The Delhi High Court expressed shock after being informed that 400 ventilators and 910 oxygen concentrators are lying unused at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital. A bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora was informed that the equipment had been procured or donated during the COVID-19 pandemic and was now…
The Supreme Court has deprecated the practice of conducting a “mini-trial” while considering applications for temporary injunctions under the Code of Civil Procedure, holding that courts must restrict their examination at the interlocutory stage to the three settled requirements of a prima facie case, balance of convenience and irreparable injury. A bench comprising Justice Pamidighantam…
The Supreme Court has directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) not to finalise the selection of the Director General of Police (DGP) of Odisha until August 18, when it will consider a petition challenging the selection process. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant asked the UPSC to defer its meeting,…
The Delhi High Court issued notice on a plea filed by the Central Secretariat Club challenging the Union Government’s decision to withdraw its recognition and evict it from its premises. The Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought a response from the Central Government and directed that a short reply be filed in the matter….
Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia have moved the Delhi High Court seeking dismissal of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) challenge to their discharge in the Excise Policy case. The applications have been filed in the revision petition preferred by the CBI against the trial court’s February…
The Supreme Court declined a request to take suo motu cognizance of alleged derogatory remarks made by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Nagendra Roy describing freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as a “war criminal”. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana was approached seeking the Court’s…
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has withdrawn its recent direction requiring State Bar Councils to prepare panels of women advocates for co-option, shortly after issuing the instruction. The development comes against the backdrop of the BCI’s earlier communication asking State Bar Councils to identify and prepare a panel of eligible women members who could…
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a writ petition challenging the use of facial recognition technology and other biometric surveillance mechanisms by the police at protest sites. The plea has been filed by CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP A.A. Rahim, raising questions over the legality of deploying sophisticated digital surveillance tools to identify and track…
The Gauhati High Court has ruled that an adult woman’s mental disability or an assessment of her “mental age” cannot, by itself, establish that she lacked the capacity to give valid consent to sexual intercourse. The Court stressed that such a conclusion must be supported by specific and reliable expert evidence concerning the woman’s ability…
The Supreme Court has examined a significant constitutional question in the ongoing Shiv Sena name-and-symbol dispute: whether a division within a party’s legislative wing can subsequently manifest itself in the broader political organisation and among its primary members. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana was…