The Delhi High Court on Thursday initiated contempt proceedings against certain individuals and respondents in the Delhi Liquor Policy case after allegedly defamatory, contemptuous and highly vilifying material was circulated against its sitting judge, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The order was passed by the single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, when the Court was…
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that businessman Robert Vadra had made false and incorrect submissions in his plea challenging a trial court order taking cognisance of a money laundering case arising out of alleged land transactions in Gurugram. On April 16, the trial court had taken cognisance of…
The Bar Council of India has directed the Bar Council of West Bengal to furnish details regarding the enrolment and practice status of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after she appeared before the Calcutta High Court wearing advocate robes on Thursday. In a letter dated May 14, 2026, BCI Principal Secretary Srimanto Sen…
The Supreme Court of India has authoritatively held that privy purses and ancillary privileges conferred upon erstwhile princely rulers emanated from distinct political covenants and negotiated arrangements entered into with the Dominion Government prior to the commencement of the Constitution, and therefore cannot be construed as universally enforceable legal entitlements or fundamental rights inhering in…
The Delhi High Court observed that Siddharth Varadarajan, the founding Editor of The Wire, is prima facie guilty of suppressing material facts relating to bail conditions imposed on him by the Allahabad High Court in his plea seeking an OCI card. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav has directed Varadarajan to file an affidavit explaining his conduct…
Appearing before the Calcutta High Court in connection with pleas concerning alleged post-election violence in the state, Mamata Banerjee defended her administration and asserted that West Bengal was ‘not a bulldozer state’. She also maintained that the police were functioning strictly within the bounds of the law. Appearing in connection with the public interest litigations,…
The Supreme Court of India has refused to stay a scheduled board meeting of Raghuvanshi Investment Private Limited (RIPL), which controls a substantial portion of the disputed estate amid the ongoing dispute over the Kapur family estate and family trust of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur between his mother Rani Kapur and wife Priya Kapur. A…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday raised questions over a plea filed by the Indian National Congress seeking directions related to the sale deed of a bungalow located near Jantar Mantar in the national capital. While expressing reservations about the maintainability of the petition, the court nevertheless sought a response from the Centre on the…
The Delhi High Court has issued notice to Jamia Millia Islamia on a public interest litigation alleging religious discrimination in recruitment for outsourced non-teaching posts at the university. The Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia on Wednesday sought response from the varsity on the petition, which claimed that a disproportionately…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an interim order passed by the Madras High Court restraining Sreenivasa Sethupathi, an MLA of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), from participating in the floor test in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Vijay Bishnoi also stayed further proceedings before…