The Gujarat High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking disclosure of an alleged archaeological survey report and other scientific records relating to the Somnath Temple site, holding that the petition was wholly misconceived and founded on incorrect, misleading and distorted facts. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice DN…
The Meghalaya High Court on Monday dismissed the application filed by the state government challenging the trial court order granting bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the sensational 2025 honeymoon murder case involving the death of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi. The single-judge Bench of Justice W Diengdoh pronounced the operative order after reserving…
The Gauhati High Court has referred to a larger Bench the question of law concerning whether the “reason to believe” recorded by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) for initiating provisional attachment of property under Section 5(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, is required to be disclosed to the affected person, either…
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant urgent listing to a petition seeking the constitution of a court-monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged embezzlement, diversion and misappropriation of donations received by the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice…
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has rejected settlement applications filed by Reliance Infrastructure Limited, its promoter Anil Ambani and other connected entities in proceedings relating to the alleged diversion of Rs 6,526 crore of company funds, paving the way for adjudicatory proceedings under the securities laws. The settlement applications had been filed…
Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu, a sitting judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, passed away on June 28, 2026, at the age of 59 after a prolonged illness. The High Court’s third senior-most judge reportedly breathed his last at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram at around 2:50 am on Sunday. His demise marks a significant…
A Bengaluru court has issued summons to Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge and Youth Congress leader Mohammed Haris Nalapad over their alleged remarks against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), directing them to appear on July 21. Taking cognisance of a private criminal complaint against the Congress leaders, XLII Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bengaluru City…
By Inderjit Badhwar Courts are expected to be the last refuge of reason in a democracy. They function not on popularity, but on constitutional principle, not on applause, but on evidence and law. Yet, in today’s digital age, a troubling inversion is taking place. Increasingly, judges themselves are being subjected to public trials on social…
By Sujit Bhar Justice Pankaj Jain of the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently delivered a judgment that should have been unnecessary in the first place. The Court held that a bomb blast inside a passenger train is an “accident” within the meaning of Section 124 of the Railways Act, 1989, thereby making the Union…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg Albert Einstein famously observed: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” If the latest judgment of the Supreme Court is any indication, the judiciary appears equally unwilling to indulge repetitive litigation dressed in new arguments. In a significant ruling in Makardhwaj Ram vs…