CJI Surya Kant Archives - National Times

16 Mar

Supreme Court to Hear PIL Seeking 4-Year LLB and New “Legal Education Commission”

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsIndia4 Year LLB Course, Ashwini Upadhyay PIL, CJI Surya Kant, Legal Education Commission, Supreme Court India

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh)— The Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that could fundamentally reshape the country’s legal education landscape. On Monday, March 16, 2026, a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi took note of a petition seeking to replace the current five-year integrated law course with a streamlined four-year LLB degree after Class 12. The petition, filed by Ashwini Upadhyay, argues that the existing five-year BA-LLB and BBA-LLB programs are disproportionately long and place an "excessive financial burden" on middle- and lower-class families. Judicial Reflections:…

22 Feb

Supreme Court to Confront Meta and WhatsApp Over “Theft” of Private Data

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsIndiaCCI Penalty Privacy Policy, CJI Surya Kant, Data Sharing Right to Privacy, Supreme Court Meta WhatsApp Case

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Supreme Court of India is set to resume a high-stakes hearing on Monday, February 23, regarding the controversial data-sharing practices of Meta and WhatsApp. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant will hear appeals from the tech giants against a ₹213.14 crore penalty imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for abusing their dominant market position through the 2021 privacy policy. The hearing was originally scheduled for February 9 but was deferred to this Monday due to the indisposition of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who is representing the companies. The case…

17 Feb

SC Flags Rising Use of AI in Petitions After Fake ‘Mercy vs Mankind’ Citation Surfaces

Gurpreet Singh0 CommentsIndiaartificial intelligence, CJI Surya Kant, fake case law, Justice BV Nagarathna, legal drafting, Supreme Court

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Supreme Court on Tuesday voiced serious concern over lawyers relying on Artificial Intelligence tools to draft petitions after a plea cited a judgment that does not exist. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, made the remarks during the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation filed by academician Roop Rekha Verma seeking guidelines on political speeches. The court said it was troubling to see AI-generated content being filed without proper scrutiny. Justice Nagarathna pointed out that she had recently come across a…

01 Dec

Supreme Court Says Delhi-NCR Air Pollution Cannot Be Treated as a Seasonal Issue, Orders Year-Round Monitoring

Rajeev Sharma0 CommentsIndiaAir Quality, CJI Surya Kant, Delhi-NCR pollution, Stubble Burning, Supreme Court

New Delhi, December 1 — The Supreme Court on Monday said the problem of air pollution in Delhi-NCR cannot be viewed as a “customary” matter taken up only in winter. In a major shift from past practice, the court announced it will hear the issue twice a month throughout the year to examine both short-term and long-term measures to tackle pollution.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said the matter demands continuous attention. The CJI stressed that stubble burning should not become a political or ego-driven debate. He questioned the common narrative that crop residue burning…