The Bar members gathered together in the court of Chief Justice of India (CJI) where they bid farewell to the Supreme Court judge Vineet Saran, who retired today.
The bench mentioned that a 5-judge bench in the Kedar Nath decision of 1962 had retained the section after reading it down so this had to considered before taking a call.
The Supreme Court on Monday was informed by Attorney General K.K. Venugopal that the Government of India (GoI) has so far evacuated 22,000 people and that it was taking care of Indian citizens still in Ukraine.
The Supreme Court on Friday expressed its happiness over the steps taken by the Centre for evacuation of Indian students stranded in the war-torn country of Ukraine.
An activist has written to Attorney General of India K.K. Venugopal on Thursday seeking consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Yati Narsinghanand for his alleged remarks in an interview on the Constitution of India and the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court judge Justice R. Subhash Reddy, who retired on Tuesday, said there has been a gradual decline in the efficiency and the quality of justice in his farewell speech at an event organized by the Supreme Court Bar Association on Tuesday.