The Allahabad High Court has granted interim protection from arrest to a Bhim Army leader booked for allegedly referring to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as “Moorkhmantri” in a post shared on social media. The relief was granted by a Division Bench of Justice Rajeev Misra and Justice Padam Narain Mishra while hearing a…
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has directed the immediate suspension of Advocate Samarth Singh’s licence to practise law in connection with the ongoing investigation into the alleged dowry death of his wife, Twisha Sharma. The disciplinary measure was initiated in exercise of the BCI’s statutory authority to regulate the legal profession, following a prima…
The Delhi High Court has held that private unaided recognised schools in the capital are not required to obtain prior approval from the Directorate of Education (DoE) before increasing fees at the commencement of an academic session, provided the proposed fee structure is disclosed before the start of the academic year. The single-judge Bench of…
The Supreme Court on Friday expressed serious concern over nearly 47,000 children remaining untraced across India and issued a series of directions aimed at strengthening the response mechanism in cases involving missing children and human trafficking. The Bench of Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice R Mahadevan directed police authorities across the country to immediately register…
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held a surgeon guilty of gross medical negligence for removing a woman’s healthy left kidney instead of her diseased right kidney, leading to her death. The Bench of President AP Sahi and Member Bharatkumar Pandey awarded a total compensation of Rs 2 crore to the deceased woman’s…
The Supreme Court on Friday questioned whether children of families that have already achieved educational and economic advancement through reservation should continue to avail the benefits of reservation under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, observing that such progress also leads to social mobility. The Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was…
The Supreme Court on Friday referred to a larger Bench the question concerning the grant of bail under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), seeking to resolve the apparent divergence in judicial opinion on the application of the landmark K.A. Najeeb precedent in cases involving prolonged incarceration and delayed trials. Simultaneously, the Court granted interim…
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to journalist Saurav Das and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Rai in a criminal contempt petition alleging that they participated in a coordinated social media campaign against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma during the pendency of proceedings in the Delhi Excise Policy case. The Division Bench of…
The Kerala High Court has urged the State government to explore the possibility of declaring nursing services as an essential service in view of the ongoing strike by private hospital nurses across the State, observing that uninterrupted healthcare services are of paramount importance to the public. The single-judge Bench of Justice P Gopinath made these…
The Supreme Court has recalled its April 2025 order directing petitioners challenging various Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments laws in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Puducherry to approach the respective High Courts. The Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma allowed review petitions filed against the earlier order and restored the…