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Will consider transferring RG Kar case to Delhi or Calcutta HC: SC
The panel said state laws had adequate provisions to address minor offences besides serious ones under the Bharatiya Nya...
Kerala HC orders major upgrade of facilities for Sabarimala pilgrims
A public, multilingual grievance portal must be activated on the official Sabarimala website. Most of these measures mus...
Delhi court sends gangster Anmol Bishnoi to 11-day NIA custody
Underlining that the NIA’s plea seeking custody was “based on reasonable and justifiable grounds”, the judge allowed 11 ...
Prez reference: SC judgement on question over fixing timeline for guvs' nod to clear bills on Thursday
In May, President Droupadi Murmu exercised powers under Article 143(1) of the Constitution to know from the top court wh...
Why shouldn't CBI probe, SC asks Haryana govt in case where Delhi lawyer was arrested
In the course of his professional duties, the petitioner has represented several clients in criminal cases between 2021 ...
On Azam Khan's plea, court bars transfer of SP leader, son outside Rampur jail without permission
The case was lodged in 2019 at Rampur's Civil Lines police station by BJP leader Akash Saxena under IPC sections 420 (ch...
Court grants interim protection from arrest to 2 accused in Medikabazaar `fraud' case
The complainant has accused the management of creating an ESOP trust in January 2025 without proper approvals, followed ...
Cal HC grants bail to former WB secondary education board prez in school jobs scam case
Appearing for Ganguly, senior advocate Sandipan Ganguly submitted that so far as the vulnerable witnesses are concerned,...
ACB opposes bail plea of court clerk held in bribery case; says he may destroy evidence
The police pointed out that Vasudeo and Kazi were observed to have frequent WhatsApp calls even outside office hours and...
Consider deferring nomination process for local body polls: SC to Maharashtra govt
Justice Kant had observed that it appears that the court's simple orders are being complicated by state officials, and t...
UP: Man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping minor girl
The police registered a case the same day based on the complaint, completed the medical examination of the victim and su...
SC deprecates practice adopted under Talaq-e-Hasan, says 5-judge bench may look into validity
Heena, who herself addressed the court, choked while narrating her difficulties she was facing due to Talaq-e-Hasan give...
Cal HC grants bail to 80-year old accused of raping minor
As per the FIR, the petitioner has been accused under Section 65 (1) (punishment for a person who commits rape on a woma...
Delhi court sends Anmol Bishnoi to 11-day NIA custody
Wanted in connection with the killing of NCP leader Siddique, firing at actor Salman Khan's residence in April 2024, the...
Delhi HC asks DoE to file report on minors' plea not to hold sports events during peak pollution time
The court hearing the petition filed by 11 minors, through their parents, stating that they actively participate in stat...
Monitoring by centralised authority main reason for success of Project Tiger, says SC
The verdict had further noted that in Rajasthan, 13,163 sq km was a priority area, 78,580 sq km was a potential area and...
Delhi HC protects podcaster Raj Shamani's personality rights
The high court also observed that Shamani's rights in the podcast "Figuring out with Raj Shamani" are protected under th...
HC orders relief in 80-year-old widow's 5-decade-long struggle to secure pension
"The case paints a disheartening and distressing picture of administrative apathy, the court observed and said the aged ...
Delhi HC allows surrogacy-seeking couple to join medical board proceedings virtually from Canada
The petitioners filed an application before the Delhi South district’s medical board, seeking the 'Certificate of Medica...
No timelines for governors, president to grant assent to bills: SC
"The decisions of the governor and president under Articles 200 and 201 respectively, are not justiciable at a stage ant...
Courts cannot fix timeline for governor, Prez to give assent to bills passed by assembly: SC
The top court also deprecated the grant of “deemed assent” granted by the apex court on April 8 in the case of Tamil Nad...
Allahabad HC bins Noori masjid committee plea after UP govt says no more demolition required
Section 24 deals with the process for a sub-divisional officer to decide boundary disputes through a summary inquiry....
Allahabad HC commutes death sentence to life term in 2020 infant rape, murder case
The incident had occurred on February 16, 2020, at the Madiyaon police station. The girl's parents had gone to a relativ...
HC lambasts man for abandoning ailing mother in hospital
In its order, the judges said the son's conduct -- refusing to take her discharge, failing to clear even undisputed bill...
SC strikes down provisions of tribunal reforms law on tenure, appointment, service conditions
The committee also includes two Union secretaries and one additional member, typically the outgoing or sitting chairpers...
We don't mind criticism of judiciary but there shouldn't be sweeping allegations: SC
On September 15, the top court noted the submission of senior advocate Devadatt Kamat that Sharma genuinely repents the ...
Kerala HC rejects Film Director Vinu's plea to include name in Kozhikode Corporation voters list
The court said that in the case of Vyshna S L (24), Congress candidate from the Muttada division of the Thiruvananthapur...
Allahabad HC grants last chance to BHU to decide promotion of assistant professor
This Court is of the opinion that ample time has already been granted to the opposite party for reconsideration of promo...
16 judges, 43 magistrates transferred across Delhi district courts
The transferred judges include two posted in the special CBI courts and three in the Protection of Children from Sexual ...
SC strikes down key provisions of Tribunals Reforms Act, says Parliament can't override verdicts
The top court had struck down the provision of the ordinance that reduced the tenure of Tribunal members and chairperson...
HC concerned over alleged lapses related to prisoners' safety in jail, says impartial examination needed
The high court said that the petitioner's request for transfer from Central Jail, Mandoli, to any other district jail is...
Anmol Bishnoi, wanted in Baba Siddique murder, produced in Delhi court
"Anmol was chargesheeted by the NIA in March 2023 after investigations in the case established that he had actively aide...
Delhi HC gives go-ahead for release of film '120 Bahadur' on Nov 21
The trust has given a representation to the authorities for review and stay of certification, and the release of the mov...
SC stays Madras HC order transferring probe in Armstrong murder case to CBI
Armstrong, who was the Tamil Nadu president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), was hacked to death near his Chennai resid...
SC pulls up CBI, slams SEBI's 'double standards' over 'reluctance' to probe allegations against Indiabulls
The company has refuted the allegations contained in the petition and said all were looked into by all relevant regulato...
SC urges women without sons, daughters, husbands to make will to avoid litigation
The top court had earlier observed that it would move cautiously while examining challenges to provisions of the Hindu S...