By Dr Swati Jindal Garg The Supreme Court has delivered a significant ruling on the evidentiary value of hostile witnesses, holding that courts must carefully assess whether such testimony strengthens or dismantles the prosecution’s case rather than mechanically discarding it. In Talari Naresh vs State of Telangana, the Court acquitted a man convicted of murder…
By Annunthra Rangan US President Donald Trump recently arrived in Beijing for what was billed as a reset summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping—the first visit by an American president to China in nearly a decade. He departed two days later with a warm handshake, a Chinese commitment to purchase 200 Boeing aircraft, and carefully…
The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal Police to devise a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for addressing social media content targeting judges and the institution of the judiciary. The direction was issued by Justice Jay Sengupta during the hearing of proceedings connected to a petition filed by Hindu monk Swami Pradiptananda, popularly known…
The Allahabad High Court has granted interim protection from arrest to a Bhim Army leader booked for allegedly referring to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as “Moorkhmantri” in a post shared on social media. The relief was granted by a Division Bench of Justice Rajeev Misra and Justice Padam Narain Mishra while hearing a…
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has directed the immediate suspension of Advocate Samarth Singh’s licence to practise law in connection with the ongoing investigation into the alleged dowry death of his wife, Twisha Sharma. The disciplinary measure was initiated in exercise of the BCI’s statutory authority to regulate the legal profession, following a prima…
The Delhi High Court has held that private unaided recognised schools in the capital are not required to obtain prior approval from the Directorate of Education (DoE) before increasing fees at the commencement of an academic session, provided the proposed fee structure is disclosed before the start of the academic year. The single-judge Bench of…
The Supreme Court on Friday expressed serious concern over nearly 47,000 children remaining untraced across India and issued a series of directions aimed at strengthening the response mechanism in cases involving missing children and human trafficking. The Bench of Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice R Mahadevan directed police authorities across the country to immediately register…
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held a surgeon guilty of gross medical negligence for removing a woman’s healthy left kidney instead of her diseased right kidney, leading to her death. The Bench of President AP Sahi and Member Bharatkumar Pandey awarded a total compensation of Rs 2 crore to the deceased woman’s…
The Supreme Court on Friday questioned whether children of families that have already achieved educational and economic advancement through reservation should continue to avail the benefits of reservation under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, observing that such progress also leads to social mobility. The Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was…
The Supreme Court on Friday referred to a larger Bench the question concerning the grant of bail under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), seeking to resolve the apparent divergence in judicial opinion on the application of the landmark K.A. Najeeb precedent in cases involving prolonged incarceration and delayed trials. Simultaneously, the Court granted interim…