The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to an activist accused of obstructing a public servant and interfering with a government road construction project, while expressing serious concern over the growing misuse of the Right to Information (RTI) activism. The Bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Vijay Bishnoi dismissed the anticipatory…
The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld the decision of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to de-affiliate the Maharashtra State Wrestling Association (MSWA), headed by Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar, from the national wrestling body. The Division Bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande dismissed the appeal filed by…
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, Jammu (JKHCBAJ), has secured formal registration with the Registrar of Societies nearly 99 years after its establishment, marking a significant institutional milestone for one of the oldest legal bodies in the Union Territory. The formal recognition was announced during a function held last week at the Bar…
A Hyderabad court has returned a private complaint filed against senior Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan and several others, holding that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter. The development comes days after Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination was rejected on the grounds that she had not disclosed the pending court proceedings in her election affidavit, despite…
A local court in Madhya Pradesh has sentenced 14 men to life imprisonment for the 2022 mob lynching of a Muslim man, who was allegedly attacked on suspicion of cattle smuggling. The judgment was delivered on June 12 by Additional District and Sessions Judge Tabassum Khan at Seoni Malwa in Narmadapuram district of Madhya Pradesh…
A public interest litigation has been filed before the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court seeking judicial directions for an independent probe monitored by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CB) into alleged financial irregularities involving donation collections at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya. Filed by Advocate Mohit Ashok, the petition sought a…
The Varanasi District Court witnessed an unusual incident when a woman allegedly entered a courtroom, occupied the District Judge’s chair, and attempted to conduct judicial proceedings, prompting intervention by court staff and police authorities. According to official sources and statements attributed to eyewitnesses, the woman entered the courtroom premises at around 9:00 am on Friday,…
By Inderjit Badhwar The Supreme Court’s recent criticism of the manner in which mediation was conducted in a high-profile dispute has done more than expose the shortcomings of a single process. It has compelled the legal community to confront a larger and uncomfortable question: What happens when a mechanism designed to build trust ends up undermining…
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approached the Supreme Court challenging a Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) verdict that granted relief to four managers and the Company Secretary of Sahara India Commercial Corporation Limited (SICCL) in the long-running Rs 14,106 crore Optionally Fully Convertible Debentures (OFCDs) matter involving nearly 1.98 crore investors. SEBI’s…
By Sujit Bhar The Supreme Court has once again taken a significant step towards recognising the immense, yet often invisible, contribution of homemakers to society. In a recent judgment delivered by a bench, comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh, the Court formally fixed a notional income of Rs 30,000 per month for homemakers…