The Delhi High Court is examining a civil suit filed by Rani Kapur, widow of industrialist Sona Group founder Surinder Kapur, who has alleged that a family trust was unlawfully created to take control of her assets. She has claimed that the trust was formed through deceptive means and without her consent, resulting in the…
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a public interest petition that called for banning Bangladesh from participating in international cricket, describing the plea as wholly misconceived. The Division Bench observed that the petition lacked any legal basis and did not warrant the Court’s intervention. The plea, filed by a law student, urged the Court to…
The Bombay High Court has cautioned litigants against routinely attributing delays in legal proceedings to their lawyers without taking any concrete steps against them. The Court made these observations while declining to condone a delay of over 200 days in filing a first appeal. Justice Jitendra Jain noted that it has become common for parties…
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…