All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) chief and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday approached the Calcutta High Court, challenging the election of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and incumbent Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari from the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency. The petition challenged the validity of Adhikari’s victory in the Assembly election held in…
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday questioned whether the Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly could disregard the name proposed by the opposition party having the highest numerical strength and instead recognise another individual as the Leader of Opposition (LoP) on his own assessment. The single-judge Bench of Justice Krishna Rao raised the issue…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the plight of a visually impaired man and his elderly mother in Odisha who were reportedly living in extreme poverty and issued a series of directions to ensure that they receive all social security benefits, welfare entitlements and basic amenities necessary for a life of…
The Madras High Court recently upheld the conviction and life sentence imposed on a man for murdering a woman engineering student inside her classroom after she refused to continue a relationship with him. The Division Bench of Justice N Anand Venkatesh and Justice K K Ramakrishnan dismissed the appeal filed by Udayakumar, who had been…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a public interest litigation seeking the introduction of a creamy layer criterion for tax exemptions available to certain Scheduled Tribe communities, observing that the issue pertained to legislative policy and was within the exclusive domain of Parliament. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with orders passed by the Madras High Court in contempt proceedings concerning alleged irregularities in compensation paid for Chennai Metro land acquisition. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohan declined to stay the Madras High Court’s orders dated June 3 and…
The Supreme Court seeks responses from the Centre and various State governments on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that calls for restricting the use of Aadhaar solely as a means of identity verification. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohana issued notices on the plea filed by Advocate…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by residents challenging the construction of a foot overbridge on a National Highway and seeking the construction of a cattle underpass to facilitate the safe movement of livestock across the road. The counsel appearing for the petitioners before the Bench of…
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the development of a 130-acre public open space along Mumbai’s Coastal Road South project by directing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to consider the master layout plan submitted by Reliance Industries in accordance with its earlier orders. The direction effectively removes the remaining uncertainty surrounding the development…
The Supreme Court has directed the State of Tamil Nadu to inform the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) about 151 vacant super-speciality medical seats that remained unfilled so that they can be allotted through the All India Merit List in the ongoing NEET-SS 2025 counselling process. The Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice…