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Outgoing CJI Gavai restored dignity of the bar: SCBA president Vikas Singh

Outgoing CJI Gavai restored dignity of the bar: SCBA president Vikas Singh

“It should happen to people uniformly in that area, and you can't just pick up one house because this person is in confl...

Priya Kapur's son opposes plea of Karisma's kids challenging authenticity of Sunjay Kapur's will

Priya Kapur's son opposes plea of Karisma's kids challenging authenticity of Sunjay Kapur's will

The court is also hearing arguments on an interim injunction application filed by Karisma Kapoor's children to restrain ...

HC ruling protects landowners from tax deductions on highway acquisition compensation

HC ruling protects landowners from tax deductions on highway acquisition compensation

Justice Krishnakumar had previously ruled on similar issues. In 2022, he held that compensation determined under the RFC...

TN govt submits final draft SOP for public meetings in state

TN govt submits final draft SOP for public meetings in state

The SOP says in case of a procession, the organiser shall ensure that not more than one-half of the road was occupied by...

Convict prisoner not in court custody, only govt can order premature release, says Madras HC

Convict prisoner not in court custody, only govt can order premature release, says Madras HC

The bench said as the Full Bench of this Court in Yesu's case, has clearly held that, it was the government that can exe...

Red Fort attack: Delhi HC refuses to allow accused's plea to meet lawyer in NIA HQs

Red Fort attack: Delhi HC refuses to allow accused's plea to meet lawyer in NIA HQs

A resident of Qazigund in Anantnag, Wani was arrested in Srinagar on November 17 for allegedly providing technical suppo...

NIA counsel seeks time to take instructions on Engineer Rashid's bail plea

NIA counsel seeks time to take instructions on Engineer Rashid's bail plea

The NIA filed a chargesheet against several persons, including Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, Lashkar-e-Taiba f...

Delhi: Man sentenced to 25 years in prison for digital rape of 2-year-old girl

Delhi: Man sentenced to 25 years in prison for digital rape of 2-year-old girl

"The victim was in the safest place in her world, which was her home, but the convict made it unsafe for her. Moreover, ...

Anti-CAA protests aimed at regime change like Bangladesh, Nepal: Delhi Police to SC

Anti-CAA protests aimed at regime change like Bangladesh, Nepal: Delhi Police to SC

Khalid, Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider and Rehman were booked under the UAPA, the stringent anti-terror law and pr...

SC upholds Madras HC verdict setting aside order to exhume body for reburial at native place

SC upholds Madras HC verdict setting aside order to exhume body for reburial at native place

The high court had noted that the man, who was down with Covid, was admitted to a hospital in Chennai, and he died due t...

Cash for query: CBI opposes Mahua Moitra's plea against Lokpal order

Cash for query: CBI opposes Mahua Moitra's plea against Lokpal order

The Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman, issued directions to the CBI after receiving the findings of its preliminary ...

Contempt of court: Allahabad HC issues bailable warrant against Bijnor district magistrate

Contempt of court: Allahabad HC issues bailable warrant against Bijnor district magistrate

The petitioner alleged that a copy of the order was given to the district magistrate, who is also the committee's chairm...

HC quashes rape case proceedings as accused, victim 'married long ago'

HC quashes rape case proceedings as accused, victim 'married long ago'

An FIR was registered at Bakhira police station of Sant Kabir Nagar in January 2017 under the Protection of Children aga...

Kerala HC sets aside inquiry order against ADGP Ajith Kumar, cites procedural flaw

Kerala HC sets aside inquiry order against ADGP Ajith Kumar, cites procedural flaw

The complainant is free to apply before the competent authority for sanction and produce it before the Special Court. ...

Karnataka HC drops Section 354 charge against H D Revanna, upholds 354A

Karnataka HC drops Section 354 charge against H D Revanna, upholds 354A

The High Court also noted discrepancies between the complainant’s original version and the police report, particularly r...

Delhi tribunal awards Rs 38.86 lakh compensation to family of man killed in 2016 road accident

Delhi tribunal awards Rs 38.86 lakh compensation to family of man killed in 2016 road accident

The tribunal noted that the rashness and negligence was proved on the driver of the offending car and entitled the petit...

SC seeks EC's response on fresh pleas challenging SIR exercise in Kerala, other states

SC seeks EC's response on fresh pleas challenging SIR exercise in Kerala, other states

"The said SSR concluded with the publication of the final electoral rolls on January 6, 2025, and continuous revision is...

Why don't you move SC with pleas in Delhi 2020 riots: HC asks petitioners

Why don't you move SC with pleas in Delhi 2020 riots: HC asks petitioners

The Supreme Court, in an order of December 2021, had requested the high court to dispose of expeditiously, preferably wi...

SSC imbroglio: Stage for 'experience marks' to rise after SC decides their validity, says Cal HC

SSC imbroglio: Stage for 'experience marks' to rise after SC decides their validity, says Cal HC

The SSC is yet to publish the results for the tests of teachers' recruitment to classes 9-10, where it is likely to foll...

SC notice to Centre, BCI on plea related to POSH complaints by women lawyers

SC notice to Centre, BCI on plea related to POSH complaints by women lawyers

The petition argued that the high court order has left women lawyers remediless, as the high court held that the Sexual ...

Government will intervene to ensure Indian Super League is held: Centre to SC

Government will intervene to ensure Indian Super League is held: Centre to SC

The top court, in its October 15 order, asked the AIFF to adopt within three weeks Article 25.3 (c) and (d), which prohi...

HC directs Punjab govt to decide within a week incarcerated MP Amritpal Singh's plea on attending Parliament

HC directs Punjab govt to decide within a week incarcerated MP Amritpal Singh's plea on attending Parliament

Punjab Police had launched the crackdown after the February 23, 2023 Ajnala incident in which Singh and his supporters, ...

Leaving with contentment having done what I could do for nation, says outgoing CJI B R Gavai

Leaving with contentment having done what I could do for nation, says outgoing CJI B R Gavai

Justice Gavai was elevated as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court on November 14, 2003. He became a permanent j...

Maharashtra: Man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping minor girl in Nanded

Maharashtra: Man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping minor girl in Nanded

The child was playing outside her home when Janole lured her into his house under the pretext of giving her money for ch...

SC seeks EC's response on fresh pleas challenging SIR exercise in Kerala, other states

SC seeks EC's response on fresh pleas challenging SIR exercise in Kerala, other states

On November 11, the top court sought separate responses of the poll panel on pleas filed by DMK, CPI(M), West Bengal Con...

UP court sentences man to 25-year prison term in rape case

UP court sentences man to 25-year prison term in rape case

According to the prosecution, the minor girl had gone to a government hospital in Khejuri on March 23, 2023, to get medi...

Bereaved parents won't make false claim of railway accident to get compensation, says HC

Bereaved parents won't make false claim of railway accident to get compensation, says HC

Further, the Railways Act was a beneficial legislation, and hence circumstantial evidence can be considered while decidi...

Man with mental illness acquitted in knife attack on mother; court orders his treatment

Man with mental illness acquitted in knife attack on mother; court orders his treatment

Judge Agrawal said Shaikh’s conviction in a murder case was set aside by the Bombay High Court under Section 84 of the I...

U'khand HC issues contempt notice over Bageshwar municipality acting EO appointment row

U'khand HC issues contempt notice over Bageshwar municipality acting EO appointment row

According to the petition, the situation worsened when another officer was appointed as the acting EO in Parihar's place...

At least 33 bills await assent of governors, president in four Oppn-ruled states

At least 33 bills await assent of governors, president in four Oppn-ruled states

In its unanimous opinion on the Presidential Reference, a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice B R Gava...

HC prohibits tree felling in Bhopal without its nod, summons 7 officials

HC prohibits tree felling in Bhopal without its nod, summons 7 officials

A communication dated October 30, 2025, from the executive engineer of the Vidhan Sabha Building Controller to the princ...

Secretaries of local bodies given two weeks to remove unauthorised flags, banners

Secretaries of local bodies given two weeks to remove unauthorised flags, banners

It also said that the question of recovering fines from the secretaries, as sought in the plea, would be considered by t...

HC stays proceedings against AIADMK leader C Ve Shanmugam

HC stays proceedings against AIADMK leader C Ve Shanmugam

This statement, made at the very outset, proves that the chairperson was not acting as an independent quasi-judicial aut...

Jharkhand HC Chief Justice conducts surprise inspection of Premashray

Jharkhand HC Chief Justice conducts surprise inspection of Premashray

Justice Chauhan also issued directions to ensure that no unnecessarily procedural hurdles are imposed on girls willing t...

Kerala HC stays ECI order delisting UDF-affiliated political party

Kerala HC stays ECI order delisting UDF-affiliated political party

"There shall be an interim stay of operation of Order No F No 56/Delisting/2025/PPS-III issued by the Election Commissio...

Telangana: Man gets death penalty for murdering wife, two children

Telangana: Man gets death penalty for murdering wife, two children

According to the prosecution, the accused, a private employee, suspected the fidelity of his 25-year-old wife, who worke...