The Patna High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Bihar government on a petition filed by YouTuber Faizal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, seeking quashing of the First Information Report (FIR) registered against him in connection with the recent firing and violence incident at his coaching institute in Patna. After hearing preliminary submissions,…
A Special MP/MLA Court in Varanasi on Wednesday set aside a Magistrate Court order that had dismissed a complaint seeking registration of an FIR against the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over his alleged remarks on Lord Rama during an interaction in the United States in 2025. Additional District and…
The Madras High Court has directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to provide election-related records of Tamil Nadu Minister and former Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin to an unsuccessful candidate who intends to challenge the result of the Chepauk–Thiruvallikeni Assembly constituency election through an election petition. The Division Bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and…
The Delhi High Court has granted ex parte ad interim relief in favour of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF) and Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited, directing the removal of social media content that allegedly linked the well-known Amul brand to the supply and distribution of cow meat. The single-judge Bench of…
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Delhi Police on a bail application filed by former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain in connection with the larger conspiracy case arising out of the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. The Division Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna and Justice Madhu Jain also issued…
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay compensation of Rs 25,000 per day to any person who is illegally detained for more than 24 hours under preventive detention provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) or the erstwhile Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The Division Bench of Justice Siddharth…
A Delhi court has stayed the operation of a magistrate’s order directing the registration of an FIR against political commentator Abhijit Iyer Mitra over a complaint filed by Newslaundry Editorial Director Manisha Pande alleging abusive and derogatory social media posts targeting her and other women journalists associated with the digital news platform. Additional Sessions Judge…
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to grant interim relief sought by the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Trust and its trustee Prashant Mehta in a Rs 1,000 crore defamation suit filed against HDFC Bank, its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Sashidhar Jagdishan, and other officials. The single-judge Bench of Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan dismissed the…
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…