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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…

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed Google and Apple to take stringent action against mobile applications available on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store that allegedly promote pornography, prostitution and other illegal activities. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that safeguarding the future generation…

The Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to American film production company Universal City Studios in a copyright infringement suit alleging large-scale piracy of its films through rogue websites misusing the name of movie database platform IMDb. Universal Studios apprised the single-judge bench of Justice Tushar Rao Gedela that several of its films, including…

A petition has been filed before the Madras High Court challenging the appointment of astrologer Rickey Radhan Pandit Vettrivel as Officer on Special Duty (Political) to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay. The matter was mentioned for urgent listing before a Vacation Bench of Justice Victoria Gowri and Justice N Senthilkumar. It is likely to be…