The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Karnataka government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the extra-judicial ban imposed on the screening of Tamil feature film Thug Life in the state. The Bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Manmohan listed the PIL for hearing on June 17. The Counsel for…
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Telugu journalist Kommineni Srinivas Rao (KSR), who was arrested on June 9 in connection with alleged offensive remarks made by a panellist against the State of Andhra Pradesh during his television show on Sakshi TV. The Bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Manmohan passed the…
A Pune court on Thursday granted time till July 3 to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to submit his response over a criminal defamation application filed by Satyaki Savarkar, seeking a copy of the book mentioned by Gandhi, during his allegedly defamatory speech against Hindu Mahasabha leader and freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The order was…
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, along with judges and Registry officials of the Supreme Court, expressed deep condolences to the families of those who lost their lives during the crash of anAir India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in Ahmedabad this afternoon. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, carrying 242 people, slammed into the hostel of BJ Medical…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected a petition filed by Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah challenging the denial of bail by a Special NIA court in an alleged case of terror funding. The order was passed by the Division Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur. On July 7, 2023, the…
The Karnataka government has apprised the Karnataka High Court that IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) was fully responsible for the deadly stampede that took place outside Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on June 4, leading to the loss of 11 lives and injuries to 56 people, as it neither took the required permissions, not made…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected a petition filed by Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah challenging the denial of bail by a Special NIA court in an alleged case of terror funding. The order was passed by the Division Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur. On July 7, 2023, the…
The Kerala High Court sought the response of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on an election petition challenging her victory in the November 2024 Wayanad Lok Sabha by-elections. The single-judge Bench of Justice K Babu on Tuesday issued summons to Gandhi and listed the matter for further hearing in August. The petition was filed by…
Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai has given a word of caution to the courts, saying that they should exercise the power of judicial review only in exceptional or rare cases, wherein the statute was either violative of the basic structure of the Constitution or in direct conflict with any fundamental right of the…
A Delhi court has ordered the registration of a first information report (FIR) and probe into the death case of one Sheikh Shadat, who died due to custodial torture at Subhash Place Police Station. Noting that photographs and video footage of Shadat’s body showed multiple injury marks, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Vasundhra Chhaunkar ruled that…