The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld the Special Court’s 2022 judgment awarding the death penalty to 38 convicts and life imprisonment to 11 others in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, one of the country’s deadliest terror attacks, which claimed 56 lives and left more than 200 people injured. The Division Bench of Justice…
Prerna Baxi is no more. Wife of renowned legal scholar Prof. Upendra Baxi, Prerna truly lived up to her name, she was an inspiration to him. Their partnership spanned decades and continents, rooted in shared academic pursuits and life itself. She stood by Prof. Baxi through every joy and challenge, an equal companion in all…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed restoration of the X account of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) after the Central government informed the Court that it no longer had any objection to unblocking the account. The single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma passed the order after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the…
The Calcutta High Court recently observed that publicly parading an accused amounted to a violation of human rights and dignity, stressing that even individuals facing criminal allegations were entitled to constitutional protection. The Bench made the oral observations while hearing pleas challenging the police practice of taking the accused through public places with ropes tied…
The Delhi High Court recently banned street vendors from selling pan masala, gutka, cigarettes or other tobacco products in the vicinity of schools, observing that such products were harmful to children and could not be sold near educational institutions where young students were studying. The Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Vikas…
Indian cricketer Abhishek Sharma has approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights against the alleged unauthorised use of his name, image, likeness and identity on digital platforms. The matter came up before the single-judge Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh, which briefly heard the parties but declined to grant interim relief after…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an interlocutory application filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) seeking directions to restrain Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, State Minister Aadhav Arjuna and other accused persons from making public statements or engaging in conduct that could allegedly prejudice the ongoing Court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)…
The Madras High Court has issued notices to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and Cabinet Minister Aadhav Arjuna on a batch of election petitions questioning the validity of their victories in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The petitions, filed under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, have been…
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has stressed that the Central Information Commission (CIC) cannot allow Right to Information (RTI) appeals to remain pending for years, even though the RTI Act does not prescribe a statutory timeline for deciding second appeals and complaints. While hearing a public interest litigation, the Division Bench refused…
The Madras High Court has issued notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and State Sports Minister Aadhav Arjuna on a batch of election petitions challenging their victories in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections. Justice V. Lakshminarayanan directed issuance of notice in the petitions challenging Vijay’s election from the Perambur and…