch of pleas on December 12 challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act, which mandates maintaining the status quo of all places of worship as existed on August 15, 1947. The Chief Justice of India (CJI), Sanjiv Khanna, has constituted a special three-judge bench–comprising himself, Justice Sanjay Kumar, and Justice KV Vishwanathan–to hear the case, which has been pending before the court since 2020.
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The Supreme Court today has scheduled a hearing on August 5 for Manish Sisodia’s bail plea in the liquor policy case. Sisodia, a former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, has been in jail for 16 months. The case involves alleged corruption in the liquor policy and implicates the Aam Aadmi Party and its leader Arvind Kejriwal.
The Madras High Court commemorates its Madurai bench’s 20th anniversary today with CJI Chandrachud praising Madurai’s warmth amid a Microsoft outage. Justice R Mahadevan’s recent elevation to the Supreme Court is celebrated, alongside new initiatives such as e-seva kendras to enhance legal services in the southern districts. The event signifies a forward-looking approach to judicial service.