A petition has been filed before the Allahabad High Court challenging orders passed by courts in Agra refusing to appoint an Advocate-Commissioner to inspect the Taj Mahal and undertake photography and videography in a civil suit claiming that the monument is an ancient Hindu temple known as “Tejo Mahalaya”. The writ petition has been filed…
Many are perhaps unfamiliar with the story of Gaya Lal: a legislator from Haryana who switched three parties in a single day. Originally from the Congress, Gaya Lal defected to the United Front coalition and then returned to the Congress by the end of the day. It was then that a Congress leader said that…
India’s judiciary is preparing for what could become its most significant technological transformation, but with a clear constitutional safeguard: artificial intelligence will remain an assistant, never a judge. The Draft Regulations for Use of Artificial Intelligence in Courts, 2026, released by the Supreme Court’s AI Committee for public consultation, seek to establish a uniform framework…
Some court judgments resolve legal disputes. Others expose the limits of law itself. A recent ruling of the Karnataka High Court in H vs Chief Secretary to Government & Anr (2026:KHC:29765) belongs firmly in the latter category. Faced with an emotionally fraught petition, Justice Suraj Govindaraj was called upon to weigh competing constitutional values that…
The Supreme Court has pulled up the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) for repeatedly seeking extensions of the regulatory approval and admission schedule for pharmacy institutions, observing that regulatory authorities themselves were responsible for the decline in educational standards by failing to adhere to court-prescribed timelines. The partial working days Bench of Justice Manmohan and…
A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Supreme Court seeking a Court-monitored investigation into the financial affairs of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. Filed through Advocate Satyam Singh Rajput and Advocate-on-Record Jaswanthi A on behalf of Member of Parliament from Buxar, Sudhakar Singh, the petition…
Several opposition parties have written to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, expressing serious concern over what they described as systematic manipulation of the electoral process, alleging that in several instances, election results no longer reflected the true mandate of the electorate. The representation has been signed by 23 opposition parties, including the Indian…
The Supreme Court on Friday directed maintenance of the status quo in the dispute concerning the proposed audit of Delhi’s electricity distribution companies (discoms), holding that neither the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) nor an independent Chartered Accountant shall undertake the audit until it determines the scope and interpretation of its judgment dated August 6,…
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has moved the Supreme Court seeking to be impleaded in the pending proceedings relating to the Karur stampede case, which claimed the lives of 41 persons and left 142 others injured after a stampede broke out during a public meeting organised by the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) at Velusamypuram on…
The Central government on Friday notified the appointment of three judicial officers as Additional Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. The appointments were made by the President of India in exercise of the powers conferred under the Constitution and in consultation with the Chief Justice of India (CJI. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)…