The Four election petitions have been filed before the Madras High Court contesting the election of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) founder C. Joseph Vijay from the Perambur Assembly constituency. The petitions have been moved by two candidates who lost the 2026 Assembly election from the constituency DMK leaders R.D. Shekar…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant has nominated Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna as the Chairperson of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC) with effect from June 29, 2026. The nomination has been made in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 3A of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. Justice…
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has strongly condemned the reported threats, abusive social media campaign and acts of intimidation directed against Additional District and Sessions Judge Tabassum Khan of Madhya Pradesh following a judgment delivered by her in the discharge of her judicial functions. In a statement issued on July 3, the SCBA expressed…
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the Meghalaya High Court order granting bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the alleged murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi during their honeymoon in Meghalaya in May 2025. The Vacation Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Sheel Nagu expressed prima facie reservations about the…
The Bombay High Court has quashed a one-year externment order passed against a political activist, holding that organising or participating in peaceful protests against government policies cannot justify such an extraordinary preventive measure. The single-judge Bench of Justice Madhav J Jamdar held that the action of the Maharashtra Police was legally unsustainable and infringed the…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of reports regarding communal threats allegedly issued against a judicial officer following her judgment convicting seven cow vigilantes in a lynching case, observing that such acts directly undermine judicial independence and the fearless functioning of the judiciary. The Division Bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and…
A Delhi court on Thursday reserved its verdict in the criminal case against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is accused of sexually harassing women wrestlers from 2016 to 2022. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ashwini Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts reserved judgement after…
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to pay compensation of Rs 18.44 lakh to the father of a 19-year-old youth who suffered an unnatural death while in police custody at Karawal Nagar Police Station, holding that the State bears a heightened constitutional duty to protect the life and dignity of every person…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday indicated that it would pass an interim order directing the removal of obscene, pornographic and derogatory online content targeting actor-politician Ravi Kishan. The single-judge Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing a civil suit filed by Kishan seeking protection of his personality rights and the takedown of AI-generated pornographic,…
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Thursday clarified that no child could be compelled to recite Hindu prayers in government schools while hearing a challenge to a state government circular introducing Hindu prayers as part of the daily routine in government educational institutions. The single-judge Bench of Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad made these observations while hearing…