Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court’s August 5 order refusing him permission to travel abroad for eye treatment. The restriction on Banerjee’s foreign travel was imposed as a condition while granting him protection from arrest in a criminal case concerning an allegedly provocative speech made in…
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh seeking judicial directions to the West Bengal Assembly Speaker to permit him to participate in legislative debates and articulate objections to Bills introduced before the House. Justice Krishna Rao held that the Court cannot exercise its writ jurisdiction to regulate…
The Central government on Friday notified the appointment of five judges to the Madras high Court and 15 additional judges to the High Courts across the country, including the Madras High Court, Calcutta High Court, Karnataka High Court and Madhya Pradesh High Court. The latest judicial appointments include both permanent judges and additional judges, aimed…
Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Friday highlighted the transformative potential of mediation, describing it as the future of justice delivery and asserting that India possesses the legislative, institutional and technological foundations to emerge as a global leader in alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Addressing the inaugural session of the International ADR Conference 2026,…
By Neeraj Mishra What happens when two beautiful women approach you with an offer you can’t refuse. They don’t want money or favour, instead they are offering to quadruple your money by simply washing it. Seems implausible but a new wave of crime has hit cities across India from Mumbai to Chennai to Raipur and…
The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to Dabur India by staying the operation of an order issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) that prohibited the company from marketing and selling certain food products bearing claims such as 100% Pure, 100% Natural, 100% Purity Guaranteed and being 100% Organic….
The Union Government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that an audio recording purportedly implicating former Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh in the 2023 ethnic violence had been manipulated and could not be relied upon, citing the findings of a forensic examination conducted by the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar. The submission was…
The Supreme Court has sought the Union Government’s response to a batch of petitions raising questions over the suspension and blocking of social media accounts, agreeing to examine the legal issues surrounding the exercise of powers under the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the safeguards available to affected users. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of…
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra’s plea seeking permission to join an investigation through video conferencing in connection with an FIR registered over an alleged provocative Facebook post, observing that the relief sought did not warrant the Court’s intervention. A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu…
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the maintainability of an election petition challenging the election of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel from the Patan Assembly constituency, holding that the issues raised by him can be adjudicated during the trial before the High Court. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya…