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February 6, 2026, 08:41 PM - 3 min read
As per the revised fee, the Attorney General for India will be paid a ₹1,20,000 retainer fee per month.The retainer fee for the Solicitor General of India is ₹96,000 per month and for an Additional Solicitor General, it is ₹72,000 per month.The fees payable to these law officers for various cases and appearances before the Supreme Court, High Courts, other courts and tribunals have also been notified.
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February 3, 2026, 04:47 PM - 3 min read
The submission was made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta before a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale while opposing a plea challenging his detention."I am saying that he (Wangchuk) has been given a fair treatment," the SG added.However, he also contended that because of the nature of the power under NSA, a certain leeway is given to the statutory authority.
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February 2, 2026, 07:31 PM - 4 min read
Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta today submitted that Wancghuk had made inflammatory speeches and mentioned Mahatma Gandhi's name only as a facade."There are instances where inflammatory speeches are made but they are covered. Beginning and end is always Gandhiji.
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November 14, 2025, 06:44 PM - 3 min read
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Central government on a petition filed by the father of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the pilot who was in command of the Air India plane that crashed at Ahmedabad in June this year.The plea seeks an independent judicial probe into the mishap that caused deaths of 260 people.
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November 10, 2025, 06:45 PM - 3 min read
In a significant observation to convey the message, Supreme Court on Monday remarked during the hearing that pelting of stones in Jammu and Kashmir is not a very ordinary action, while asking Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah to approach the NC government for obtaining his detention order.
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September 23, 2025, 04:28 PM - 3 min read
Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta has said that the system of allowing litigants to choose their arbitrators has created serious concerns regarding integrity in arbitration, and that parliament has to step in and address the issue.He suggested that a possible check would be to bring in a law making it mandatory for all arbitral awards to be published on a single platform.
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August 16, 2025, 06:33 PM - 4 min read
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that imposing timelines on governors or the president to act on state Bills would disturb the constitutional balance and create a “constitutional disorder”.
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July 28, 2025, 10:22 PM - 4 min read
The Punjab and Haryana High Court had ordered Punjab to comply with the decision made during the May 2 meeting chaired by the Union Home Secretary.
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July 21, 2025, 04:00 PM - 6 min read
The Supreme Court pulled up the Enforcement Directorate for summoning lawyers offering legal advice, warning it was crossing all limits and threatening legal profession's independence.
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July 9, 2025, 06:35 PM - 3 min read
The Delhi Police on Wednesday vehemently opposed the bail pleas filed by accused in the Delhi riots of 2020 including former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam.
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June 7, 2025, 04:16 PM - 3 min read
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta has flagged concerns about the impartiality and competence of arbitral tribunals which handle disputes involving the Indian government and public sector undertakings (PSUs).
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May 22, 2025, 07:57 PM - 3 min read
A bench comprising Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice A.G. Masih is currently hearing a series of petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment Act.
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