The Delhi High Court on Tuesday indicated that the mere fact of governmental management or control did not, by itself, extinguish an entity’s entitlement to informational privacy under the Right to Information Act, 2005. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that even assuming the PM CARES Fund…
Meta Platforms Inc and WhatsApp have approached the Supreme Court challenging the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal’s (NCLAT) judgment that upheld a penalty of Rs 213.14 crore imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in connection with WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy. The petitioners challenged the NCLAT’s interpretation of alleged abuse of dominance under the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that it may soon fix liability on state authorities and dog feeders for injuries and deaths caused by stray dog attacks. The observations were made by the Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice NV Anjaria, while hearing suo motu proceedings over the escalating public safety…
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, seeking a separate trial from co-accused AAP leader Sanjay Singh in a criminal defamation matter initiated by the Gujarat University concerning alleged remarks over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualifications. The…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking the removal of portraits of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a prominent Hindutva ideologue, from the Parliament and other public spaces. The Constitution Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi cautioned the petitioner, a retired…
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a plea filed by Abu Salem, seeking premature release from prison on the ground that he has completed the maximum period of incarceration allowed under the terms of his extradition from Portugal. Salem, who is serving a life sentence in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case,…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a split verdict on the constitutional validity of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as inserted by the 2018 amendment, which mandates prior approval from the competent government authority before initiating any investigation against a public servant in relation to official acts or decisions. The judgement…
Justice Vikram Nath, Executive Chairman, National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), has said that true education must integrate both knowledge and character, intellect and empathy. Justice Nath further remarked that, much like engineering, life itself is a process of learning and refinement, stating, “We build, we test, we fail safely, we learn, and we iterate.” Speaking…
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Justice Sujoy Paul, presently serving as the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, for the post of the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. The Collegium made the recommendation at its meeting held on January 9, 2026, in exercise of its consultative role…
The producers of the Tamil film Jana Nayagan, starring actor Vijay, have approached the Supreme Court challenging an interim order of the Madras High Court that stayed the single-judge direction directing the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to grant certification for the film. KVN Productions LLP filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against the…