The Bar Council of India (BCI) has directed the bar associations across Delhi and other places to withdraw their ongoing protests against the Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and ensure the restoration of normal functioning in courts from February 21. The bar body wrote a letter to the Bar Council of Delhi, the Delhi High Court…
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed certain reservations regarding the senior designation system, laid down in accordance with two verdicts delivered by the Apex Court in the Indira Jaising case in 2017 and 2023. While clarifying that it was not disrespecting the two binding decisions, the Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine…
The Supreme Court has reprimanded the Allahabad High Court for passing an interim order on a matter related to a food distribution scheme for lactating mothers and young children, even after the case was taken up by the Apex Court. Agreeing with the Additional Solicitor General that the High Court proceeded in a manner bordering…
The Karnataka High Court has upheld the levy of sales tax on set-top boxes (STBs), ruling that the transfer of the right to use these devices constitutes a taxable sale under the Karnataka Value Added Tax Act, 2003 (KVAT Act). The decision affirms the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal’s earlier orders and marks a setback for companies…
The Delhi High Court has quashed the arrest of Thokchom Shyamjai Singh, the self-styled army chief of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), in a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Singh was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2024 for allegedly orchestrating a trans-national conspiracy to incite violence in Manipur….
The Supreme Court has reprimanded the Gwalior Municipal Corporation (GMC) for adopting an arbitrary approach, while afloating tenders for the supply, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of lifts under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh passed the order on an application filed by Omega Elevators…
The Supreme Court has observed that the Andhra Pradesh Government Order (GO) barring non-Hindu vendors from participating in temple shop lease auctions could not be acted upon, since this Court has already stayed the High Court verdict in this regard. The clarification was given by the Bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan…
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a recent Lokpal order allowing complaints against High Court judges under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013. The Bench of Justice BR Gavai, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Abhay S Oka passed the order on a suo motu case initiated by the Court following the January 27 order passed…
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Central government, Indian Railways and the Railway Board on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking safety measures to prevent stampedes, in the wake of the recent stampede at New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS). The Division Bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao…
The High Court of Chhattisgarh, in a recent order, has directed the state government to take necessary steps for the construction of toilets in government schools. The order was passed in a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) initiated by the court. According to the affidavit filed by the Secretary, School Education Department, Government of…