A Maharashtra Magistrate has issued a show-cause notice to the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Nanded Division, asking why contempt proceedings should not be initiated for allegedly failing to comply with directions to replace sofas and undertake pest control at the VIP room of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar railway station. The Judicial Magistrate (Railways), Aurangabad, in a…
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of a recent Patna High Court judgment concerning the ingredients of the offence of attempt to rape, after the High Court held that an alleged attempt to remove a woman’s salwar and pressing her chest did not, on the facts of the case, establish an attempt to…
The Delhi High Court has declined to interfere with the bail granted to former National Stock Exchange (NSE) Managing Director and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna in the case concerning alleged illegal interception of telephone conversations of NSE employees. Justice Madhu Jain dismissed the Central Bureau of Investigation’s plea questioning the trial court’s decision to release Ramkrishna…
A sitting elected member of the Bar Council of India (BCI) has urged the Supreme Court to keep incumbent BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra away from the office and the ongoing electoral process until the statutory body is reconstituted. N Manoj Kumar, who was elected to represent the Bar Council of Kerala in the BCI…
The Delhi High Court has rejected a challenge by a 16-year-old international show-jumping athlete to her non-selection for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) 2026, holding that there was no material to establish that an eight-month selection window had been prescribed by the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI). A Single Judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta…
Zee Group founder Subhash Chandra has approached the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) challenging a September 1 order of a five-member special bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) restraining him from alienating his assets. A Bench comprising Officiating Chairperson Justice (retd.) Yogesh Khanna and Technical Members Barun Mitra and Ajai Das Mehrotra…
The Delhi High Court has held that courts cannot interfere with a decision to exclude an athlete from a particular category at the Asian Games when the decision has been objectively taken by the concerned authorities and subject experts. Justice Amit Mahajan made the observation while dismissing a petition filed by athlete Muskan Rathi challenging…
The Supreme Court on September 21 ordered a fresh investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the 2012 rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl in Dharmasthala, Karnataka, observing that the manner in which the case was investigated by the local police, Karnataka CID and CBI “shocks the very conscience of the court.” A…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by former Mumbai Mayor and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Vishakha Raut challenging her disqualification as a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) councillor following the invalidation of her Other Backward Class (OBC) caste certificate. A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta directed that…
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Cauvery Nadhi Rakshna Samiti seeking reallocation of 70 TMC of Cauvery river water from Tamil Nadu’s share to Karnataka, observing that the inter-State dispute is already being litigated by the two States before the appropriate forums. A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta…