A Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Ranchi has rejected Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s discharge application in a money laundering case arising out of the alleged fraudulent acquisition of 8.86 acres of land in Ranchi’s Badgai area. Additional Judicial Commissioner Yogesh Kumar held on Monday that sufficient prima facie material existed…
A Patna court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to educator and YouTuber Faizal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, in connection with a criminal case arising out of a firing incident that allegedly took place outside his coaching institute in Patna. The interim relief was granted while hearing Khan’s anticipatory bail application, which…
A Delhi court has refused to grant bail to Kesar Negi, the cook arrested in connection with the fatal fire at Flourish Stays B&B in Malviya Nagar’s Hauz Rani area, in which 22 persons, including 13 foreign nationals, lost their lives last week. Judicial Magistrate First Class Bhanu Pratap Singh of the Saket Courts rejected…
The Supreme Court has held that a consensual premarital physical relationship between two unmarried adults by itself cannot be treated as an act involving moral turpitude or be used to draw adverse conclusions regarding a person’s character, while emphasising that authorities must remain sensitive to changing social realities and contemporary societal norms. The Bench of…
The Delhi High Court has expressed its serious displeasure over the Central government’s decision to reclaim land occupied by some of Delhi’s oldest sporting and social institutions, including the Indian Polo Association (IPA), Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC) and Delhi Race Club (DRC), observing that the national capital was already struggling with severe environmental and urbanisation…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has observed that mediation is increasingly emerging as the preferred mode of commercial dispute resolution, while arbitration is gradually becoming burdened with procedural complexities that often undermine the efficiency it was originally intended to provide. Delivering a lecture at the United Kingdom Supreme Court during the London International…
The Bombay High Court has quashed the Central Government’s decision to retrospectively impose a one-time spectrum charge on Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea for spectrum held beyond 6.2 MHz during the period between July 1, 2008, and December 31, 2012, holding that the levy lacked both statutory and contractual authority. The Division Bench of Justice…
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on an application filed by Managing Editor of Aaj Tak Anjana Om Kashyap and TV Today Network, which owns the news channel, against educator Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, along with several other social media users and content creators over their alleged defamatory remarks made…
The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) party on Monday approached the Calcutta High Court, challenging the decision of West Bengal Legislative Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose recognising Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly. The matter was mentioned today before the single-judge Bench of Justice Krishna Rao by Senior Advocate Sirsanya…
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on a writ petition filed by an overseas student from Saudi Arabia seeking declaration of his Class XII Improvement Examination result, which has remained withheld despite a special assessment scheme framed for students affected by examination cancellations in several West…