The Bombay High Court has held that the residential requirement for admission under the neighbourhood quota provided by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) is a mandatory eligibility condition and not a mere procedural formality. The Court observed that an applicant seeking admission under the reserved quota must…
The Karnataka High Court has set aside the anticipatory bail granted to yoga practitioner Vachanananda Swami in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, holding that the manner in which the Sessions Court granted pre-arrest bail was legally unsustainable. The single-judge Bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna, however, extended…
The Madras High Court has held that a person who embraced Islam cannot claim the status of a Backward Class Muslim merely by conversion and observed that such a person remains only a Muslim for the purpose of community classification. The Division Bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice PB Balaji declared unconstitutional the Tamil…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has closed the criminal defamation proceedings initiated against Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi after he expressed regret over remarks made during the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election campaign that were alleged to have defamed Kartikeya Singh Chouhan, son of former Madhya Pradesh Chief…
Indian industrialist Gautam Adani has urged a federal court in the United States to formally terminate the criminal proceedings initiated against him in connection with bribery and securities fraud allegations, following the decision of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) last month to abandon the prosecution. Through a letter submitted by law firm Sullivan &…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has restored a petition filed by All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader and Member of Parliament Abhishek Banerjee, challenging an arrest warrant issued against him in a criminal defamation case, and has directed that the execution of the warrant shall remain stayed pending further consideration of the matter. The order…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has emphasised that the credibility of international law depends not merely on the existence of treaties and institutions, but on whether legal systems ensure meaningful and equal access to justice for States and individuals alike. Delivering the plenary address at the XIV St. Petersburg International Legal Forum on…
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed actor Jacqueline Fernandez to withdraw her Special Leave Petition (SLP), challenging an order of the Special Court, which had framed charges against her in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Rs 200 crore extortion racket involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. The Vacation Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna…
Justice Prathiba M Singh of the Delhi High Court has been inducted into the International IP Hall of Fame 2026, becoming the first Indian judge to receive the prestigious recognition for her contributions to the development of intellectual property law and jurisprudence. The honour was conferred at the Intellectual Property Business Congress (IPBC) Global 2026…
Around 80 law graduates in Telangana who completed their education through recognised distance-learning, correspondence or open-schooling systems continue to await enrolment as advocates despite repeated clarifications issued by the Bar Council of India (BCI) recognising the validity of such qualifications. So far, only four candidates have secured enrolment, all after obtaining judicial intervention. Under Rule…