The Madhya Pradesh High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of reports regarding communal threats allegedly issued against a judicial officer following her judgment convicting seven cow vigilantes in a lynching case, observing that such acts directly undermine judicial independence and the fearless functioning of the judiciary. The Division Bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and…
A Delhi court on Thursday reserved its verdict in the criminal case against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is accused of sexually harassing women wrestlers from 2016 to 2022. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ashwini Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts reserved judgement after…
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to pay compensation of Rs 18.44 lakh to the father of a 19-year-old youth who suffered an unnatural death while in police custody at Karawal Nagar Police Station, holding that the State bears a heightened constitutional duty to protect the life and dignity of every person…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday indicated that it would pass an interim order directing the removal of obscene, pornographic and derogatory online content targeting actor-politician Ravi Kishan. The single-judge Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing a civil suit filed by Kishan seeking protection of his personality rights and the takedown of AI-generated pornographic,…
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Thursday clarified that no child could be compelled to recite Hindu prayers in government schools while hearing a challenge to a state government circular introducing Hindu prayers as part of the daily routine in government educational institutions. The single-judge Bench of Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad made these observations while hearing…
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday questioned the speed with which several bank accounts of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) were frozen immediately after registration of a First Information Report (FIR), observing that the complaint appeared omnibus in nature and lacked specific allegations capable of justifying such coercive action at the threshold. The Bench…
A decade after a Special CBI Court convicted former Army Major General Anand Kumar Kapur in a disproportionate assets case, the Delhi High Court has acquitted him, holding that the denial of a meaningful opportunity to lead defence evidence vitiated the trial and rendered the conviction unsustainable. The single-judge Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh allowed…
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined an urgent listing of a petition challenging the Madras High Court judgment that set aside the appointments of 17 Personal Assistants (PAs) to High Court judges. The matter was mentioned before a partial court working day Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Sheel Nagu by Senior Advocate S…
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Jharkhand High Court challenging a circular issued by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) withdrawing its earlier directive mandating judicial inquiries in cases of custodial death, disappearance and rape. The plea seeks quashing of the NHRC’s May 14, 2024 circular, through which the Commission declared…
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the Manipur High Court’s order extending the deadline for conducting Panchayat elections in the state until October 16, 2026, observing that the High Court had already issued binding directions requiring the State Election Commission (SEC) to complete the electoral process within the stipulated timeframe. A partial…