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Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant on Friday highlighted India’s growing role in shaping international commercial dispute resolution while stressing that trust, legal certainty and the rule of law remain the foundation of global trade. Delivering the keynote address at the international conference commemorating the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Commission on…

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Delhi High Court challenging a series of orders issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directing the suspension of mobile internet services in and around Jantar Mantar during the ongoing student protests over alleged examination irregularities. The matter was mentioned for urgent listing…

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protests and the “Chalo Sansad” march held on July 20, observing that the decision to entrust an investigation to the NIA lies exclusively with the Central government under…

The Supreme Court will hear on Monday two petitions alleging excessive use of police force against students participating in protests across the country over repeated examination paper leaks and alleged irregularities in competitive examinations, including NEET-UG. The matter was mentioned on Friday before the Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya…

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to grant interim relief to Asian News International (ANI) in its copyright infringement suit against OpenAI, holding that the storage and use of ANI’s copyrighted news content for training ChatGPT’s Large Language Models (LLMs) at the prima facie stage was protected under the fair dealing exception contained in…

The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Union government a final opportunity of three weeks to file its counter affidavit in the petition filed by alleged AgustaWestland middleman Christian Michel James, challenging his continued detention in connection with the alleged Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter procurement scam. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice…

The Supreme Court on Friday passed an interim order prohibiting the unauthorised extraction, editing, modification, dissemination, reposting, uploading, sharing or monetisation of audio and video recordings of judicial proceedings on social media and other digital platforms without prior permission from the competent authority. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya…

The Delhi High Court on Friday questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) over its decision to deploy school teachers as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the national capital, asking whether the constitutional powers vested in the poll body under Article 324 permit such action without…

The Supreme Court has underscored the need for comprehensive structural, administrative and technological reforms in the conduct of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG), stressing that the examination ecosystem must move beyond ad hoc measures and adopt permanent institutional safeguards to preserve the integrity, transparency and credibility of one of the country’s largest high-stakes competitive examinations….

The Supreme Court on Friday permitted an accused in a digital arrest fraud case to withdraw his special leave petition challenging the denial of bail after orally observing that such offences could justify the invocation of organised crime provisions. The matter was heard by the Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya…