The Supreme Court permitted the results of the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) elections to be declared, while making it clear that the results will remain subject to the outcome of election disputes pending before Election Tribunals. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana referred all…
The Karnataka High Court has granted an interim stay on further proceedings against Public TV anchor and reporter Arunkumar Badiger, who was booked over remarks made during a televised debate on reservation, social justice and the Delhi student protests. Justice M. Nagaprasanna, sitting as a single judge, passed the order after examining the transcript of…
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court’s decision to quash the 2021 criminal case against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and former minister Ponguru Narayana over alleged irregularities in the Amaravati land pooling scheme. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi…
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea concerning alleged acts of vigilantism and threats of rape and abduction faced by a participant in the protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The matter was mentioned before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, with counsel seeking urgent intervention in view of what was described as…
The Supreme Court on Friday quashed the criminal complaint and summons issued against Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over remarks he made against Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. A Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu allowed Gandhi’s plea after noting that the requisite sanction for prosecuting him for the…
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has partially relaxed the market-access restrictions imposed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) and its former Managing Director and CEO Punit Goenka. A coram comprising Presiding Officer Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar and Technical Members Meera Swarup and Dr. Dheeraj Bhatnagar passed…
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Madras High Court’s recent judgment quashing the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to provide compassionate employment to family members of the 41 people who died in the September 2025 Karur stampede. A Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran passed the interim order on a petition…
The Supreme Court on Friday strongly disapproved of the Bar Council of India’s (BCI) intervention against students of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad, after the Council initially directed that graduates of the university’s 2026 batch should not be enrolled as advocates. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya…
The Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over the continued prevalence of witch-hunting in sections of Indian society, observing that superstition, irrational fear and deep-rooted prejudice can still eclipse the rule of law and constitutional morality. The observations were made by a Bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice N.V. Anjaria while dismissing an…
The Supreme Court of India has issued a public advisory cautioning citizens and stakeholders against a fraudulent website that is allegedly impersonating the Court’s official online portal and could be used to obtain sensitive personal and financial information through phishing attempts. In the advisory issued by the Supreme Court Registry, the fake domain “sp-court-in.com” was…