The Delhi High Court has flagged an apparent fabrication of one of its judicial orders after finding that an additional paragraph stating “interim stay granted” appeared in a version of the order that was not part of the Court’s official record. Justice Purushaindra Kumarav was hearing a petition filed by Meena Devi and another person…
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition by former Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender challenging the Telangana High Court’s judgment disqualifying him from the Telangana Legislative Assembly under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana held that the High…
The Supreme Court has urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to expedite its decision on the dispute over the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) name and its ‘flowers and grass’ election symbol. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was hearing a petition filed…
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the police not to take any further steps against Congress’s Nandigram candidate Milan Pradhan in connection with a criminal case dating to 2007, after finding that the pendency of the case had not been disclosed during an earlier hearing. Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya passed the order after Pradhan approached…
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Justice Kaushik Goswami, presently serving as an Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court, as a Permanent Judge of the High Court. The recommendation was approved at the Collegium’s meeting held on September 23, 2026. In its resolution, the Collegium stated that it had approved the…
The Delhi High Court has directed an inquiry into the alleged fabrication of a judicial order after finding that a copy relied upon before it contained an additional paragraph granting an “interim stay”, which was not part of the original order available in the Court record. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav was dealing with a petition…
Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Wednesday inaugurated the Supreme Court’s Monthly Lecture Series on Law, Justice and Legal Education along with the Annual Supreme Court Nyaya Shiksha Samman, envisaging both initiatives as institutional platforms for sustained engagement with legal scholarship, jurisprudential thought and the evolving contours of law. Addressing the inaugural programme,…
The Supreme Court, in association with the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), has launched a monthly lecture and dialogue series titled “The Constitution as a Charter of Opportunity: Democracy, Enterprise and Inclusive Nation-Building”, with former Vice-Chancellor and legal academic Prof. Dr. Ranbir Singh delivering the inaugural lecture. The occasion also saw Prof. Dr. Ranbir Singh…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a split verdict on the Union government’s plea seeking the challenge to the law governing appointments of Election Commissioners and Chief Election Commissioners be referred to a larger bench. The bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma differed on whether the challenge to the Chief Election…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday termed the three-month delay in deciding disqualification petitions against 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs a “red flag”, but refrained from prescribing a fixed deadline for Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to conclude the proceedings. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice…