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Supreme Court judges B V Nagarathna and Sudhanshu Dhulia on Tuesday took exception to Chief Justice DY Chandrachud's remark during his judgement related to private properties that the Justice Krishna Iyer doctrine did a «disservice» to the broad and flexible spirit of the Constitution. While Justice Nagarathna said the CJI's observations are unwarranted and unjustified, Justice Dhulia strong disapproved the remarks and said the criticism is harsh, and could have been avoided.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. I remember an audience member once asked Justice B.N. Srikrishna a pointed question about privacy in the context of social media at one of the public consultations held in relation to his report on data protection.

As the final days of an intensely polarizing campaign season play out, the Senate focus is on seats held by Democrats in Montana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and on Republican seats in Texas and Nebraska, NYT News Service. The outcome will help determine how much power the next president can wield, given the Senate's crucial role in approving Cabinet and judicial nominations and in setting — or thwarting — the legislative agenda, according to .

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra on October 22 reserved the judgement on eight petitions, including the lead one filed by Anjum Kadari, against the high court verdict. On March 22, the Allahabad High Court had declared the Act as «unconstitutional» and violative of the principle of secularism, and asked the state government to accommodate madrasa students in the formal schooling system.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In 2000, Danny, a 38-year-old lawyer, confronted then Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal of the Bombay High Court with a heartfelt request: “Would you grant me the liberty to take my own freedom and step away from the course you have charted for me?" Justice Sabharwal had offered him a judgeship, but Danny wanted to prioritise caring for his ailing wife over accepting the prestigious position.

National Green Tribunal while monitoring the status of waste management across the country's states and Union Territories flagged several issues last month after analysing the progress reports submitted by Gujarat and Odisha. A bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava noted that the two states filed separate progress reports detailing the steps taken to ensure compliance with the Supreme Court's directions regarding solid waste management rules and establishing adequate sewage treatment plants (STPs). Last year, the tribunal imposed environmental compensation (EC) on various states for the gaps in waste management, including Rs 2,100 crore on Gujarat, which had to be kept in a ring-fenced account. It stopped short of imposing the fine on Odisha after the state government gave an undertaking that it would set aside Rs 1,138 crore to address the gaps. Regarding solid waste management in Gujarat, the bench also comprising judicial member Justice Sudhir Kumar Agarwal and expert member A Senthil Vel said, «The gap reported in waste processing is almost at the same level as was reported earlier, which is on account of not having waste processing facilities commensurate with waste generation.»

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has extended by a year the tenure of a commission established to examine whether Scheduled Castes (SC) status can be granted to individuals who have converted to religions other than Sikhism and Buddhism. This decision, formalised through a notification dated November 1, comes as the Commission, initially set to conclude its work on October 10 sought additional time to finalise its report. The Commission of Inquiry was constituted on October 6, 2022, under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952.

Lyft is paying $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the ride-hailing service of exaggerating how much money drivers could make while the company was trying to recover from a steep downturn in demand during the pandemic

Toronto-Dominion Bank‘s ability to expand its retail banking business in the United States has been restricted, leaving investors wondering whether it will do the obvious and focus on growing its personal and commercial banking segment in Canada or its wealth and insurance business in the U.S., but analysts say any potential moves would be “easier said than done.”

PepsiCo won the dismissal of New York's lawsuit accusing the beverage and snack-food company of polluting the environment with single-use plastic packaging, as the judge criticized the state's attorney general, Letitia James, for bringing the case. Justice Emilio Colaiacovo of the state Supreme Court in Buffalo said on Thursday that James failed to show PepsiCo created a public nuisance and should have warned consumers about the health and environmental risks of plastics in more than 100 of its brands. James sued PepsiCo and its Frito-Lay unit last November, seeking to hold them liable for endangering Buffalo's water supply by generating 17% of the plastic waste found in and near the Buffalo River. She also said the defendants deceived the public about their efforts to fight plastics pollution.

West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front (WBJDF) hit the streets again demanding swift justice for the medic who was raped and murdered at RG Kar hospital recently. They took out a march from West Bengal Medical Council to CBI headquarters at CGO Complex on Wednesday.

Google is still thriving while the company navigates through a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence and battles regulators trying to topple its internet empire

The owner and manager of the container ship Dali are seeking to minimize their responsibility for the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse

Delhi High Court on Tuesday ordered auctioning of the Fortis trademark in connection with the ₹3,500 crore arbitral award passed in favour of Japanese pharma major Daiichi Sankyo and against the former Ranbaxy promoters. Justice Sachin Datta passed the order on an application filed by Daiichi Sankyo seeking the sale of the Fortis trademark, owned by RHC Healthcare Management Services which is one of the judgment debtors in the matter.

Supreme Court had sought response from debt-ridden SKS Power Generation (Chhattisgarh) Ltd, its lenders and its resolution professional on an appeal by Torrent Power challenging the approval granted to Sarda Energy and Minerals resolution plan for takeover of the power generation firm. A Bench led by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud while issuing notice to SKS, its Committee of Creditors and resolution professional Ashish Arjunkumar Rathi and Sarda Energy, the successful resolution applicant, observed that “there is much more than what meets the eye.” The apex court also noted senior counsel AM Singhvi’s submission on behalf of Torrent that the Sarda’s bid was modified in material respects after the conclusion of the negotiation process. However, the CJI directed that “any further steps which are taken in implementation of the resolution plan by the second respondent (Sarda) shall not create any equities in their favour.”

McGee's pursuit of the Deputy Director position, there are indications that his character may be on the brink of a significant transition. Despite his extensive experience within NCIS and having served as interim director, the coveted position ultimately went to Department of Justice Inspector General Gabriel LaRoche, played by Seamus Dever.

AAP leader Satyendar Jain. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri granted regular bail to the duo nearly 10 days after the former Delhi minister was granted relief. A court had granted bail to Satyendar Jain, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in May 2022, citing «delay in trial» and his «long incarceration». The case pertains to allegations against Satyendar Jain of having laundered money through four companies allegedly linked to him. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed that Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain were business associates of the former Delhi minister and abetted the commission of the offence.

Donald Trump plans to deport millions of migrants, reshape global trade with expensive tariffs and fill the government with loyalists if he wins a second four-year White House term in the November 5 US Presidential election 2024, as per a report.

New York is witnessing an «interagency operation» from the US federal agencies, as per a report. The investigators from the Bureau of Prisons, the Justice Department’s inspector general’s office and other law enforcement agencies had descended on the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Monday, the Bureau of Prisons said in statement to The Associated Press. The law enforcement operation is “designed to achieve our shared goal of maintaining a safe environment for both our employees and the incarcerated individuals housed at MDC Brooklyn,” the agency said. Prison officials declined to provide specific details about the operation Monday morning.

Trump's four criminal cases are quietly chugging along in court even as his race against Vice President Kamala Harris dominates the news. Important legal battles continue to be fought, and motions to be filed. Even now, Trump's lawyers are preparing for him to be sentenced — possibly to jail time — on his one conviction so far at a hearing in New York City scheduled for three weeks after Election Day, NYT Service reported. Trump has told people close to him that if he wins the election, the legal cases would simply «go away.» On Thursday, he said he would fire Jack Smith, the special counsel who filed two federal cases against him, «within two seconds» if he regains the White House. «I don't think they'll impeach me if I fire Jack Smith,» Trump, who was impeached twice by the House of Representatives, told radio host Hugh Hewitt.

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party chief Vijay on Sunday revealed their ideology as 'Secular Social Justice ideologies' and also terms his first opponent an "ideological enemy" which does «divisive politics» and second as a «political enemy» who runs a «corrupted government» with masks of the Dravidian model. Actor Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam state conference was held on Sunday in V Salai, Vikravandi where lakhs of Vijay supporters thronged and participated in the party's first-ever state conference. He accused the DMK of deceiving the public under the guise of the Dravidian model and called the DMK government anti-people.