The Supreme Court has set aside a decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court that had ordered a CBI investigation into the Ambience Island real estate project in Gurugram. The apex court held that the direction for a criminal probe was not legally justified and therefore could not be sustained. The dispute relates to…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up former Union Minister and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi over her remarks targeting members of the judiciary in a case related to the escalating stray dog menace in the country. Noting that the remarks prima facie amounted to criminal contempt under Article 129 of the Constitution and the…
The Supreme Court has reserved its decision on a group of petitions seeking stronger action against hate speech incidents reported across the country. After hearing detailed submissions from all sides, the Bench asked the parties to file concise written notes within two weeks, following which the matter will be taken up for final consideration. The…
The Delhi High Court has stayed further proceedings against RSS functionary Santanu Sinha in a criminal defamation case filed by BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya, holding that the complainant remained bound by an undertaking previously recorded before the Court. The single-judge Bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani passed the order on an application filed…
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Alkem Laboratories Limited seeking interim relief against Prevego Healthcare and Research Private Limited for the alleged infringement of its ‘A TO Z’ mark in the context of pharmaceutical and health supplement products. The single-judge Bench of Justice Tejas Karia recently observed that commonplace linguistic elements,…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained the State of Punjab from initiating or continuing any coercive measures that could impede the publication of the Punjab Kesari newspaper, pending adjudication of the dispute by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi…
The Supreme Court has instructed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to publicly disclose the names of nearly 1.25 crore voters in West Bengal who have been marked for discrepancies during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the state’s electoral rolls. The direction was issued while the Court was examining concerns raised over the…
The Delhi High Court has declined to grant relief to former Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, rejecting his request for suspension of the 10-year sentence imposed on him in the Unnao custodial death case. The Court held that no sufficient grounds were made out to justify staying the sentence while his appeal remains pending….
The Supreme Court has issued notice on a special leave petition raising a substantial question on the interpretation of the expression ‘Persons of Indian Origin’ under the Citizenship Act, 1955, particularly in the context of children born in India to parents who were not Indian citizens at the time of birth, but were lawfully residing…
The Allahabad High Court has clarified that madrasas which do not have official recognition are not prohibited from functioning in Uttar Pradesh, as there is currently no law authorising the State to shut them down solely for that reason. The ruling came while examining a challenge to an order passed by a district official directing…